Adult Programs
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT for TEACHERS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, SITE STAFF
In addition to the Sociodrama and Creative Drama programs for youth where professional development is built in, we offer workshops independent from youth programs for staff. These workshops are designed with the specific needs of the partner in mind. These workshops are intended for teachers and staff who work with disabled or disadvantaged youth. Examples of workshops offered:
· Incorporating the Arts in the Classroom
· Using Dramatic Arts to Enhance Core Academic Subjects
· Including students with disabilities in the arts
· Teaching to Different Learning Styles: How the Arts Can Help
· Partnering with a Teaching Artist in the Classroom
· Disability Awareness
PARENT WORKSHOPS
Participants are placed in improvised situations reflecting their experiences as parents or guardians. These workshops are designed with the specific needs of the partner in mind and use drama activities to stimulate discovery of specific parenting issues.
Examples of workshops include:
· Incorporating the Arts at Home
· Siblings and Friends: Youth With and Without Disabilities Together
· Using Drama Techniques to Discuss Sensitive Issues
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT for TEACHING ARTISTS
IDEAS provides training and information to the professional Teaching Artists on our roster. Teaching Artists not on our roster are welcome to join us, by invitation only. Workshops are occasionally taught by guest teaching artists with an area of specialty. Topics covered in the past:
· Adapting activities for Youth with Disabilities
· Creative Drama and Devising Theater
· Mask-making and mask use
· Infusing Dance into drama
· Infusing Poetry into drama
· Classroom Management
· Universal Design
· Sociodrama techniques
· Standards, Blueprint, Core Capacities