Date of Award
5-2024
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Academic Program
Speech Pathology and Audiology BA
Department
Speech and Hearing Sciences
First Advisor
Audra Classen, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Steven Cloud, Ph.D.
Advisor Department
Child and Family Studies; Speech and Hearing Sciences
Abstract
This author aims to determine the speech-language pathologist’s perspective on the use of full-body movements during speech therapy sessions with children with autism. A survey was distributed to speech-language pathologists and speech-language pathology aides/ speech-language teachers. The author used the source, Qualtrics, to obtain and analyze data. The findings of the current study were promising, as most speech-language pathologists were incorporating full body-movements and reported beliefs that this positively impacted children’s engagement. This study provided additional knowledge about the benefits of using full-body movements in speech treatment sessions and some insight on how much time is misused when full-body movements are not utilized.
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Recommended Citation
Hurdle, Natalie, "Full-Body Movements in Speech Treatment Sessions: Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perspectives" (2024). Honors Theses. 983.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/983