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What are the benefits of storytelling for children with learning disabilities?

Running Head : BENEFITS OF STORY TELLING TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

Benefits of Story Telling To Children with Disabilities

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Story telling has become an integral part of therapy for children with learning disabilities . Studies carried out show that story telling helps children in understanding the world around them (Birch , 2000 . Rives Cooper , notes that story telling helps children to experience the world around them making them able to express themselves (1997 . In other words , storytelling enhances the

imagination of children and helps them relate with their environment . For instance they are able to understand why people behave the way they do . Consecutively , children with learning disabilities need extra assistance in understanding the basic concepts of life unlike other normal children . This defines story telling as an interactive process between a story teller and a listener through the use of a specified composition of a tale using a certain approach and characters with a specified aim (Rives Cooper , 1997

This study acknowledges that there are different modes of storytelling and according to research they all have different effects on children with disabilities . For instance , computerized story telling cannot be effective to children with serious learning disabilities because they may not have enough attention to use computers effectively . Hence personalized story telling in which the child and the proposed caretaker go through the story telling process may be deemed to be most effective This study will analyze the various benefits story telling may have on children with learning disabilities . The purpose of this study will be focused on the different advantages of story telling in the growth and development of children with learning disabilities

Problem statement

Several studies have been carried out by many researchers to come up effective models of imparting knowledge to children with learning disabilities . However , research also states that storytelling has various benefits to the health and development of such children . For instance story telling helps children with learning disabilities to understand and comprehend the world around them easily . In this manner cognitive abilities of children with learning disabilities are greatly enhanced and developed

Scope and purpose of the study

This study ascertains that storytelling has numerous benefits to children with learning disabilities . Researchers have over the decades tried to see how the growth and development of children with learning disabilities

The purpose of this study is to establish the benefits of storytelling to children with learning disabilities . Hence , in summary this study has three important objectives to look at . One objective is to ascertain the impact story telling to children with learning disabilities . The second major objective will be reviewing the various ways storytelling models benefit the growth and development of children . Consequently the third objective in the scope of this study will be to suggest further research to enhance story telling to children with learning disabilities

Rationale of this study

This study ascertains that story telling plays an integral role in growth and development of...

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