Programming for People With Special Needs - A Guide for Museums and Historic Sites

The book features the seven keys to creating effective programming for people with special needs, especially elementary and secondary students with intellectual disabilities:
Sensitivity and awareness training
Planning and communication
Timing
Engagement and social/life skills
Object-centered and inquiry-based programs
Structure
Flexibility

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Chapter 1: Museums, Education, and Accessibility
Chapter 2: Sensitivity and Awareness: Preparing the Museum and Staff
Chapter 3: Universal Design at Museums and Historic Sites
Chapter 4: Model Programs of Accessibility at Museums in the United States
Chapter 5: A Case Study and Model for Museums and Historic Sites: Seven Key
Elements of Effective Programs
Chapter 6: Conclusions: Making a Difference in Your Community
Appendixes
Bibliography
Suggested Reading

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Katie Stringer has performed research focusing on museum education, especially programs for people with disabilities and children in special education classes. She has worked in museums and historic sites in various capacities including education director, curator, collections manager, director of interpretation, and more.

Zusammenfassung

The book features the seven keys to creating effective programming for people with special needs, especially elementary and secondary students with intellectual disabilities: *Sensitivity and awareness training *Planning and communication *Timing *Engagement and social/life skills *Object-centered and inquiry-based programs *Structure *Flexibility

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Katie Stringer, Stringer Katie
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 10.07.2014
• EAN: 9781442227606
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2760-6
• Seiten: 110
• Serien: American Association for State & Local History; American Association for State; American Association for State and Local History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Sonstiges; ART / Museum Studies, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, education;museum programming