Project Grant
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education
WACOSA will accommodate barriers to arts for 100% of the class participants. The Paramount will create 1 training session for artists to lead future residencies involving persons with disabilities. Each artist will be able to name 2 new differentiating teaching strategies learned in working with WACOSA. Movement, photography and watercolor techniques will be demonstrated by 70% of participants through completion of coursework, including tangible artwork and artist and staff observation. Assessments provided to class participants will ask if the support and/or accommodations needed to partake in the course were provided. The Paramount will provide a brief, written summary of its training session for artists to lead future, similar residencies. Artists will document 2 new teaching strategies learned. Artists and staff will document course participation, including completed work and observed improvements made by participants.
Pre and Post questionnaires were given to 2 of the 3 classes and the clients showed significant improvement as well as retention of details about the class and its instruction. In the 3rd class, Movement, the majority of the clients were nonverbal and weren't able to understand questions asked. However, we did document changes in behavior while participating in the class and several clients participated more in the last class than did in the first. They became less shy and appeared happier to be involved.
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