Transcript Arts for All Webinar June 5, 2013 - Arts Education

ARTS FOR ALL
WEBINAR
JUNE 5, 2013
3:30 – 4:30 P.M.
Including Students with Physical
Disabilities and Communication
Barriers in Arts Education
Welcome from
Arts Access - North Carolina
About the Webinar
Our Partners
Book Give Away – “Out of My Mind”
• Email us a question - you might win a book!
• When you email your questions, include a number in the subject line
between 1 and 100
• Closest number wins a signed copy of Sharon Draper’s “Out of My
Mind” (http://sharondraper.com/bookdetail.asp?id=35)
Review excerpt “I can't remember the last time I was so emotionally
overwhelmed by a middle grade novel. Sharon Draper's new novel is the
story of Melody, a 10 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy so severe that she
can neither speak nor move independently. Trapped inside Melody's
uncooperative body is a brilliant mind with a cutting wit.”
Introduction of Speakers
• Lisa Williams – Lead Presenter
Panelists
• Betsy Ludwig – Program Director, Arts
Access
• Sandy McMillan- New Voices
Foundation, Parent Advocate
• Kay McMillian – Disability Advocate,
Graduating High School Senior!
Students with Physical Disabilities and Communication
Barriers – What to Expect?
• Significant communication AND physical disabilities
• Do not speak or difficult to understand
• Use wheelchair or walker for movement
• Lack fine motor skills to write, draw, or feed themselves
• Cognitive abilities are either typical or unknown because
thorough assessment has not been done
• Assume they understand everything!
Possible Diagnosis
• Cerebral Palsy – brain injury that occurs either before
birth or at birth; mild to severe
• Autism – a “spectrum” disorder; difficulties with social
interaction, communication, and behavioral problems,
including repetitive behaviors and narrow focus of interest
• Spinal Bifida – neural tube defect causing either minor
physical problems to severe physical and mental
disabilities
• Others include traumatic brain injury and developmental
delay
In the Classroom
• Typically have an aide
• Have Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
• Use technology to participate in classroom
• Communication boards
• Switches
• Mouth or head sticks to control pencils/pens
• Computers/Tablets
• Need alternate ways to meet curriculum objectives
• A chance for teachers to be creative!
Things we all may worry about…..
• I am afraid of saying the wrong thing
• What if the child doesn’t understand me?
• How will I reach this child?
• I feel really inadequate and unprepared
• Can I touch this child? Will I hurt him or her?
• How can I make sure their art turns out ‘right’?
Communication Strategies
• Use symbols and pictures
• Can be very simple and ‘homemade’
Communication Strategies
Use symbols and pictures
Can be more
complex/computer generated
*This was made using Boardmaker
software
Communication Strategies
• Sample Software
• Boardmaker (Mayer-Johnson, www.mayer-johnson.com, $399)
• Sample Internet Resources
• Quick Pics (http://patrickecker.org/home/)
• SEN Teacher (http://www.senteacher.org/Worksheet/6/PECS.xhtml)
• Search for PECS (Picture Exchange Communication Systems).
There are too many resources to list!
Communication Strategies
• Simple Alternative or Augmentative Communication
Devices (AAC)
• Simple message output devices
• BigMack
• iTalk2
Communication Strategies
• Simple AAC Cont’d
• Rocking Say-It
• Cheap Talk 4
• Cheap Talk 8
Communication Strategies
• How to use Simple AAC
• Yes/No response
• Making color or material choices
• Asking for help or more
• Ask or answer questions
Communication Strategies
• Complex AAC
• These devices usually require some type of programming to be
activity specific
• They allow for more messages or more elaborate communication
• Plan ahead. This type of device usually can not be programmed on
the fly!
Teaching Strategies
• Don’t be too ambitious – make sure your class size is not
overwhelming
• Utilize aides and assistants, you do not have to do this all by yourself
• Get to know the children!
• Pay attention to verbal and non-verbal responses and actions
• Ask questions and utilize your resources.
• Talk with the teachers and aides prior to your time with the students
• Talk about and agree upon what kind of help you might need
• Talk about set-up and structure
Teaching Strategies
• Promote independent decision making (using choice
boards, simple voice output, ask questions)
• Remember, if a child does not have a way to participate, their
experience with art is going to be very different than what we would
like it to be
• Have high expectations for everyone in your group
• This means that we expect participation
• Art is what we make it – if it is yours, it is wonderful!
Teaching Strategies
• Be clear with your expectations
• Have an example(s) of finished product
• Remind everyone art is a wonderful form of self-expression and it is
okay if everyone’s art does not look the same
• If a project has multiple steps, have examples of the various stages
as a visual aide
Examples of Adapted Art Supplies
• Painting
• Texturing
Examples of Adapted Art Supplies
• Painting
• Texture
Examples of Adapted Art Supplies
• Visual Art Kit from Tadpole Lending Library
Examples of Adapted Art Supplies
• Dramatic Art Kit from Tadpole Lending Library
Examples of Adapted Art Supplies
• Dramatic Art Kit from Tadpole Lending Library (more….)
Examples of Adapted Music Software
MUSIC:
Tod Machover and Dan
Ellsey play new music
Dan Ellsey uses Hyperscore
music software and a
custom-tuned musical
"hyperinstrument" to write,
perform and conduct his
music, and to help others
learn how to compose.
Ideas for Creative Writing
• Utilize word and/or picture boards
• Allow choices regarding subjects
• Plan group/collaborative activities
• Simple AAC devices can help a student give input
• Software:
• Mayer-Johnson – Clicker6, Writing with Symbols, Story Builder,
The Story Maker
• Don Johnston – Co:Writer, Write:OutLoud
• Alternative keyboards
- Intellikeys/Intellitools (adaptable to all levels of abilities) – MayerJohnson
Examples of Art Work
Dance Resources
• Integrated Dance Organizations - National
Endowment for the Arts
www.nea.gov/resources/accessibility/rlists/DanceResource.html
This is a list of dance companies that work with people with
a variety of disabilities.
ALL ARTS RESOURCES
• National Center on Universal Design for
Learning
Includes information about:
• UDL
• Implementation
• Research
• Community
• Resources
• NCDPI Summer Institute Training
• Universal Design for Learning
Parent Perspective - Sandy
Parent’s Perspective - Sandy
• My child’s artwork will never look like
everyone else’s and that’s ok I still love it
• I appreciate when someone takes time to
consider how to include Kay in the activity
• Ask parent for suggestions—email works
• Recognize stressors that affect parents—
sometimes we are in survival mode
Student Perspective - Kay
Student’s Perspective - Kay
• I am a “Person First”
• Talk to me, not my aide
• I have a disability; I’m not disabled
• Ask me about how I want to be included
• While I may not be able to do something by myself, I can
choose how it is done
Additional Resources
• Award-winning documentary, Certain Proof: A Question of
Worth (www.certainproof.com) Being shown on the Starz
network and other cable outlets.
• A New Kind of Listening - The story of a visionary director, a
one-of-a-kind theater group, and a young man who could not
speak, yet found the voice he had been looking for all his life.
http://www.anewkindoflistening.com/
• “Out of My Mind” by Sharon Draper
(http://sharondraper.com/bookdetail.asp?id=35
• http://www.arts.gov/resources/accessibility/rlists/children.html -
list of disability and arts resources complied by the NEA
NEW VOICES FOUNDATION
Founded in 2006
Model regional programs to strengthen existing services for children with
significant communication and physical disabilities
Goal of inclusion in education and the community
Raise awareness
Focus on replication
New Voices is available to facilitate sessions around Certain Proof and
Out of My Mind for awareness and education purposes
Assistive Technology Resources
• Tadpole AT Lending Library (NC only) – www.tadpole.org
(a loan program for low-tech assistive technology)
• Toys for Special Children/Enabling Devices –
www.enablingdevices.com
• AbleNet – www.AbleNetInc.com
• Flaghouse – www.flaghouse.com
• TFH – www.specialneedstoys.com
Art Supply and Lesson Resources
• Dick Blick – www.dickblick.com (they also have great FREE
lesson plans!)
• Lakeshore Learning – www.lakeshorelearning.com
• Discount School Supply – www.DiscountSchoolSupply.com
• Incredible Art – lesson plans – www.incredibleart.org (visual
arts, drama and more)
• BigCeramicStore – www.bigceramicstore.com (lesson plans for
clay and glass)
Contact Information
Arts Access
Betsy Ludwig
Barbara Olson
Program Director, Arts Access
[email protected]
919-833-9919
Executive Director, Arts
Access
[email protected]
919.833.9919
Contact Information (NCDPI and NCDCR)
Christie Lynch Ebert
Arts Education Consultant
(Dance and Music) and NCDPI
Liaison to the A+ Schools Program
[email protected]
919-807-3856
Banu Valladares
Arts in Education Director
NC Arts Council
[email protected]
919.807.6502
Slater Mapp
Arts Education Consultant
(Theatre Arts and Visual Arts)
[email protected]
919-807-3758
Paula Crawford, Ed. D.
Section Chief
Program Improvement &
Professional Development
Exceptional Children Division
http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/
Archived Webinar and Resources
• http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Arts+for+All