Bonnie Brinton, PhD and Martin Fujiki, PhD, Communication Disorders Introduction: We were extremely grateful to receive a 2016-2018 Mentored Environment Grant. Our project was entitled Enhancing Social, Emotional, and Language Learning in Children with Language Impairment. The purpose of this project was to employ a multiple baseline, single subject design to investigate the efficacy of […]
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Product Design for Children with Limb Defects
Cecilee Petersen and Richard Fry, School of Technology Introduction Congenital Limb Deficiency (CLD) occurs when a fetus’s upper or lower limbs do not form completely during pregnancy. This project analyzes how girls aged seven to thirteen years with upper-limb CLD adjust to daily tasks and supports the design of a mechanism to help them perform […]
Interpreting Speech Perception in Children with Phonological Deficits: Evidence from Event related Potentials (ERP)
Camille Nuttall and Kathryn Cabbage, Communication Disorders Introduction Children with dyslexia and children with speech sound disorder exhibit differing issues in regard to their speech and language. Dyslexia is a difficulty decoding written language, such as with word recognition or spelling. Speech sound disorder is characterized by speech production errors. Although dyslexia and speech sound […]
Emotional Inferencing in Children with Language Impairment
Allison Barney and Bonnie Brinton, Communication Disorders Introduction Children with language impairment (LI) present with “a significant impairment in the acquisition and use of language across modalities” (ASHA, 1993). LI is a prevalent disorder affecting 7% of kindergarteners (Tomblin et al, 1997). LI limits a child’s ability to acquire language, to establish relationships with others, […]
Project Final Evaluation: Parent Training in Southeast Europe: Strengthening Families of Children with Autism in Macedonia
Blake D. Hansen, Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education Objectives Met The purpose of this project was to evaluate program to education parents of children with autism in the Republic of Macedonia, located in Southeastern Europe. Macedonia has many factors that made it an important research site. Poverty rates, ethnic conflict, and access to […]
Enhancing Social, Emotional, and Language Learning in Children with Language Impairment.
Bonnie Brinton, PhD and Martin Fujiki, PhD Communication Disorders Introduction: We were extremely grateful to receive a 2016 Mentored Environment Grant. Our project was entitled Enhancing Social, Emotional, and Language Learning in Children with Language Impairment. The purpose of this project was to employ a multiple baseline, single subject design to investigate the efficacy of […]
Parents of Children with Special Healthcare Needs: Relationships with Healthcare Providers
Janet Jackson and Dr. Janelle Macintosh, Nursing Department Introduction The purpose of this project was to explore the significance and influence of relationships between healthcare providers (HCP) and parents of children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN) regarding healthcare plans. In exploring previous research conducted in this area, we found many examples of the stress related […]
Music for Ballet West’s Upcoming Children’s Ballet
Emmaline Sanders and Faculty Mentor: Aaron Merril, Commercial Music While many students apply for an ORCA grant to fund scientific research or, in the case of other Commercial Music majors, technical audio application, I wanted to complete a project that was purely artistic. My emphasis has always been in classical concert composition first and foremost, […]
Aiding Families with Children with Disabilities in a Refugee Crisis: Kosovo Case Study
Benson Gunther and Dr. Blake Hansen, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction Families that have children with disabilities, specifically emotional/psychological/social disabilities (i.e. Autism, Down Syndrome, and other cognitive/neurodevelopmental disorders), encounter seemingly insurmountable distresses on a day-to-day basis in times of peace, let alone in times of emergency. These families depend heavily upon a consistent, well-established […]
Family Structures in Japan and Korea: How are Children Affected?
Burdge, Jennifer Family Structures in Japan and Korea: How Are Children Affected? Faculty Mentor: Kristie Rowley, Sociology The purpose of this project is to explore the relationship between various family structures and childhood depression. I wanted to focus on how different family structures in developed Asian countries, specifically Korea and Japan, impact negative and positive […]
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