music as a motivator for communication for students with deafblindness
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Music as a Motivator for Communication for Students with Deafblindness. Friday, August 1, 2014 AER Conference – San Antonio, Texas Presented by Shannon Darst, Ph.D , CTVI, Certified Music Teacher. Overview of the Presentation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Music as a Motivator for Communication for Students with Deafblindness
Friday, August 1, 2014AER Conference – San Antonio, Texas
Presented byShannon Darst, Ph.D, CTVI, Certified Music Teacher
Overview of the Presentation• Explanation of the study entitled “Music as a Motivator for
Communication for Students with Deafblindness”• Brief description of the topic of the study• Statement of the problem• Purpose of the study• Research questions • Brief description of study methodology• Results and discussion of the study• Significance of the study• Implication for future research
• Examples of ways to incorporate results into daily educational programming
The Topic of the Study
• Communication for students with deafblindness• Motivating communication• Use of music and music therapy techniques for motivating
communication
Statement of the Problem
• Motivators for expressive communication for students with deafblindness
• Music and music therapy techniques in practice• Lack of formal research on this topic
Purpose of the Study
• To investigate the use of music as a motivator for expressive communication for students with deafblindness• Use of naturalistic observation• Measurement of types of expressive communication• Identification of types of music or musical activity that elicit
expressive communication
Research Questions
• What are the student’s receptive and expressive communication levels?
• How are the student’s receptive and expressive communication levels reflected during the music activities?
• How is music a motivator for a student to communicate expressively?
• In what ways does the student’s deafblindness affect the student’s communication skills during the music activities?
Methodology
• Qualitative design• Data collection • Data analysis
Results and Discussion – Research Question 1
What are the student’s receptive and expressive communication levels?
STAGE of COMMUNICATION Student 1 and Student 2 began and ended the study in the illocutionary stage. Student 3 began and ended the study in the locutionary study, with most of his
expressive communication being in the illocutionary stage.
COMMUNICATION MATRIX RESULTS• Student 1 made progress across all four domains and in all levels of communication
based on Communication Matrix results• Student 2 made progress in one domain and in two levels of communication within that
domain.• Student 3 made progress across three domains and in one level of one of those domains.
OVERALL • All three participants gained noticeable communication skills over the course of the
study.
Results and Discussion – Research Question 2Student 1
How are the student’s receptive and expressive communication levels reflected during the music activities?
Results and Discussion – Research Question 2Student 1
Results and Discussion – Research Question 2Student 2
How are the student’s receptive and expressive communication levels reflected during the music activities?
Results and Discussion – Research Question 2Student 2
Results and Discussion – Research Question 2Student 3
How are the student’s receptive and expressive communication levels reflected during the music activities?
Results and Discussion – Research Question 3
• How is music a motivator for a student to communicate expressively?
• All participants communicated during music activities by demonstrating: • personal desires and preferences • refusal• attention to an object and/or another person• turn-taking• an understanding of cause-and-effect• an understanding the actions of others• anticipation of the next activity
• Certain activities motivated all participants• Playing keyboard• Hearing a specific song• Playing drums• Reading calendar
Results and Discussion – Research Question 4
• In what ways does the student’s deafblindness affect the student’s communication skills during the music activities?• Lack of any visual input• Primary sense used was tactile, with the auditory sense used in
conjunction with the tactile sense. • Reading calendar was the only purely tactile activity during this
study• Hearing a voice was the least motivating to participants
Significance of the Study
• Music can be used as a motivator for communication for students with deafblindness
• Students with deafblindness may benefit from music and music activities in their educational programming
Implications for Future Research
•Research to support future studies
• Future study topics
Music for Communication in Daily Educational Programming
• For all settings •Use of rhythm, vibration, and tactile
stimuli to convey concepts• For music class• Active learning • Cooperative play•Group/team activities
Questions or Comments
• THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!
• BE DARING!
• If at first you don’t succeed, try it again and again!
References
Rowland, C. (1996). Communication Matrix. Portland: Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, Oregon Health Sciences University. Retrieved from http://www.communicationmatrix.org/Default.aspx