SP ED 5820 - Interdisciplinary Teaching Methods and Practicum: Dance and Special Education

This course will provide a context in which dance and special education students collaborate to share knowledge, generate new ideas, and develop effective and individualized arts instruction for students with disabilities in inclusive and self-contained settings. At the beginning of the semester, all students will meet together on campus to share backgrounds and to prepare for teaching practicums. For the latter part of the semester, students will work in collaborative teaching teams, providing creative dance sessions at assigned sites off campus. Students will learn effective practices for designing and implementing integrative creative dance instruction for students with disabilities including best practices in dance and special education. During on campus classes, students will learn consultation skills and have an opportunity to use them in their practicum sites.