Arts Health Antigonish! (AHA!) is a not-for-profit community organization whose mandate is to foster creative expression for community health and well-being (www. artshealthantigonish.org). Over a four-year period, AHA! programs have engaged approximately 20 local artists and over 2,000 community members through poetry, visual arts, dance and…

This article explores the ways in which playback theatre was used to interrogate the views of adolescents on their social context(s) and establish what the personal and dominant discourses operating in their views were. Playback theatre, with its focus on reframing personal stories to generate new perspectives on these stories, was an appropriate…

In this article we discuss an interdisciplinary and collaborative four-year project, Taking Race Live, that explored lived experiences of race among students enrolled at an ethnically diverse university in England. Utilizing qualitative methods to evaluate the project each year, we draw on students' voices to address their experiences of race,…

Described are the background and educational program at the North Carolina School for the Arts, a tax supported high school and college for artistically talented students. (CL)

Describes the summer program at St. Agnes School, in Kentucky, which puts on musicals about social issues. Focuses on the theme of this summer's musical, which is the futility and danger of violence. Discusses the awareness that the summer program musical has brought to the children. (AJL)

The document reports on the Oregon Adaptive Arts Techniques Project, a program to provide direct preservice and inservice training through a series of workshops to teachers and community agents in arts education and its application to handicapped students. Brief summaries are provided for workshop presentations in the following areas (the names of…

The directory lists exemplary arts programs that successfully involve handicapped people as identified by the Model Site and Special Projects Programs. Model sites, which provided replicable program examples in the arts (music, dance, drama, visual arts) and special education, were selected via a comprehensive application and review process.…

The article describes the Alabama School of Fine Arts, a public secondary school offering, in addition to basic academics, intensive training in the areas of music, dance, drama, creative writing, and visual arts to talented and motivated junior and senior high school students in Birmingham. (Author/DLS)

Since its inception 20 years ago as a public-private partnership, the Ounce of Prevention Fund (OPF) has cultivated promising ideas in early childhood development, has used private funding to test those ideas in real life settings, and has leveraged public funding to support and expand innovative programs that advance the health and well-being of…

The book illustrates the value of the arts to special education, describes arts education programs and activities, reviews research on positive changes in children as a result of arts experiences, and considers ways to incorporate arts education in personnel preparation. Possible contributions of art, music, dance, drama, and creative writing to…

The challenge to coordinate physical education, art, and drama into a one week elderhostel project is described. The result was a creative performance by the participants their last day in the program. (Author/MLW)

Intended for professional personnel involved in the education of artistically talented students, the document presents a rationale; a selection of the most appropriate identification practices and options that involve professional resource people and school personnel; appropriate curriculum and instructional strategies for talented students at all…

The packet contains bibliographies, general suggestions, program ideas and descriptions of activities used in physical education and recreation programs for autistic and emotionally disturbed children. Bibliographies on autism are presented for the following topics: physical education and perceptual-motor experiences; recreation and play; and art,…

The report describes an Illinois State University project for special education teachers and art teachers, which focused on arts programs for handicapped children. Project goals were to familiarize participants with basic characteristics of children with different handicaps, to facilitate communication between art and special education teachers,…

Reviewed in the third of seven related documents are resources and research on physical education, recreation, and sports for hearing impaired persons. An annotated list of resources is supplied for each of the following topics: integration of the hearing impaired into regular physical education and recreation programs, physical education and…