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Art and disability : the social and political struggles facing education / Alice J. Wexler ; foreword by Roger Cardinal.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wexler, Alice, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children with disabilities--Education--United States.
- Children with disabilities.
- Children with disabilities--Education.
- United States.
- People with disabilities--Education--United States.
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Education.
- Art--Study and teaching--United States.
- Art.
- Art--Study and teaching.
- Arts and society--United States.
- Arts and society.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Summary:
- In the past few decades, making art has been used in special education classrooms as a way of offering psychic freedom, if not bodily freedom, by providing a partial antidote to the social problems generated in an impoverished environment. The art that has emerged has redeemed the inevitable isolation and loss and become its driving force. Wexler argues that the arts are most effective when they are in service of social growth, critical to identify formation. This book balances theory with practical knowledge and offers critical research that challenges the biases regarding the nature of art and education. It includes case studies, examples of the author's strategies with children and art students, as well as a chapter devoted to lesson plans.
- Contents:
- 1 Overview 7
- 2 Autistic Spectrum Disorders 27
- 3 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 65
- 4 Learning Disabilities 85
- 5 Emotional Disturbance and Behavioral Disorders 107
- 6 The Blind and Visually Impaired 133
- 7 Traumatic Brain Injury and the Northeast Center for Special Care 153
- 8 Community Outreach and Alternative Settings 173
- 9 Lesson Plans 205.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0230606296
- 9780230606296
- OCLC:
- 315237802
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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