The Power of the Arts: Creative Strategies for Teaching Exceptional Learners [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Sally L. Smith (Author)

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"This is a remarkable book by a gifted educator."

Product Description
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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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company; 1 edition (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557664846
• ISBN-13: 978-1557664846
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #701,506 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best first read for parents of smart school failures., February 11, 2001

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Complete history and philosophy of a unique school in Washington, DC The Lab School of Washington, dedicated to the creative education of intelligent disabled students. Most likely a model for all schools in the future. Smith started using the arts to teach difficult students long before the research was there to back her up, then built a living educational laboratory to test her concepts. Should be a useful first-step book for anxious partents of "different" learners, and beginning special education teachers. Also contains some useful and simple lesson plans designed by the artist-teachers of the Lab School, that address particular manifestations of common learning disabilites.