Honors Projects
Abstract
This children's book is about mainstreaming a deaf student into a public school composed of predominantly hearing children, and the eventual friendship between that student and a hearing student. The majority of deaf students are educated in hearing schools and experience high rates of social isolation as a result of the inability to communicate with their peers. In order to create this book, there was collaboration between a communication disorders major and a creative writing major in order to create a realistic portrayal yet creative learning tool for children at a young age. We chose to aim our book at a younger age group in order to establish early on that a deaf person is no different than a hearing person and to then encourage the importance of building a friendship. Our hope is that by reading this book, children will grasp how to act in a situation where they meet a deaf person, specifically in school, and how to overcome the communication barriers in order to make a new friend.
Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Major
Communication Sciences and Disorders
First Advisor
Abigail Cloud
First Advisor Department
English
Second Advisor
Annette Barga
Second Advisor Department
Communication
Publication Date
Winter 12-14-2015
Repository Citation
Kapalko, Kaylee J. and Brickner, Ashley N., "Signs of Friendship" (2015). Honors Projects. 768.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/honorsprojects/768
Included in
Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons, Fiction Commons, Speech Pathology and Audiology Commons