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Topic: Ways in which we can integrate/include children with special needs in PE and Art.

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I found this article on special education and art: Notbohm, Ellen. "Exceptional children: navigating learning disabilities & special education: ART-ful Teaching for different learners." //Children's Voice Magazine // Nov.-Dec. 2008: 20. //Academic OneFile //. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Retrieved from: http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA196227808&v=2.1&u=ucalgary&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w

I think it says a lot for PE too, so here I've combined her suggestions:

1. Don't assume that a child has any prior experience with PE or art. 2. Joint activities encourage participation. 3. Provide a model to help demonstrate specifics. 4. Step-by-step instruction is helpful. 5. Offer different mediums of choices/options for games/sports. 6. Art or PE can segue into other subject areas, such as dance, drama or writing. 7. Art or PE can open the door to communication for children who are nonverbal or otherwise cannot express their feelings. 8. Art of PE can provide a medium for story creation or other concepts like sequencing and predicting.

Charlene