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Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Second Edition
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The Power of the Arts
Creative Strategies for Teaching Exceptional Learners
By Sally L. Smith
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"The Lab School of Washington, DC has developed a highly respected reputation over the years as a unique school that works for students with learning disabilities. Yet the story of what goes on in this school and what makes it successful has not fully been told. [This book] should go a long way toward sharing the philosophy and teaching methods of the Lab School with educators who are seeking a way to help students with learning disabilities and other nontraditional learners." —Janet Lerner, Ph.D.
"The creativity embodied in this approach is one that should be shared with eveyone dedicated to providing an education that brings out the best in all \children." —Esther Minskoff, Ph.D.
This is a remarkable book by a gifted educator, who is devoted to helping all children to learn through a specially designed program called "The Integrated Arts and Academic Club Program." Sally Smith is director of the highly successful Lab School of Washington. She has been nationally recognized as a leader in the field of learning disabilities. —New Horizons for Learning Read the whole review!
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From the founder and director of the Lab School in Washington, D.C., this enlightening book provides an alternative method for teaching academic subjects to students with disabilities — the arts.
Educators, art teachers and therapists, learning disability specialists, recreation leaders, and parents will discover how to infuse academic material and life skills into arts activities in order to help exceptional students learn. Through interviews with Lab School teacher-artists, readers will get step-by-step instructions for a variety of projects that enable students to see science in woodwork, find geometry in sculpture, learn vocabulary through theater, and study math through music.
Case examples illustrate that this innovative approach builds on students' individual strengths and interests and raises their self-esteem — and that all children will learn and be uplifted through the power of art. |
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ORDERING INFO
ISBN 1-55766-484-6
Paperback
192 pages / 7 x 10
2001 / $36.95
Stock# 4846
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Table of Contents
About the Author
Foreword, by Robert Rauschenberg
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Beginnings
- The Power of the Arts with Exceptional Learners
- Abilities and Disabilities, School Failures, Adult Successes
- Providing Order and Focus Through the Arts
- Developing a Sense of Self-Worth
- The Educative Process at The Lab School of Washington
- The Curriculum of The Lab School of Washington
- The Lab School's Visual Arts Teachers Speak Out
- Woodwork: A Conversation with Dieter Zander
- Graphic Arts: A Conversation with Karen Hanish
- Plaster Art and Painting: A Conversation with Kelly McVearry
- Sculpture: A Conversation with Frank Cappello
- Architectural Design: A Conversation with Mark Jarvis
- Film Animation: A Conversation with Ruth Schwartz
- The Lab School's Performing Arts Teachers Speak Out
- Drama: A Conversation with Shaun Miskell
- Dance: A Conversation with Stephen Johnson
- Elementary and Intermediate Music: A Converstion with Susan Mebane Carter
- Secondary Music: A Conversation with Sean Rozsics
- Putting It All Together
- A Clarion Call
References
- Task Analyses
- Lesson Plan
- The Outstanding Learning Disabled Achiever Awards
- The Lab School of Washington Fact Sheet
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