October 5th, 2005
Project prospectus
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Research question: What therapeutic strategies are most effective in enhancing pragmatic development in children with Aspergers Syndrome?
Some foundation questions I developed were:
1. “What is aspergers?”
2. “What is pragmatics?”
3. “What pragmatic behaviors do childrenwith Aspergers typically display?”
Tentative points: I plan to describe what treatments are shown to facilitate pragmatic and social ability most effectively concerning children with aspergers. I imagine I will investigate several types of treatment used to tackle the deficiencies experienced by those with Aspergers and also examine how poor ability in social interaction can affect the positive development of Asperger sufferers.Genres:Genre 1: Webliography
Voice: Clinician’s
Audience: General audience
Rational: The webliography offers all those who might be interested an opportunity to get a sense of who I am and what I’m about.
Genre 2: Powerpoint presentation
Voice: Client’s
Audience: Client and client’s family
Rational: The presentation will further the clients, as well as the clients familiy members, knowledge of this disorder. Hopefully, the power point will answer questions the familiy may have.
Genre 3: Poem
Voice: Clients
Audience: General audience
Rational: The poem will serve as a means for the child to relate how he feels about his disorder to the world.
Genre 4: Email exchange
Voice: Client’s and the client’s brother
Audience: Client and the client’s brother
Rational: The email exchange will involve the client emailing his brother, who recently moved away, and confiding in him regarding what a tough time he has been having in school. The brother of the client offers encouragement and sympathy to his little brother.
Genre 5: Journal entry
Voice: Client’s
Audience: Client
Rational: The client will discuss how they feel and react around others in social situations and how this behavior affects their productivity in class and their self esteem.
Genre 6: Letter a politician
Voice: Parents
Audience: politician
Rational: This letter will regard the treatment and funding (be it adequate or inadequate) of Aspergers in schools today and what aspects, in the statewide or national level of regard of Aspergers, these parents think that their politicians should work to modify or strengthen.
Genre 7: Pamplet
Voice: Clinician
Audience: General audience
Rational: The pamphlet will be developed In hopes of informing those not normally familiar with Aspergers about how it affects the social and pragmatic aspects of their lives as well as what measures can be taken to aid in treatment of these areas.
Anticipated genre integration technique:
The client I will be involved with will have Aspergers Syndrome. I intend to introduce the disorder to my client and their family by properly presenting informative material and descriptive information about Aspergers through my webliography, presentation of pamphlet concerning the disorder, and power point presentation. My webliography will also provide both the client and their parents with an idea of who I am. The poem, and email exchange will help the familiy members of this client realize what it is that their child is living with and how hard it can be for them sometimes. The journal entry is a means for the child to commit there thoughts to paper, putting their thoughts out there and releasing them instead of bottling them up inside all the time, which may prove quite therapeutic. The letter to the politician is the means by which the parents get the opportunity to take action and provide a service associated with bettering the treatment of children with Aspergers like their child.
Tentative resources:
Osbourne, L. (2002) American normal, the hidden world of aspergers syndrome. New York, NY: Copernicus Books.
Heweston, A. (2002) The stolen child: aspects of autism and aspergers syndrome. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey
Moyes, R. A. (1988) Addressing the challenging behaviour of children with high-functioning autism/asperger syndrome in the classroom: a guide for teachers and parents. Philedelphia, PA: Jessica Kinsley Publishers Ltd.
Martin, I., McDonald, S.(2004) An exploration of causes of non-literal language problems in
individuals with asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and
Developmental Disorders, 343, 311-328. Retrieved September 27, 2005 from the Academic Search Premiere
Kim, A., Volkmar, F.R., (1996)
Asperger syndrome: treatment and intervention. Some Guidelines for
Parents. Disabilities and Gifted Education, 1-13. Retrieved September 27, 2005 from ERIC
Implementing a curriculum-based assessment to prioritize learning
objectives in asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism. Topics of
Language Dissorders, 24(4), 298-315. Retrieved September 27, 2005 from the Academic Search Premiere
Bauminger, N. (2002) The facilitation of social-emotional understanding and social interaction in high-functioning children with autism: intervention outcomes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 32, 283-98. Retrieved September 29, 2005 from ERIC
Safran, J.S. (2002)Supporting students with asperger's syndrome in general education.
Teaching Exceptional Children, 34 (5), 60. Retrieved September 29, 2005 from the Academic Search Premiere
Baron-Cohen, S.,Woodbury-Smith, M.R., Robinson, J., Wheelwright, S., (2005) Screening adults for asperger syndrome using the AQ: a preliminary study of its diagnostic validity in clinical practice. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,35 (3), 331-335. Retrieved October 5, 2005 from MEDLINE
Landa, R. (2000) Social language use in Asperger syndrome and
high-functioning autism. Klin, A. (Ed); Volkmar, F. R. (Ed), Asperger
Syndrome 125-155. Retrieved October 2, 2005 from psychINFO.
Jones, R. S. P., (2001) Social relationships and Asperger's syndrome.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, 5(1), 35-41. Retrieved
October 2, 2005 from psychINFO.
Johnson, S.A.(2004) Social processing in Asperger's Disorder.
Dissertation Abstracts International, 64(7-B), 3552. Retrieved October 2, 2005 from psychINFO.