Making Creative Activities Accessible for All Learners: 
A Free Informational Workshop & Gathering about   Arts-Related Accommodations 
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Crotched Mountain ATECH Services
57 Regional Dr., Suite #7, Concord NH
Free; pre-registration requested
If possible, bring a snack to share 

To download a workshop flyer for distribution, please click here.

Note: this workshop is also offered September 4
at North Country Education Services in Gorham, NH

The arts are a powerful tool for supporting developmental progress, strengthening behavioral and social skills, fostering self-esteem and enhancing feelings of well being in every kind of learner. This workshop will provide information about accommodations that will help ensure successful participation in creative activities for children and young people with all abilities and different learning needs. The information shared will be useful not only for parents but for anybody working with students with special needs - teachers, paraprofessionals, after-school staff and all those involved in community programming.  Workshop material can be applied right away in different settings, home, school or a community venue.  Participants will be encouraged to ask questions and provide examples of successes and challenges from their own experiences.

The session will be facilitated by Deborah Stuart of VSA New Hampshire and will also include a tour and overview of ATECH’s assistive technology services led by Director Dennis Bradley; a demonstration of adapted musical instruments and photography equipment by David Kontak, Assistive Technology Director at Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center, and discussion with dancer Kelly Doremus Stuart, longtime teaching artist and parent of an adolescent with special needs.

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Deborah Stuart has spent decades working with children and their teachers around the world. She serves as a national consultant and trainer in the field of arts and learning, and is the author of Start with the Arts, which links children’s literature and the arts as early learning tools. She is the 2014 recipient of the national VSA Ginny Miller Award for Mentorship, recognizing an individual who has provided outstanding help and guidance to colleagues around the country. 

Presented by: The Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire and VSA New Hampshire as part of their ongoing Arts in Inclusive Learning collaboration, provided through a contract with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Our thanks to Crotched Mountain ATECH Services for partnering on this workshop.

 For more information: To learn more about the workshop, other August offerings for teachers or the Arts in Inclusive Learning, call 323-7302 or email programs@aannh.org. The Arts Alliance is grateful for operating support from the NH State Council on the Arts.

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