1. Special Needs Students and Art Education

2. Where It All Began
Pratt at Munson-Williams-Proctor, Sophomore Year (Spring 2008)
Albany Street Elementary School
Utica, NY
3. Shape Animals
4. 5. 6. The School for Human RightsCrown Heights, Brooklyn
7. Sean
Senior at the School for Human Rights
Autistic
No Art Classes
8. 9. 10. Challenges
Not a lot of information is available on special needs students and art education
11. Themes Within My Topic
History of Special Education
- Ungraded Classes
Art Therapy and Special Education
- Developmental Stages
Self-Expression and Special Needs Students
- Understand emotions, become confident in their ideas, improve fine motor skills, complete projects they set out to do, problem solve
Creative Thinking in Special Needs Students
- Physical challenges may prohibit a student with special needs from expressing his imagination
12. Viktor Lowenfeld
13. Scribble Stage(18 mo. 2 yrs.)
awareness of patterns, hand-eye coordination
Pre-Schematic Stage (4 yrs. 7 yrs.)
people are made up of basic shapes
Schematic Stage (7 yrs. 9 yrs.)
more details- clothes, hands, fingers, etc.
Drawing Realism Stage (1o yrs.)
desire to depict things realistically
14. Pre-Schematic Stage
Scribble Stage
Schematic Stage
Drawing Realism Stage
15. Is our current educational program using art to its fullest potential in terms of helping children with special needs communicate and express themselves?