question about autism and art education

[Sarah Marie Breest]

HI!
My name is Christine and i am a student at the university of wisconsin
madison. I am currently in a class called art in exceptional education
and for my final project i am reseaching autism and must devise a plan
to adapt an artroom/ lesson planning for a child with autism. Can anyone
out there help me????????? Especially in regards to art education and
autism?????????

Feel free to email me at cfoc...@students.wisc.edu
thanks
christine

[jbowden]

My daughter has a art teacher and art room at the Boston Higashi
school and they have a full art curriculum. It is the most
amazing art room I have ever seen. All the children have art
every day. Call the art teacher at 781-961-0800. The Boston Higashi
school is for autistic children only and is international
JEAN
Sarah Marie Breest <smbr...@students.wisc.edu> writes: > HI!

[micro...@geocities.com]

There is more than one type of autism. I have a type called Asperger's
Syndrome which is at the higher functioning end of the spectrum. You can
see my webpage at
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/1807/

[Shannon Ahern Ikeda]

HI there!

Well, all I can say is that my HFA son loves all kinds of art, and does very
well in art classes.

For adapting a classroom, I would suggest making different mediums
available, in case the child cannot cope with the smell/texture of something
(crayons vs. paints vs. pastels). Also, at least in my son's case, I
wouldn't assume an instinctive understanding of either HOW the tools work,
or of when a project is completed. My son has some real issues with defining
completion, which complicate transitions. He needed some guidance on ending
tasks, which really helped him. Of course, in the context of his creating
what is in his imagination!

You can see some of his artwork (all done at home, not in school, though) on
my homepage http://shannon.develop.com/art.htm

Good luck!

Shannon :-)

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