ERIC Number: ED588448
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 217
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-1-3398-4361-2
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Experiences of Families Raising a Child Who Is Deafblind and Teacher Response to Those Shared Experiences
Snyder, Donna
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Northern Kentucky University
This qualitative phenomenological action research study examined the experiences of families raising a child who is deafblind and identified impact on teacher perception when family experiences were shared as a short digital movie. Five families who all had a child on the Kentucky DeafBlind Project census and their child's lead teacher participated in individual interviews using photovoice. Family photovoice interviews uncovered five overarching themes: medical, positive descriptors, family and community, likes/don't like, and parents' love. Teacher interviews identified a positive shift in teacher perception after viewing the short digital movie created from the photos and experiences from the families. Teacher positive shifts included: "student can't do to student can do", "using medical descriptors to using human descriptors", "feeling disconnected with the family to feeling connected to the family", and teacher self-examination of can't do to can do. All five teachers agreed on the value of the short digital movie. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Children, Family Environment, Teacher Attitudes, Films, Photography, Experience, Attitude Change, Family School Relationship
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
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