John Langdon Down Foundation's keystone program is the Mexican School of Art for persons with Down Syndrome. Symbolic expression has allowed young people to...
Last week, during the first week of the new semester, NYC schools learned that they would have to cut 1.75 percent of their budgets. Insideschools asked...
NYC's public education system is the nation's largest. Over a million pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students attend its 1,100-plus schools. The head of...
This presentation on transition, "Planning the Next Step for Students Ages 16-22," should help teaching artists to better understand their role at IEP...
Marlee Matlin — the Oscar-winning actress who has also starred in television shows from "West Wing" to "The LWord" — will join the new season of "Dancing...
Ike Schambelan, the founder of Theater by the Blind in Manhattan wanted to cast company regular Ann Marie Morelli as Tatiana and Hermia in his production of A...
While planning for the May 22nd Arts Abled Professional Development meeting on Staten Island at the Children's Aid Society Goodhue Center-- which has an...
The school musical 'Breaking Through' tells the story of - and stars - students with language-based learning disabilities Shea Schatell and Bruce Pasha wrote a...
"I've always loved art,'' Ms. Castellano said. ''When I was in kindergarten, I met a girl who became one of my best friends all through school. She was a...
The New York City Department of Education released its long-awaited "Annual Arts and Schools Report" (pdf), an optional survey completed by 1,079 principals...
The following modified exchange is based on an actual exchange on another listserv. The original exchange concerned a parent wanting to have her brother as...
The Secretary of Education announced today that after six years of NCLB implementation, the U.S. Department of Education has data illustrating that the extent...
April is National Autism Awareness Month. The JCC in Manhattan, at 334 Amsterdam Ave., will celebrate creative talents with an exhibit of art by young people...
Our Thursday May 22nd meeting from 4-6 at the Staten Island Children's Aid Society (Goodhue Center, 304 Prospect Avenue) will focus on how the IEP may be a...
I am Jemma and I am immortal! Music is my life and my life is music. My heartbeat is written on a stave, with crescendos and diminuendos, tacit bars and...
Quincy, a six-month-old boxer puppy, has been visiting school since he was eight-weeks old while training to be a therapy dog. "I wanted to get a dog for the...
A new program in the Ithaca City School District, The Model Transition Program, began this year to help prepare students with disabilities for transitioning to...
The New York State Education Department wants to develop additional regional resource centers across the state to promote the best practices among educators,...
So I want to talk about education and I want to talk about creativity. My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we...
The Arts Abled Network is holding a meeting from 4-6 on Thursday, May 22nd at the Staten Island Children's Aid Society (Goodhue Center, 304 Prospect Avenue, ...
VSA is sponsoring a competition open to young artists ages 16-25 living in the United States who have a physical, cognitive, or mental disability. There is no...
Twenty-four-year-old artist D.J. Svoboda created picture books and posters based on "Imagifriends of Imagiville." He hopes the Imagifriends help Autistic...
Hello everyone, Please take a moment to read the letter sent to me today by a former student in middle school of mine who moved back to China a year ago. I...
Agenda 1. Introduction of Participants 2. Sharing Our Experience – 2008 in Inclusion and Self Contained Settings 3. Networking and Team Building: Task...
from Patricia Bauer's blog "Disability News"--- "Taare Zameen Par," a recent Indian musical, is raising public awareness about dyslexia in India. Until now,...
From the blog "Innovation at UMB" ...student attitudes continue to remain the most formidable barrier to inclusion, according to studies by Dr. Gary Siperstein...
The National Research Council's new report on how to identify important outcomes for children from birth to age 5 concludes that well-planned assessments can...
THE CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION (CAE), MARQUIS STUDIOS, AND PS 37R TEACHING ARTIST TRAINING INSTITUTE (TATI) 2009 "Often autistic students have to find other...
Dear Friends: I was recently appointed to Regional Account Manager NY/NJ, for a brilliant preschool/Kindergarten program that teaches math/early literacy, is...
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