Programming for People with Special Needs (eBook)

A Guide for Museums and Historic Sites

Katie Stringer (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
110 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-2765-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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 trainingPlanning and communicationTimingEngagement and social/life skillsObject-centered and inquiry-based programsStructureFlexibility

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Programming for People with Special Needs: A Guide for Museums and Historic Sites will help museums and historic sites become truly inclusive educational experiences. The book is unique because it covers education and inclusion for those with both intellectual and learning disabilities.The book features the seven key components of creating effective programming for people with special needs, especially elementary and secondary students with intellectual disabilities:Sensitivity and awareness trainingPlanning and communicationTimingEngagement and social/life skillsObject-centered and inquiry-based programsStructureFlexibilityIn addition, this book features and discusses programs such as the Museum of Modern Art's Meet Me program and ones for children with autism at the Transit Museum in Brooklyn as models for other organizations to adapt for their use. Its focus on visitors of all ages who have cognitive or intellectual disabilities or special needs makes this title essential for all museum and historic site professionals, especially educators or administrators, but also for museum studies students and those interested in informal education.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

PrefaceChapter 1: Museums, Education, and AccessibilityChapter 2: Sensitivity and Awareness: Preparing the Museum and StaffChapter 3: Universal Design at Museums and Historic SitesChapter 4: Model Programs of Accessibility at Museums in the United StatesChapter 5: A Case Study and Model for Museums and Historic Sites: Seven KeyElements of Effective ProgramsChapter 6: Conclusions: Making a Difference in Your CommunityAppendixesBibliographySuggested Reading

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: American Association for State and Local History
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Education • museum programming
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-2765-6 / 1442227656
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-2765-1 / 9781442227651