Megan Watts and Debra Mills, Nursing Introduction The death of a child is experienced with great resistance because it is understood as an interruption in the life cycle—often seen as untimely and unfair. Pediatric nurses care for children in high-mortality environments, such as the pediatric intensive care and oncology units and, as a result, are […]
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Psycholinguistic Study: Deaf Children vs. CODAS and Language Comprehension
Amber Smith and Professor Michael Jones, Computer Science This project will use an EEG to differentiate brain response to given stimuli between deaf and CODA (children of deaf adults) participants. This project is simple in nature, we will administer two tests: one in ASL and one in English, while the participant is wearing the EEG. […]
Children’s Literacy Report “Restoring the Love of Reading”
Participants: Mentors: Robert T. Barrett and Mark Graham Students: Josh Talbot, Melissa Manwill, Nathan Cunliffe, Hana Lee, Chrisanne Hernandez, Jacob Meldrum, Alycia Garrett, Ashley Grace, Renee Bates, Melissa Crowton, Amanda Ho, and Liz Pulido Overview: At the beginning of this ambitious project, 12 students set out to adapt 12 different classic literature stories into short […]
Children’s Expressions: Using the Creative Process of Theatre to Instruct and Inspire Children in the Community
Danielle Peterson and Dr. Megan Sanborn Jones, Dept. of Theatre and Media Arts The Project Most children’s theatre involves adults putting on plays for kids. Rarely are the children given the opportunity to sit in the creative seat. With this particular project, I attempted to shift the paradigm of “children’s theatre.” Working with the local […]
Design of a Robot Head for an Assistive Robot used in the Clinical Treatment of Children with Autism
Jacob Robinson and Dr. Mark Colton, BYU Mechanical Engineering Introduction Autism is a spectrum disorder that is characterized by an impairment of the child’s social relationships, communication skills, and imaginative thought, resulting in a decreased quality of life for the child and his or her family, as well as significant economic costs to society. Although […]
The Children’s Literacy Project: Classic Literature as a Graphic Novel
Joshua Talbot and Professor Robert Barrett, Illustration In the fall of 2011, my fellow classmates and I decided to create a graphic novel anthology of classic literature as an encouragement for young children to read great, time-tested writing (I decided on Treasure Island). The following is my continued experience on this project, the project’s outcomes and […]
Evaluation of Methods to Relieve Parental Perceptions of Vaccine-associated Pain and Anxiety in Children: A Pilot Study
Amy Pulsipher and Dr. Beth Luthy, Nursing The development and widespread use of vaccinations is one of the most important public health achievements of the 20th century (Schechter, Zempsky, Cohen, McGrath & McMurtry, 2007). Despite the immeasurable benefits of vaccinations, many parents are still reluctant to vaccinate their children. Multiple studies have reported that the […]
Interventional Workshops for Children with Type 1 Diabetes
Cristy Davis and Dr. Donna Freeborn, Nursing The purpose of my project was to determine the effectiveness of interventional workshops to help children manage their type 1 diabetes. This project comprised the third and fourth phases of a larger interventional study, conducted by Dr. Donna Freeborn. The first two stages of the study focused on […]
The Diabetes HOPE Project: Creating a Resource for Children Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes & Their Parent’s
Maria Mercer and Professor Robert Barrett, Illustration Faculty Of the 25.8 million children and adults with diabetes in America, only about 5% of those are diagnosed as Type 1.1 Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disease managed, but not cured, through insulin therapy via injections or an insulin pump. Diagnosed mainly in children and adolescents […]
The Development of Prosodic Structures in the Speech of Young Children Establishing a Control Group
Darrell Matthews and Dr. Shawn Nissen, Communication Disorders Acoustically, the speech characteristics of male and female speakers differ from one another. In adults, this variation is clearly caused by physiological differences between males and females. The size and shape of the vocal tract, as well as the length of the vocal folds have an impact […]
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