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Review of “Dynamic Characters with Communication
Disorders in Children’s Literature”
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The article “Dynamic Characters with Communication
Disorders in Children’s Literature” focuses on
the careful selection of the literature concerning characters
with different communication disorders in children’s
literature and its integration into the modern curriculum.
Obviously the authors of the article are very concerned about
this problem since they underline that the implementation
of such books is quite helpful in culturally diverse classroom
which are getting to be more tolerant and inclusive.
Basically, the authors have created the list of modern children’s
books in which main characters have some communication disorders
but are actively involved in the plot and play an important
role in the story, being actually fully integrated in their
social surrounding. The fact that the characters are dynamic
and actively participate in important events of the selected
stories is very important since these characters provide students
with positive models due to the presence of dynamic characters
with communication disorders and supportive characters who
do not have such problems. Also this literature helps promote
mutual understanding in culturally diverse population. At
the same time, the authors provide suggestions for integration
of the selected books with curriculum and recommendations
to their application.
Obviously, the recommendations given in the article and the
selection of such literature is extremely important since
they provide the possibility for teachers to be more careful
in selection of books within curriculum. Moreover, often teachers
have some difficulties while dealing with such important problems
as integration and inclusion of children from different social
and cultural backgrounds within the classroom. At the same
time, children who can identify themselves with either characters
with disorders or with characters without disability develop
positive views since, on the one hand, the position of children
with disabilities seems to be not so desperate, while children
without disabilities learn the positive models of behavior.
Moreover, this literature helps better cooperate students
whose language skills are at different levels, or who are
from different backgrounds.
Anyway, this article suggests an efficient way to promote
inclusive and integrating policy which is so important nowadays
in the modern, extremely diverse society.
Bibliography:
1. Sotto, Carolyn D. and Angel L. Ball. “Dynamic Characters
with Communication Disorders in Children’s Literature”,
Intervention in Schools and Clinic, 42 vol. 40-5, Sep. 2006.
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