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Training

Professional Development Training Workshops:

In accordance to our mission VSAFL provides trainings which emphasize inclusion in a variety of art settings. These trainings can be altered to meet the needs of the audience participating and the organization. 

Start with the Arts:

Start with the Arts is a pre-literacy and arts based program resource guide.  The guide is divided into four major themes that include 57 user friendly hands on lessons for students with and without disabilities.   All art lessons are applicable to Florida State Standards and comply with the state’s benchmarks. 

Trainings for SWTA include an overview of the guide via power point followed by breakout sessions in which the participants will experience firsthand specific lesson plans presented by teaching artists.  Depending on the length of the workshop one or all four art forms are presented.  This workshop showcases inclusion strategies and the arts as a teaching tool with a multi disciplinary approach.

 This session is appropriate for early childhood educators, staff and parents.

Inclusion:

Trainings for the inclusion of students with disabilities to be successful in the general classroom include information on varying disability types, namely: physical, developmental and cognitive.  Sessions dealing with varying disabilities includes: “best practices,” accommodations and modifications, least level of intervention, people first language and behavior strategies.  The participants are introduced to techniques that will allow individuals with disabilities to participate in the creative process.

This session is appropriate for teachers, staff, administrators in school, adult settings and cultural institutions.

Visual Arts for Students with Disabilities:

This training correlates to the publication by the Department of Education entitled:  The Visual Arts for Students with Disabilities: Accommodations and Modifications.  This training begins with a power point with an overview of the goals and mission of VSAFL.  Breakout sessions focus on physical disabilities; developmental disabilities and cognitive disabilities.  In each session arts lessons are introduced providing examples of how to accommodate students with various disabilities; behavioral strategies,  adaptive materials, and tips for identifying and other inclusion techniques.

This session is appropriate for visual art teachers.

Adults with Disabilities:

Trainings for administrators and staff who work with adults with disabilities offers people first language, least level of intervention, best practices and strategies for inclusion of adults with varying disabilities.  Hands- on sessions focus on choices, communication skills, inclusions strategies, time management tips and room arrangements.

This session is appropriate for administrators, staff and family members of adults with disabilities.

Artist in Residence: 

Training for teaching artists with and without disabilities to work with children and adults with disabilities in various settings including: schools, community centers, museums, ARC facilities, and juvenile justice programs.  The artists receive information on people first language, least level of intervention, accommodations and modifications and best practices. The workshop is hands-on and deals with all art forms.

This session is appropriate for teaching artist with and without disabilities.

General VSA workshop:

These workshops provide a one hour overview of VSAFL’s mission and program areas and why the arts are important.    Resource information on agencies that deal with the arts and people with disabilities are provided.

This training is appropriate for any organization.

Accessibility Training for Cultural Institutions:

This training is for cultural institutions whose audience is the general public of all ages, including people with disabilities. The focus is to assist the institution to be accessible for all and the appropriate ways to provide information to those with varying disabilities.  This includes ADA criteria for easy access, signage and label information which includes font size, color, lighting and signage size in addition to the use of Braille for vision impaired and assistive technology for hearing impaired.  Also included is the use of people first language and  the appropriate way to assist people using wheelchairs or other assistive equipment. 

This session is designed for administration, staff, docents and guides in cultural institutions.