The Impact of the Arts for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities

Students with moderate to severe disabilities are often left out of arts programs, especially in rural areas where resources are limited and drama, music and art classes are often not available. This action research study focused on a small group of students in a self-contained classroom in a high school. The classroom teacher worked with a teaching artist to start an art program for students with moderate to severe disabilities. Even though there are limited resources in rural areas, it is still possible to create a quality arts integration program which requires planning and effective collaboration with other teachers and artists. This study showed an increase in student interest in art and an increase in knowledge of basic art skills. Arts integration, even at the very basic level can have a positive impact on students with moderate to severe disabilities in the self-contained classroom.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Education (MEd)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Special Education

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Fuss, Rebekah

Contributors dc:contributor

• Janet Spybrook
• Janet Finke
• Craig Hughes

• Education
• arts integration
• teaching artists
• self-contained classroom
• art
• special education
• Art Education
• Special Education and Teaching

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/222

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-1225