Arts Learning
ACHF Arts Education
Anticipated outcomes for this project are that 24 participating youth with autism will learn to use art to address their social and communication deficits, and leverage the creative process of art making to improve and enhance physical, mental and emotional well-being. Additionally, the participants in this program have typically been excluded from many youth-focused programs, because of their social and communication deficits, so this will be the first time many have experienced a non-school gathering of their peers, as well as their first exposure to an art museum. The quantitative evaluation component of the project will include response to the registration opportunity, and actual attendance vs. registration numbers. The qualitative evaluation of the project will come from evaluations completed by participating families, as well as an evaluation by the teaching artists to provide feedback on the impact of the project and how useful the content is in using art-appreciation and art-making to teach social skills and art-appreciation to youth with autism spectrum disorders.
The project served 18 students with autism directly through specialized programming, including an exhibition of student work attended by approximately 50 people. All participating families rated the class as extremely enjoyable, high-quality and helpful to the social development of their participants with Austism Spectrum Disorder.
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