More than 57 percent of the over 6 million American Children with disabilities are in inclusive (i.
Lyn Ford is an Ohio Alliance for Arts Education and Kennedy Center\'s OSBCI Teaching Artist and the author of two Anne Izard Storytel.
About the Author: Sherry Norfolk is adjunct professor at Lesley University as well as an award-winning storyteller, author, and Teaching artist, performing and leading residencies and professional development workshops nationally and internationally.
The book also offers compelling real-life anecdotes that demonstrate the impact of these Strategies in inclusive and self-contained classrooms; presents an introduction to the skills of storytelling, why they are useful, and how to use them; and includes suggested modifications for a wide range of disabilities as well as detailed resource lists.
These full-text stories, essays, and lesson plans from experienced Storytelling Teaching artists provide educators with a wide range of adaptable Storytelling and Teaching Strategies for specific disabilities and enable storytellers to discover news ways to perform their Storytelling magic.
This book fills this critical need, supplying school and public librarians, classroom and Special area teachers, and Storytelling Teaching artists with Storytelling Strategies for Reaching and Teaching Children with Special needs in inclusive classrooms, self-contained classrooms, and public and school libraries.
The need for resources that support educators working with Children with disabilities or social/emotional difficulties is clear.
While most classrooms have at least one child with a disability, teachers often have little or no training in educating and caring for these children.
As much as 20 percent of the Children in an inclusive classroom are identified as "disabled," with the highest percentage of these having learning disabilities. e., general) classrooms; "self-contained" classrooms serve Children whose disabilities are either more severe or disruptive.
More than 57 percent of the over 6 million American Children with disabilities are in inclusive (i
