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Course Description: This course is designed to acquaint students with the needs and characteristics of special groups, to explore adapted dance/movement activities, and to provide practical application for working directly with individuals with disabilities.

Course Objectives: At conclusion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Plan, implement, and evaluate dance/movement sessions for a variety of special groups.
2. List activity/dance considerations for people with a variety of disabilities.

Course Requirements:

1) Portfolio Section 1:
Develop a portfolio section on 5 disabilities assigned. MAJOR PROJECT: WORTH 100 POINTS (20 POINTS PER DISABILITY). DUE: 2/6

WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE:
*3 RING BINDER WITH GRAPHICS RELATED TO ADAPTED DANCE
*FIRST PAGE INDEX AND YOUR NAME, DATE, EMAIL ADDRESS, PHONE
*FIVE DIVIDERS WITH THE NAME OF THE DISABILITY ON THEM IN EACH SECTION:
*A ONE-PAGE DESCRIPTION OF DISABILTY (REFERENCES)
*A ONE PAGE DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE DISABILTY FOR DANCE/MOVEMENT
(PROBLEMS, ISSUES, HEALTH CONCERNS)
*A ONE PAGE DESCRIPTION OF SAFETY PRECATUTIONS AND TEACHING TIPS FOR WORKING
WITH THAT POPULATION IN DANCE ACTIVITES
*5 REFERENCES
*A COPY OF AN ARTICLE RELATED TO MOVEMENT&/OR DANCE FOR THAT POPULATION
*A COPY OF ANOTHER HANDOUT/ARTICLE/INTERNET ARTICLE RELATED TO MOVMENT &/OR
DANCE FOR THAT POPULATION.

2) Portfolio Section 2 (outside experiences):

You are responsible for contacting an agency in this area or near your home, arranging for you and one or two other class members to lead a 30-45 minutes dance/movement to music session, handing in an index card with the activity and some modification ideas one week prior, and writing a reflection sheet (to be handed out). As before, you will submit this in the second major section of your portfolio.

WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE:
*FIRST PAGE IS AGENCY INFO, CONTACT PERSON, PHONE AND ADDRESS OF ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF THE ORGANIZATION (WHO THEY ARE, WHO THEY SERVE, MISSION)
*SESSION PLAN WITH MY INITIALS ON IT
*PHOTOS OF THE EVENT WITH YOU LEADING,
*REFLECTIONS, AND SIGNATURE OF THE CONTACT PERSON ON THE AGENCY LETTERHEAD. MAJOR PROJECT WORTH 100 POINTS DUE: MARCH 13TH.

3) Portfolio Section 3:

Successfully teach group and individual dance lessons to people with disabilities. For each session a one page OR index card, neatly handwritten (or typed) “plan” is due. You must fully participate in the rehearsals, prop making, music selection, coaching/teaching dancers will disabilities in a dance production number culminating the first Saturday of April. You must be able to participate in that Saturday night to be successful in this class. Following each session, a reflection should be handwritten on the back of the “plan”. Plan and reflection components are on a handout attached to this syllabus.

WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE:
*3 RING BINDER WITH GRAPHICS RELATED TO ADAPTED DANCE
*FIRST PAGE INDEX AND YOUR NAME, DATE, EMAIL ADDRESS, PHONE
*DIVIDERS WITH THE DATE OF THE SESSION, REHERSAL, SHOW ON THEM IN EACH SECTION AND
REFERENCES
*IN EACH SECTION: Photos of each session highlights, the index card plan for that day with my initials on it, reflection sheet filled out with my initials on it.

*Creativity, originality, neatness, professionalism, related articles, references etc are all bonuses when it comes to portfolios. MAJOR PROJECT WORTH 100 POINTS DUE: APRIL 10TH

Course Outline

1/16 Lecture: Adapted Dance vs. Dance Therapy, Movement Discovery/Simulations (H104)

1/23 Lecture: People w/ physical disabilities, safety, adaptations & 1st dance session (photo/reflection)

1/30 Adapted and Non Adapted Dance Movements 2nd dance session (need plan, photo/reflection)

2/6 Lecture: Specific Physical Disabilities 3rd dance session (no plan, just all other)
Major project 1 due

2/13 Lecture: Specific Physical Disabilities 4th dance session (plan, reflections, photos)
2/20 Lecture: Senior Citizens 5th dance session (need all)

2/27 Lecture: Behavior Disorders 6th dance session (need all)

3/13 Lecture: PDDs Major project 2 due 7th dance session (no plan, just all others)
3/ 20 Work on show 8th dance session (photos, reflections)

3/27 Work on show 9th dance session (photos, reflections)

4/3 Dress Rehearsal Reflections and photos

4/7 DPW Reflection

4/10 Lecture: Major project 3 due

4/17 Lecture:

4/24 Day off

5/1 Lecture, video, party J.


Course Policies
1. Absence Policy
As a 400 level course, meeting one time weekly, the student is permitted one absence. For each absence over one, the student·s final grade will drop five points.


2. Academic Dishonesty Policy
Evidence of academic dishonesty, including your portfolio resembling/same as another students, plagiarism (not referencing quotes and ideas from sources, and other forms of cheating, will result in an “F” grade of the material being evaluated–paper, test, etc. A second infraction will result in an “F” grade for the course.

3. Grade Policy
Portfolio Part 1 33 1/3 %
Portfolio Part 2 33 1/3 %
Portfolio Part 3 33 1/3 %

4. Safety Policy
Must wear “indoor sneakers” (ones not worn outside in the dirt/snow etc) or dance shoes or gymnastics slippers.
No hanging jewelry including earrings. No glass in the gym. No gum chewing. After the first meeting, must wear uniform of white WCU shirt, navy shorts or sweats, hair pulled back. No harsh or sarcastic words to each other or participants.

5. Disability Policy
We in the Department of Kinesiology wish to make accommodations for individuals with disabilities to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities should provide me with the appropriate paperwork (from Dr. Patwell·s office) by the end of the second week of the semester or sooner. You should also set up a meeting with me ASAP to discuss accommodations for this semester.



revised: 1/01


Reflection #1 YOUR NAME:


What is your participants' name? Disability? Date of Birth & current age? Parents/caregivers name who brings him/her (IF APPLICABLE)?





As a result of your initial assessment, what are 5 things they can do (strengths) as observed?







What are 5 things they could not do or refused to do?






What specifically do you want your participant to do next week?
LIST IN THE FORM OF AN OBJECTIVE….WRITE 3


1.





2.



3.




WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?








REFLECTION #2 DATE: YOUR NAME: DANCER NAME:

1. LIST & DESCRIBE TWO ACTIVITIES THAT YOUR STUDENT DID WELL IN. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, SITE, ACTIVITY, LEADER, OR YOUR TEACHING THAT WORK?


A. ACTIVITY/MOVEMENT NAME/DESCRIPTION:


FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO ITS SUCCESS:





B. ACTIVITY/MOVEMENT NAME/DESCRIPTION


FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO ITS SUCCESS:




2. LIST AND DESCRIBE ONE ACTIVITY THAT YOUR PARTICIPANT DID NOT DO WELL IN. WHAT ARE SOME REASONS THAT YOU THINK THEY DID NOT DO WELL. LIST ONE ACTION YOU WILL USE TO ALLIEVIATE THE PROBLEM OR HELP THEM DO WELL AT THIS NEXT TIME

ACTIVITY/MOVEMENT NAME/DESCRIPTION:



MAYBE THE REASONS FOR YOUR STUDENT DOING POORLY:




WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE, WHAT COULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY?



What specifically do you want your participant to do next week?
LIST IN THE FORM OF AN OBJECTIVE…. WRITE 1




WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE ?


REFLECTION #3 DATE: YOUR NAME: DANCER NAME:

1. LIST & DESCRIBE TWO ACTIVITIES THAT YOUR STUDENT DID WELL IN. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, SITE, ACTIVITY, LEADER, OR YOUR TEACHING THAT WORK?


A. ACTIVITY/MOVEMENT NAME/DESCRIPTION:


FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO ITS SUCCESS:





B. ACTIVITY/MOVEMENT NAME/DESCRIPTION


FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO ITS SUCCESS:




2. LIST AND DESCRIBE ONE ACTIVITY THAT YOUR PARTICIPANT DID NOT DO WELL IN. WHAT ARE SOME REASONS THAT YOU THINK THEY DID NOT DO WELL. LIST ONE ACTION YOU WILL USE TO ALLIEVIATE THE PROBLEM OR HELP THEM DO WELL AT THIS NEXT TIME

ACTIVITY/MOVEMENT NAME/DESCRIPTION:



MAYBE THE REASONS FOR YOUR STUDENT DOING POORLY:




WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE, WHAT COULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY?



What specifically do you want your participant to do next week?
LIST IN THE FORM OF AN OBJECTIVE….WRITE 1




WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE ?
REFLECTION #– 4 DATE: YOUR NAME: DANCER NAME:


1. LIST ONE STRENGTH AND ONE WEAKNESS OF YOUR PARTICIPANT IN BALANCE





2. LIST ONE STRENGTH AND ONE WEAKNESS OF YOUR PARTICIPANT IN ATTENTION/COOPERATION/ENTHUSIASM.





3. LIST ONE STRENGTH AND ONE WEAKNESS OF YOUR PARTICIPANT IN RHYTHMIC SKILLS.





4. LIST ONE STRENGTH AND ONE WEAKNESS OF YOUR PARTICIPANT IN THE 5 AREAS OF HEALTH RELATED FITNESS.




REFLECTION #5, 6, 7 DATE: YOUR NAME: DANCER NAME:

1. IN RELATION TO YOUR PARTICIPANT, WHAT WENT WELL TODAY? WHY?








2. WHAT DID NOT GO WELL TODAY? WHY?







3. HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE ANYTHING YOU DID TODAY?




REFLECTION #–8 DATE: YOUR NAME: DANCER NAME:


1) WRITE ALL THE SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS AND MODIFICATIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE IN PLACE FOR YOUR STUDENT TO SUCCEED IN THE OBJECTIVES ABOVE IN A NON-ADAPTED DANCE CLASS.















2. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR TEACHING/LEADING FROM THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE?

DISABILITY ASSIGNMENTS


Alisa: Congenital effects of drugs (crack kids); Hemophilia; Leukemia, Deaf-blind, Fragile x syndrome.

Sugar: Dwarfism; Cardiac rehabilitation, ADHD, Scoliosis, Prader Willi Syndrome.

Marcy: Tourette·s syndrome, Amputees, Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, Achondroplasia.

Dance Minor 1: Alzheimer·s; Autism, Down syndrome, arthritis, Spina Bifida

Dance Minor 2: Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, Parkinson·s, Amputees, Fragile X syndrome, Spastic Cerebral Palsy.

Dance Minor 3: Mental Retardation, Fibromyalgia, ADHD, Seizure Disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury

Dance Minor 4: Down syndrome, Asperger·s syndrome, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis.

Dance Minor 5: Stroke, Muscular Dystrophy, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Alzheimer·s, Deafness.

Christy: Hemophilia, Amputees, Congenital heart conditions; Osteogenesis Imperfecta,
Spina Bifida

Adam: Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson·s,
Developmental Coordination Disorder.