Marie's+letter+of+intent

Marie's home page Marie Dobson P.O Box 971 Dubois, WY 82513

September 9, 2009 Senior Project Advisory Committee Dubois High School 314 Helmer Street Dubois, WY 82513 Senior Project Advisory Board: For my senior project I am going to learn about people with hearing disabilities. I am interested in this area because I plan on becoming a teacher, and this would help me decide on whether or not I want to focus on hearing impairment as my major. When I lived in Vancouver, WA, I took a year long course in American Sign Language and I found it very intriguing because hearing impaired individuals have a totally different way of life and they communicate very differently. For the written report I will learn about where sign language originated and how far it has advanced. I will also learn about cochlear implants. For the physical portion of my project I will hopefully be working with children within the community. There is one young girl in preschool who has a hearing disability. I will be observing Miss Fisher working with her, and I will keep a journal. This will also help me get a better picture at exacly what a speech pathologist does. There is also another young boy who does not know how to speak. He has difficulty getting his vocal chords to connect. So I will be observing Miss Fisher working with him as well. In order for my project to work, there has to be signatures gathered from many different people such as the students' parent's, the teacher as well as a confidentiality agreement. Katrina Fisher will help mentor me through this project because she studied this area in college and working with hearing and speech impaired children is her career. So her expertise and experience with hearing impaired individuals will help move me through this project. Mrs. Knight will be my advisor throughout the project. I understand that if I plagiarize I will ultimately fail this project. Plagiarizing will not only affect my project grade, but also my high school career with the possibility of suspension. Plagiarism also carries criminal punishment. Sincerely, Marie Dobson

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