INTRODUCTION:
Being able to express ones’ self in an effective manner is a vital thing that everyone must learn to do. They say that Communication is an essential part of our daily life where thoughts and ideas, feelings emotions, likes, and dislikes is exchanged. When it comes to children, it is already given that adults can’t be choosy or particular about how they say their words or how they express themselves. They are still in the process of learning and most people think that, with little or no guidance, being able to communicate more effectively would come at the child’s own pace. Though it’s safe to say that this is not the case for everybody. There are instances where in some children would require more help than the usual. Children’s …show more content…
Although Speech Therapy or treatments are already being done to treat the child’s Apraxia of Speech, it is possible that other methods can be deemed as beneficial for the child to use due to the fact that he still finds it difficult for other people outside the normal circle that he usually interacts with to understand him. This case study aims to let the child experience an alternative way of expressing his thoughts, wants or needs through the use of different pictures or flashcards for him to be able to communicate more comfortably with other people outside his usual circle. This will not only improve his communication skills in a way but it may also help strengthen his social skills to a higher level.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
1. Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specific (PDD-NOS) – one of the autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
2. Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) – designed to help educating children with disability using pictures or real objects to communicate social manner.
3. Domains – areas of child develop milestone including cognitive, psychomotor and affective.
4. Verbally – It initiates speaking or any form of spoken.
5. Text – any form of written and printed work.
6. Gestures – a movement of any parts of the body that expresses feeling or attitude.
7. Autism – is a cognitive …show more content…
According to T. Vail and D. Freeman (2002), we need first to determine whether to use objects or pictures. This would be based on the current skills of the child as well as the constraints of the environments the child is typically in. With regards to the environment of Nathan, the researchers will use Urie Brofenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory. This theory looks at the child’s relationship around his/her surroundings, wherein this is the main source to help him/her form the language he/she will be using (Kaderavek, 2011). In other words, environment has a big factor on the way the child acquired his language. In connection to Nathan’s case, by letting him identify his different environment, it would bring awareness to where he will be communicating with and when he will be communicating with the persons involved in the place. As observed by the researchers, Nathan is bounded only in two microsystems, his home and his school. How can a child practice his social skills if he is only limited in two types of environment only? The child will only learn to interact if he/she is exposed to different environment. By placing Nathan in an environment that is new to him, then he can develop a sense that in this new set-up, he can meet other people and will be exposed to different situations wherein he needs to communicate. Being exposed to a new environment means a child needs new
Being able to express ones’ self in an effective manner is a vital thing that everyone must learn to do. They say that Communication is an essential part of our daily life where thoughts and ideas, feelings emotions, likes, and dislikes is exchanged. When it comes to children, it is already given that adults can’t be choosy or particular about how they say their words or how they express themselves. They are still in the process of learning and most people think that, with little or no guidance, being able to communicate more effectively would come at the child’s own pace. Though it’s safe to say that this is not the case for everybody. There are instances where in some children would require more help than the usual. Children’s …show more content…
Although Speech Therapy or treatments are already being done to treat the child’s Apraxia of Speech, it is possible that other methods can be deemed as beneficial for the child to use due to the fact that he still finds it difficult for other people outside the normal circle that he usually interacts with to understand him. This case study aims to let the child experience an alternative way of expressing his thoughts, wants or needs through the use of different pictures or flashcards for him to be able to communicate more comfortably with other people outside his usual circle. This will not only improve his communication skills in a way but it may also help strengthen his social skills to a higher level.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
1. Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specific (PDD-NOS) – one of the autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
2. Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) – designed to help educating children with disability using pictures or real objects to communicate social manner.
3. Domains – areas of child develop milestone including cognitive, psychomotor and affective.
4. Verbally – It initiates speaking or any form of spoken.
5. Text – any form of written and printed work.
6. Gestures – a movement of any parts of the body that expresses feeling or attitude.
7. Autism – is a cognitive …show more content…
According to T. Vail and D. Freeman (2002), we need first to determine whether to use objects or pictures. This would be based on the current skills of the child as well as the constraints of the environments the child is typically in. With regards to the environment of Nathan, the researchers will use Urie Brofenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory. This theory looks at the child’s relationship around his/her surroundings, wherein this is the main source to help him/her form the language he/she will be using (Kaderavek, 2011). In other words, environment has a big factor on the way the child acquired his language. In connection to Nathan’s case, by letting him identify his different environment, it would bring awareness to where he will be communicating with and when he will be communicating with the persons involved in the place. As observed by the researchers, Nathan is bounded only in two microsystems, his home and his school. How can a child practice his social skills if he is only limited in two types of environment only? The child will only learn to interact if he/she is exposed to different environment. By placing Nathan in an environment that is new to him, then he can develop a sense that in this new set-up, he can meet other people and will be exposed to different situations wherein he needs to communicate. Being exposed to a new environment means a child needs new