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Wings to Fly: Bringing Theatre Arts to Students with Special Needs
Author: Sally D. Bailey, RDT/BCT
$17.95 – paper – 352 pages
Wings to Fly: Bringing Theatre Arts to Students with Special Needs is a comprehensive nuts and bolts handbook for special education and drama teachers, therapists, and recreation leaders. It describes concrete, field-tested techniques and lesson plans for teaching drama to students with a wide array of special needs in academic and theatre settings. Readers also learn about the therapeutic and educational benefits of drama – how participants of all ages gain self-confidence, improve communication skills, discover how to become a team player, and find new, creative ways to express themselves.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Need for the Arts
Chapter 2: The Arts and Disability
Chapter 3: Physical Disabilities
Chapter 4: Cognitive Disabilities
Chapter 5: Getting off to a Good Start: Basic Adaptations
Chapter 6: Creative Drama and Improvisation
Chapter 7: Lesson Plans and Activities that Work
Chapter 8: Puppetry
Chapter 9: Developing Original Scripts for Performance
Chapter 10: Using Drama as a Teaching Tool in the Classroom
Chapter 11: Mainstreaming
About the Author: Sally Dorothy Bailey, MFA, MSW, RDT/BCT is an established playwright, director, and registered drama therapist. She created and directed the Arts Access Program for students with special needs at the Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts in Bethesda MD from 1988-98.
PRAISE FOR WINGS TO FLY:
“Sally Bailey’s passionate, incisive, and insightful methods put her in the vanguard of what children’s theatre for the 21st century must be: theatre that invites all children to go through the doors of their imagination and unleash what’s trapped inside.”
-- Mark Medoff, Tony Award-winning playwright of Children of a Lesser God
“An extremely welcome addition to the very sparse literature in this field?The author’s considerable background in theatre coupled with years of first-hand experience working with disabled participants make her particularly knowledgeable.”
-- Hilary U. Cohen in The Drama Theatre Teacher
Stigma Bibliography
A Bibliography on Stigma, Access and Theatre/Drama Therapy with People who have Diabilities
DRAMA/THEATRE AND DISABILITY
Astell-Burt, C (1981). Puppetry for Mentally Handicapped People. Cambridge, MA: Brookline Books.
Bailey, S.D. (1993).Wings to Fly: Bringing Theatre Arts to Students with Special Needs. Rockville, MD: Woodbine House.
Bailey, S.D. (1997). "Drama: A powerful tool for social skill development," Disability Solutions. Vol 2 (1), pp. 1-5.
Bailey, S.D. (2002).Dreams to Sign. Bethesda, MD: Imagination Stage.
Behr, M.W., Snyder, A.B., & Clopton, A.S. (1979). Drama Integrates Basic Skills: Lesson Plans for the Learning Disabled. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher.
Cattanach, A. (1992). Drama for People with Special Needs. New York: Drama Book Publishers.
Chesner, A. (1995). Dramatherapy for People with Learning Disabilities: A World of Difference. London: Jessica Kingsley Publisher.
Cohen, H. (1995). Dramatically Able: Making Drama Accessible to Participants with Disabilities, Ann Arbor, MI: Wild Swan Theatre. Book plus video.
Cohen, H. (1985). "Conflicting values in creating theatre with the developmentally disabled: A study of Theatre Unlimited," The Arts in Psychotherapy. Vol. 12, pp. 3-10.
McCaslin, N. (2000). "Creative Drama and the Special Child," Creative Drama in the Classroom and Beyond. 7th ed., New York: Longman.
Peter, M. (1994). Drama for All: Developing Drama in the Curriculum with Pupils with Special Education Needs. London: David Fulton Publishers.
Shaw, A.M., & Steven, C.J. (1979). Drama, Theatre, and the Handicapped. Washington, D.C.: American Theatre Association.
Shaw, A.M., Perks, W. & Stevens, C.J. (1981). Perspectives: A Handbook in Drama the Theatre By, With, and For Handicapped Individuals. Washington, DC: American Theatre Association.
Tomlinson, R. (1982). Disability, Theatre, and Education. Bloomington, IN: Indianna University Press, 1982.
Warren, B. & Dunne, T. (1989). Drama Games: A Practical Guide for Leaders Working with Disabled People. Ontario, Canada: Captus Press.
Wisehart, C. (1997). Storms and Illuminations: 18 years of Access Theatre. Santa Barbara, CA: Emily Publications.
STIGMA
Allport, G. (1958). The Nature of Prejudice. New York: Doubleday.
Beck, A.T. (1999). Prisoners of Hate. New York: HarperCollins.
Condeluci, A. (1996). Beyond Difference. Delray Beach, FL: St. Lucie Press.
Condeluci, A. (unkn). Interdependence: The Route to Community. Delray Beach, FL: St. Lucie Press.
Crutchfield, S., & Epstein, M (ed.). (2000). Points of Contact: Disability, Art, and Culture. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Fries, K. (ed.) (1997). Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out. New York: Penguin Group.
Goffman, E. (1986). Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Hardaway, B. "Imposed inequality and misommunication between physically impaired and psychically nonimpaired interactants in American society," The Howard Journal of Communications. Vol 3 (1 & 2), pp. 139-148.
Jones, R. L. (ed). (1985). Reflections on Growing Up Disabled. Reston, VA: ERIC.
Lichtenberg, P., van Beusekom, J., & Gibbons, D. (1997). Encountering Bigotry: Befriending Projecting Persons in Everyday Life. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc.
Murphy, R.F. (1987). The Body Silent. New York: Henry Hold and Co.
Pelka, F. (1980). "Sick? It's your own damn fault!" On the Issues. Spring, pp. 34-37.
Schneider, J.W., & Conrad, P. (1980). "In the closet with illness: Epilepsy, stigma potential and information control," Social Problems. Vol. 28 (1), pp. 32-44.
Sontag, S. (1990). Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors. New York: Doubleday.
Susman, J. (1994). "Disability, stigma and deviance." Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 38 (1), pp. 15-22.
Wang, C. (1992). "Culture, meaning and disability: Injury prevention campaigns and the production of stigma," Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 36 (5), pp. 615-623.
Westbrook, M., Legge, V., & Pennay, M. (1993). "Attitudes towards disabilities in a multicultural society, " Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 35 (9), pp. 1093-1102.
Young-Bruehl, E. (1996). The Anatomy of Prejudices. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
EDUCATIONAL ADAPTAIONS / ALTERNATE APPROACHES
Armstrong, T. (1987). In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Personal Learning Style. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc.
Armstrong, T. (1993). Seven Kinds of Smart: identifying and Developing Your Many Intelligences. New York: Penguin Books.
Armstrong, T. (2000). Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom. 2nd Ed., Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Gardner, H. (1999). Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligneces for the 21st Century. New York: Basic Books.
Gardner, H. (1993). Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences: 10th Anniversary Edition. New York: Basic Books.
Gardner, H. (1992). Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice. New York: Basic Books.
Goleman, D. (1998). Working with Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam Books.
Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. New York: Bantam Books.
Levine, M. (2002). A Mind At A Time. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Markova, D. (1991). The Art of the Possible: A Compassionate Approach to Understanding the Way People Think, Learn, & Communicate. Emeryville, CA: Conari Press.
Sarason, S.B. (1990). The Challenge of Art to Psychology. New York: Yale University Press.
Williams, L.V. (1986). Teaching for the Two-Sided Mind: A Guide to Right Brain/Left Brain Education. New York: Simon & Schuster.
OTHER ACCESS ISSUES
Duncan, J. Gish, C., Mulholland, M.E., & Townsend, A. (1977). Environmental Modifications for the Visually Impaired: A Handbook. New York: American Foundation for the Blind.
Ludins-Katz, F, & Kats, E. (1990). "Arts and Disabilities: Establishing the Creative Art Center for People with Disabilities." Cambridge, MA: Brookline Books.
National Endowment for the Arts (1989 revised.). "The Arts and 504: A 504 Handbook for Accible Arts Programming." Washington, DC: NEA.
National Endowment for the Arts (1994). "Design for Accessibility: An Arts Administrator's Guide." Washington, DC: NEA.
Research and Training Center on Independent Living (2001). "Guidelines for Reporting and Writing about People with Disabilities." 6th ed. (and many other resources), Lawrence, KS. Or go to website at: http://wwwrtcil.org
Very Special Arts Maine (unkn). Theatre Without Limits. VHS 26 minutes.
Drama Therapy Bibliography
DRAMA THERAPY
Bailey, S.D. (1993).Wings to Fly: Bringing Theatre Arts to Students with Special Needs. Rockville, MD: Woodbine House.
Blatner, A. & Blatner, A. (1997). The art of play: An adult's guide to reclaiming imagination and spontaneity. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Emunah, R. (1994).Acting for real: Drama therapy: Process, technique, and performance., New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Grainger, R. (1990).Drama and healing: The roots of dramatherapy.London: Jessica Kingsley Publisher.
Jones, P. (1996). Drama as therapy: Theatre as living. New York: Routledge.
Landy, R. (1994). Drama therapy: Concepts, theories, and practices (2nd ed.). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher.
Landy, R. (1993). Personna and performance: The meaning of role in drama, therapy, and everyday life. New York: Guilford Press.
Lewis, P. & Johnson, D. R. (eds.). (2000). Current approaches in drama therapy. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher.
Schattner, G. & Courtney, R. (eds.). (1981). Drama in therapy: Volume one: Children & Volume two: Adults. New York: Drama Book Specialists.
Sternberg, P. (1998). Theatre for conflict resolution in the classroom and beyond. Portsmouth, NJ: Heinemann.
Sternberg, P. & Garcia, A. (2000). Sociodrama: Who's in your shoes? Westport, CT: Praeger.
PLAYBACK THEATRE
Fox, J. (1986). Acts of service: Spontaneity, commitment, tradtion in the nonscripted theatre. New Paltz, NY: Tusitala Publishing.
Fox, J., & Dauber, H. (1999). Gathering voices: Essays on playback theatre. New Paltz, NY: Tusitala Publishing.
Salas, J. (1996). Improvising real life: Personal story in playback theatre. New Paltz, NY: Tusitala Publishing.
PSYCHODRAMA
Blatner, A. (2000). Acting-in: Practical application of psychodramatic methods. New York: Springer.
Blatner, A. (1998). Foundations of psychodrama: History, theory, & practice. New York: Springer.
Fox, J. (ed.). (1987). The essential Moreno: Writings on psychodrama, group method, and spontaneity by J.L. Moreno, M.D. New York: Springer.
Hudgins, K.M. (2002). Experiential treatment for PTSD: The therapeutic spiral model. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Leveton, E. (1992). A clinicians's guide to psychodrama. (2nd ed.). New York: Springer.
Moreno, J.L. (1993). Who shall survive? Foundations of sociometry, group psychotherapy, and sociodrama. ASGPP.
Moreno, J. L. (1994). Psychodrama (4th ed.). Volumes I, II, III, ASGPP.
AUGUSTO BOAL
Boal, A. (1979). Theatre of the oppressed. New York: Theatre Communications Group.
Boal, A. (1992). Games for actors and non-actors. New York: Routledge.
Boal, A. (1995). The rainbow of desire: The Boal method of theatre and therapy. New York: Routledge.
Boal, A. (1999). Legislative theatre. New York: Routledge.
Schultzman, M. & Cohen-Cruz, J. (eds.). (1994). Playing Boal: Theatre, therapy and activism. New York: Routledge.
OTHER RESOURCES
Dramascope. Quarterly newletter of the National Association for Drama Therapy. Free subsription with membership.
The Arts in Psychotherapy. Newsletter published five times per year on all the creative arts therapies. Elsevier Science, Inc.
The International Journal of Action Methods. (formerly the Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama & Sociometry). Heldref Publications.
The National Association for Drama Therapy. http://www.nadt.org
Recommended Resources for Inclusive Playwriting
Bailey, Sally, Wings to Fly: Bringing Theatre Arts to Students with Special Needs.
Available from the author at: 129 Nichols SCTD Dept; Kansas State University;
Manhattan, KS 66506-2301.
Ball, David, Forwards and Backwards, Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois Press, 1983.
*Downs, William Missouri & Wright, Lou Ann, Playwriting: Formula to Form, Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1998.
Weigler, Will, Strategies for Playbuilding Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001.
* Single best book on how to write a play.