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Fighting the Bullying Epidemic: A Practitioner Inquiry into the Effects of an Intervention Strategy on Reaction to Bullying in School-Aged Children with Speech Disabilities
Junior at El Modena High School, Orange, CA, USA
McPherson Magnet School, Orange, CA, USA
- 1 Junior at El Modena High School, Orange, CA, USA
- 2 McPherson Magnet School, Orange, CA, USA
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Abstract
Students with speech disabilities frequently experience bullying and associated stress and anxiety in school. There is a need for these students to improve coping skills and reduce stress and anxiety when interacting with other students and adults. The purpose of this experiment was to create a program based on the technique of self-empowerment and role-modeling that would reduce these symptoms. We explored whether exposing these children to role models would increase their coping ability. This program was designed by a student with a speech disability in coordination with a clinical speech pathologist.
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