Wrapping Up

I created my website to inform everyone about how dance and speech therapy can be combined. You can find it here. I put up a page explaining what I was trying to do, a page about me, one about the benefits that can be received, and two pages for teachers and parents giving them tips on how to fins or create a program that would do this. I learned that dance works in different areas of the brain and improves brain signals throughout. Since speech is centered in different areas of the brain as well, improving brain signals will help with speech capacities. Dance is also very useful for students with dyslexia, who often attend speech therapy as well. I found some people who already have enrichment programs that allow students to be immersed in dance and speech therapy at the same time.

The presentation went very well. I had many people come up to me and express interest in my studies. Several asked me if I planned to do this in the future. It wasn't a thought I had while doing the project, but now that I am thinking about it I really could be someone who does this for a living. Because I have a background in dance and I will be learning about speech-language disorders, I could create ways to use both of them together. I could help students work on their physical skills as well as their communication skills. I will definitely be looking into ways that I could do this in the future. Hopefully in grad school I will have a way to pursue both of my interests in one place.