Using Education to Destigmatize Disability through Media in Pediatric Rehabilitation
Presentation Type
Poster
Faculty Advisor
Kate Nealon
Access Type
Event
Start Date
26-4-2024 11:15 AM
End Date
26-4-2024 12:15 PM
Description
Imprint Hope is a non-profit organization based in Uganda that offers clinical and supportive services to families who have children with disabilities. In Uganda, disability is a largely under-educated topic and children may be neglected or abandoned because of this. To destigmatize disability, one of the first steps is education. This led Dr. Kate Nealon and GA’s Meghan Santarelli and Julia Pereira to create educational videos for Imprint Hope. We chose the following topics: activities to promote language, cerebral palsy and its impact on language, an overview of neuro, precursor skills to language, and typical expressive/receptive language development. The videos are 5-7 minutes in length. The reason we decided on these topics was due to the high prevalence of cerebral palsy in Uganda along with the need for parental awareness on typical language development. To measure learning, we created a questionnaire for parents to complete before and after watching our videos. This questionnaire asks viewers to explain how their understanding of the topic has changed, how accessible this information was, their confidence in explaining what they learned to someone else, etc. We anticipate the results from this questionnaire will be available within the semester. Through these videos, we hope to provide accessible media to families in Uganda that will support their family’s disability journey. Additionally, we hope to highlight the need for education and the role it plays in destigmatizing disability across cultures.
Using Education to Destigmatize Disability through Media in Pediatric Rehabilitation
Imprint Hope is a non-profit organization based in Uganda that offers clinical and supportive services to families who have children with disabilities. In Uganda, disability is a largely under-educated topic and children may be neglected or abandoned because of this. To destigmatize disability, one of the first steps is education. This led Dr. Kate Nealon and GA’s Meghan Santarelli and Julia Pereira to create educational videos for Imprint Hope. We chose the following topics: activities to promote language, cerebral palsy and its impact on language, an overview of neuro, precursor skills to language, and typical expressive/receptive language development. The videos are 5-7 minutes in length. The reason we decided on these topics was due to the high prevalence of cerebral palsy in Uganda along with the need for parental awareness on typical language development. To measure learning, we created a questionnaire for parents to complete before and after watching our videos. This questionnaire asks viewers to explain how their understanding of the topic has changed, how accessible this information was, their confidence in explaining what they learned to someone else, etc. We anticipate the results from this questionnaire will be available within the semester. Through these videos, we hope to provide accessible media to families in Uganda that will support their family’s disability journey. Additionally, we hope to highlight the need for education and the role it plays in destigmatizing disability across cultures.