1st Edition
Identity-Affirming Arts Integration and Special Education Inclusion Through Belonging
Part I: Theory and Background on Identity-Affirming Arts Integreation and Special Education 1. Intersecting DisCrit, Arts Integration, and Critical Special Education Research 2. Centering Student Identities in Curricula through the Integration of Disability Justice and Disability Art 3. Identity-Affirming Arts Integration: Reframing Engagement through Affective, Cognitive, and Linguistic Dimensions of Students’ Experiences and Identities Part II: Identity-Affirming Arts Integration Demonstrations of Practice 4. Visual and Performing Arts Integration and English Language Arts with Seventh-Grade Students 5. Using Poetry and Creative Writing to Promote Psychological Safety for Black Girls in Inclusive Elementary School Math Classrooms 6. Drama-Integrated Social Studies for Generationally Traumatized Students 7. Integrating Film Arts in English Language Arts Classes to Support High School Students’ Literacy Skills through Identity Connections Part III: Next Steps for Identity-Affirming Arts Integration Research and Practice: Teacher Education and Systems Changes 8. Where Love Lives: Cultivating Antiracist Arts-Integrated Classrooms through Ubuntu and Psychological Safety 9. A Case for the Arts in Special Educator Preparation Programs
Biography
Alida Anderson is a professor in the School of Education at American University. She was formerly an artist and a special education K-12 teacher.
