Description

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The Handbook of Arts Education and Special Education brings together, for the first time in a single reference volume, policy, research, and practices in special education and arts education synthesized to inform stakeholders across a broad spectrum of education. This handbook encompasses arts education for students with disabilities, from pre-K through transition to postsecondary education and careers as well as community arts education, with particular attention to conceptual foundations; research-based practices; professional standards; students' cognitive, artistic, and social growth; career education; and future directions for research and practice in special education and arts education.

About the Author

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Jean B. Crockett is Professor of Special Education, and former Director of the School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida. Her publications address special education leadership and policy, and the education of students with disabilities in and through the arts.Sharon M. Malley is a special educator, art educator, and artist, and previously a special education specialist for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She led the special education team contributing to the development of the National Core Arts Standards and works on initiatives of national significance for arts and special education.