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• Beyond the Spectrum - MFA Boston
  Museum of Fine Arts Boston invites you to Beyond the Spectrum , a specially designed program for children and teens with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Classes meet on select
• Step by Step! Dance Classes - Down Syndrome and Autism Sessions
  Boston Conservatory at Berklee is expanding its offerings for children with special needs.  This spring, Step by Step will continue its dance program for children on the a
• Step by Step! Dance Class at Boston Conservatory
  Now in its second session, this dance program for children on the autism spectrum teaches the basics of dance while incorporating social skills and the use of imagination
• ASL-Interpreted Japanese House Tours - Boston Children's Museum
  Take off your shoes, and step into an authentic silk merchant's home from Kyoto, Japan.  Visitors can experience Japanese family life, customs, ceremonies, art, architectu
• Access to Theatre Summer Institute
  Do you want to be an actor, dancer, rapper, musician, poet, or visual artist?  Do you want to work with other artists and challenge yourself creatively?  Come express your
• Annual Deaf & Hard of Hearing Family Event at Boston Children's Museum
  - Date: Saturday, Saturday, June 25, 2016 - Admission : You must pre-register to receive discount admission.  All guests must pay admission at the Admissions Desk upon arr
• Boston's Museum of Fine Arts Program "Beyond the Spectrum"
  Boston's Museum of Fine Arts offers an artful healing program called Beyond the Spectrum specially designed for children ages 8-12 on the Autism Spectrum, including Asperg
• Boston Children’s Museum Symphony Play Day - ASL Interpreted
  Enjoy a day of musical discovery and play!  Explore classical music at various activities and performances across the Museum by musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestr
• Call for Essays - Storytelling as a Strategy for Creating Inclusive Classrooms
  Bank Street College of Education seeks to draw attention to the use of storytelling as a critical strategy for creating a new, expanded conversation about inclusive classr
• National Federation of the Blind 2016 Youth and Adult Writing Contests
  Now in it's 36th year, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) writers' division is accepting submissions through April 1, 2016 for youth and adult writing contests. Ad
• ASL Interpreted Animal Engineers at Boston Children's Museum
  Kick off Engineering Week with this special program.  People aren't the only ones who can modify their environment.  Meet animals who dig and build to create homes, find f
• The Arts in Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Benefits of Arts Participation
  The National Endowment for the Arts recently released a report entitled The Arts in Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Benefits of Arts Participation . The report is a
• Boston Children's Museum Presents ASL-Interpreted Wingmasters
  Hawks and owls are amazing birds but aren't often seen.  This presentation will teach you about these winged hunters while you have a chance to take a really close look. S
• A Conversation: Advancing Inclusion in Our Schools
  Streamed live December 16, 2015. Focus on inclusion in our schools.  The National Parent Teacher Association, the Department of Education, and educators came together to d
• Reach 4 Real Adaptive Music Programs
  Reach 4 Real is a music & theater class that is sweeping the state with popularity!  Delivering adaptive music programs and theater classes designed specifically for peopl
• Critter Day - Jungle Encounters, ASL-Interpreted at Boston Children's Museum
  The health and population of wild cats teaches us about the entire animal kingdom.  Watch these cats, and learn about each species, where it is native to, and how its wild
• Boston Children's Museum - Bubble Daze - ASL Interpreted
  Join Boston Children's Museum for a 3-day bubble spectacular!  Bubble Performers and Artists from the world over will show off their skills and teach you some to try.  Put
• Boston Conservatory Music Program for Young Children on the Autism Spectrum
  The Boston Conservatory Music Program for Young Children on the Autism Spectrum is a fun and engaging way for parents to introduce their young children on the autism spect
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts - "Beyond the Spectrum" Program
  Boston Museum of Fine Arts offers their Beyond the Spectrum program as part of Artful Healing.  The program includes an art tour and activity for children 8-12 years of ag
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing Family Event at Boston Children's Museum
  - Date: Saturday, May 30, 2015 - Admission : You must pre-register to receive discount admission.  All guests must pay admission at the Admissions Desk upon arrival. - Non
• Free VSA Webinar - Teach them to FLY! How Storytelling Gives Wings to Primary-age Children with Disabilities
  Storytelling can give students with disabilities their wings.  It addresses the whole brain, engaging all learning styles, and multiple ways of knowing.  It allows teacher
• The Arts Leading the Way to Student Success
  Arts Education Partnership recently added a great resource to its website: "The Arts Leading the Way to Student Success: A 2020 Action Agenda for Advancing the Arts in Edu
• Everyone Has a Disability Experience.  What's Yours?
  The Kennedy Center asks you to bring honesty to the table.  To shift perception through media, video, and creative storytelling.  To showcase that people are people first—
• Yo Soy...Je Suis...I Am...The Future
  VSA's Yo Soy...Je Suis...I Am...The Future invites children from around the world to imagine their future! What: Students with disabilities are invited to share images of
• ASL-Interpreted Critter Day - The Creature Teachers at Boston Children's Museum
  April 18, 2015  (School Vacation Week and Sense of Smell Day!) 2:15 and 3:15 pm For human beings, our primary sense is our sense of sight. Most animals rely on their noses
• Volunteer at the 2015 All Kids Can Festival!
  Come Volunteer at the 2015 All Kids Can Festival! What is the All Kids Can Festival? The 2015 All Kids Can Festival will provide children with and without disabilities in
• Henderson Inclusion School Performance: Write Around the World
  Our COOL Schools partner, Dr. William W. Henderson K-12 Inclusion School , presents a performance of "Write Around the World" Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 1:00pm. Featuring
• ASL-Interpreted "Zooshows" at Boston Children's Museum
  Discover animals large and small, feathered and furry, four-footed, two-footed and no-footed!  Celebrate all kind of animals! March 21, 2015  11am and noon  ASL-Interprete
• Youth Art Month Starts Today!
  Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs.  Yout
• Free Family Art Workshop Series - The Power of our Stories: Sign Language Interpretation, Movement & Visual Arts
  Families Creating Together (FCT) invites Boston-area children and families to join "The Power of our Stories" on Wednesday evenings, March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1, 2015
• ASL-Interpreted "Critter Day" at Boston Children's Museum
  Animals and boxes—what's the connection?  Celebrate "not a box" for school vacation week, come meet animals that have their own special relationships with boxes, such as t
• Workshop Opportunity: Universal Design for Learning in Early Childhood
  As part of our Embodying Literacy professional development series, we are excited to offer a workshop dedicated to Universal Design for Learning geared towards early child
• ASL/Audio-Described "Pinocchio" at Wheelock Family Theatre
  Wheelock Family Theatre presents the world premiere of an original adaptation by Steven Bogart and Wendy Lement.  Pinocchio's tale illustrates the challenges and struggles
• ASL Interpreted Wingmasters at Boston Children's Museum
  Hawks and owls are often heard but seldom seen.  Join Boston Children's Museum for an up-close look at these winged hunters and learn about their amazing eyesight, perfect
• Ten Lessons The Arts Teach
  SOURCE: Eisner, E. (2002).  The Arts and the Creation of Mind , In Chapter 4, What the Arts Teach and How It Shows.  (pp. 70-92).  Yale University Press.  Available from N
• We Are COOL All-Stars: Converse Collaborates with VSA's COOL Schools Program
  This is a guest blog post by Aysha Upchurch , Ed.M. candidate at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, currently interning with VSA Mass. On Friday, December 12, 2014, s
• Free Webinar: Using iMovie to Create Video Self-Modeling with Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
  Video can be used in a number of ways to enhance classroom instruction.  A review will be provided of a creative use of video in the classroom.  A rationale will be offere
• ASL Interpreted Critter Day at Boston Children's Museum
  Are snakes really slimy?  How many teeth does an alligator have?  Can a turtle climb out of its shell?  Find out the answers to these and other questions as we celebrate t
• Free Online Professional Development Course about El Sistema
  A joint project by the Annenberg Institute and WNET was recently released: The Power of Music , a free online professional development course about El Sistema. El Sistema
• Kennedy Center Announces Winter 2014/2015 Artist Opportunities
  Competition: 16th Annual Great American Song Contest Deadline: November 20, 2014 Are you ready to get your songs heard and reviewed by experienced music-industry pros?  Ar
• Critter Day: ASL Interpreted Animal World Experience at Boston Children's Museum
  Animal World Experience is back with their wonderful group of furry, feathered and scaly creatures.  Even though it's the same animals at each presentation, each is focuse
• ASL-Interpreted: Read for the Record at Boston Children's Museum
  Join Jumpstart for Read for the Record , a campaign which mobilizes millions of children and adults to celebrate literacy by participating in the largest shared reading ex
• Read All About it!  COOL Schools Report 13/14 Now Available!
  COOL highlights from last year:   - COOL grew from 2,023 to 2,445 students, 12 to 17 schools and 106 to 170 teachers.   - We started Embodying Literacy, our first yearlong
• Missed VSA's Parkolation Project on WCVB's Chronicle? Watch Here.
  WCVB's September 5, 2014 airing of Chronicle featuring ArtWeek Boston's Parkolation event.
• Park(ing) Day 2014
  Join VSA MA Parkolation student designers from Boston Green Academy in re-envisioning how we use our street space.  Come visit our Park(ing) Day parklet, hang out and lear
• Watch VSA MA Parkolation Project on WCVB-TV's Chronicle Friday Sept. 5, 2014, 7:30pm
  Don't miss it!   That's right, WCVB-TV's Chronicle show will spotlight VSA's Parkolation Project Friday night, September 5, 2014 at 7:30pm in their ArtWeek Boston preview.
• ASL-Interpreted: Author Brenda Sturgis Book Reading and Activity at Boston Children's Museum
  Meet children's book author, Brenda Sturgis .  Enjoy story time with her new book, The Lake Where Loon Lives .  Use your imagination to decorate your own loon and learn ab
• Access to Theatre Youth Perform at Boston Center for the Arts
  The Access to Theatre Program (ATT) of Partners for Youth with Disabilities , in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) and VSA Massachusetts, has taken up
• ASL-Interpreted Japanese House Tours at Boston Children's Museum
  Take off your shoes, and step into an authentic silk merchant's home from Kyoto, Japan.  Visitors can experience Japanese family life, customs, ceremonies, art, architectu
• Red Yarn & Family ASL-Interpreted at Boston Children's Museum
  Red Yarn is a dynamic family performer who weaves folksongs and puppetry into engaging shows for all ages.  Performing alongside his wife Jessie on their summer 2014 tour,
• Broad Meadow Brook Festival
  Explore Massachusetts Audubon Society's Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary .  Enjoy nature walks, ponding at the Frog pond, and play "Bird Bingo
• Mike the Bubble Man ASL-Interpreted at Boston Children's Museum
  Mike the Bubble Man brings magic and science to the stage with this interactive 45-minute indoor show about BUBBLES!  Through music, choreography, and comedy, bubbles—in a
• Meet the Teaching Artist: Kristine Biegel
  For the past seven Mondays, with only 5 more to go, I have traveled from Maine to Mattapan's Ellison Parks Elementary School to work with K0-K1 students as a Teaching Arti
• ASL-Interpreted Kamishibai Story Time at Boston Children's Museum
  Kamishibai is a traditional style of storytelling in Japan.  Sit in a circle and enjoy a story in a format that's a little different from typical picture books. Also, join
• Exhibit Captures Pain, Survival of Child Abuse Victims
  Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F Conley, Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County, Third Sector New England, and VSA Massachusetts present "Now You See" A Cel
• ArtWeek Event - Mary Poppins Comes to Henderson Inclusion School
  The children of the Henderson Inclusion School put their own spin on the Broadway Classic Mary Poppins under the able guidance of VSA Massachusetts teaching artists and sc
• Critter Day: ASL-Interpreted Rainforest Reptile Shows at Boston Children's Museum
  Do you love animals?  Join Boston Children's Museum the third Saturday of every month for Critter Day, fun live animal programming.  Learning about animals helps children
• Critters 'n' Creatures, ASL-Interpreted at Boston Children's Museum
  It’s National Engineering Week!  At this Critter Day presentation, we’ll be celebrating the Diggers and Builders of the animal world.  They may not have hammers, nails or
• Meet the Teaching Artist: Liz Buchanan
  My aim is to provide students with an exciting, meaningful and memorable learning experience through singing, movement and other musical activities. I believe that music i
• Meet the Teaching Artist: Kathleen McNamara
  
• Critter Day - Creature Teachers, ASL-Interpreted at Boston Children's Museum
  You never know what to expect when Rick and the Creature Teachers come to town.  Learn about exotic animals like toucans and coatimundis.  Get to know familiar creatures l
• Meet the Teaching Artist: Wilhelmina Peragine
  As a teaching artist, I aim to help young people develop a greater sense of their own agency, an increased ability to think from multiple perspectives and a flourishing lo
• Critter Day - Jungle Encounters, ASL-Interpreted at Boston Children's Museum
  The health and population of wild cats teaches us about the entire animal kingdom.  Watch these cats, and learn about each species, where it is native to, and how its wild
• Call for Visual Arts Teaching Artist to work in Early Childhood classrooms in Mattapan
  VSA MA COOL Schools seeks a visual arts teaching artist to create an arts-integrated program with teachers in grades K0 - 1st grade in a school in Mattapan, MA.  The progr
• Boston Children's Museum Presents ASL-Interpreted Magic Show
  Join Boston Children's Museum for an ASL-interpreted magic show with Emmy nominated magician and comedian Matt Roberts . November 15, 2013 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm Free with pai
• Boston Children's Museum Presents ASL-Interpreted Wingmasters
  Hawks and owls are amazing birds but aren't often seen.  This presentation will teach you about these winged hunters while you have a chance to take a really close look. O
• 100 Year Birthday Celebration at Boston Children's Museum
  Join Boston Children's Museum for a weekend of music, making, and movement in celebration of their 100 year birthday ! On October 4-6, 2013, the museum will celebrate its
• Critter Day ASL-Interpreted - Boston Children's Museum
  Animals make great companions and are a lot of fun to have around, but they also require a lot of care and attention.  Visit Boston Children's Museum and hear the MSPCA ta
• COOL Schools 2012-2013 Report Now Available
  The air is crisp, school supplies are arriving on store shelves and the VSA MA team is gearing up for another great year of transformation through the arts in our COOL Sch
• Frisbee Fest at Boston Children's Museum Available in ASL
  Meet Frisbee Champion Todd Brodeur , and watch him demonstrate some amazing tricks, catches and combinations.  Todd will also explain the science behind the Frisbee and te
• Trish Lampron Presented Arts|Learning Principal Award
  Trish Lampron of Henderson Elementary School was presented the prestigious 2013 Arts|Learning "Excellence in School Administration--Principal Award" for her efforts in pro
• ASL Interpreted Puppet Show at Boston Children’s Museum
  Boston Children's Museum presents "Raccoon Tales" by Puppet Showplace Theatre and their Artist in Residence: Brad Shur . The animals in the forest are always getting into
• Boston Children's Museum - Morningstar Access Program
  Morningstar Access Program at Boston Children's Museum offers children with special and medical needs the opportunity to visit the Museum at a time when there are only a f
• Learning Through Music, for All Abilities
  This is a guest blog post by Liz Buchanan . I'm in a room with twenty-five children, four of whom use wheelchairs.  As the children act out a song about butterflies, I cho
• ASL Interpreted Program at Boston Children's Museum
  ASL Interpreted Critter Day during April School Vacation Week at Boston Children's Museum. Thursday, April 18th, 2013 10:30 am and 11:30 am This program is free with Museu
• Congratulations To Our Partner, Adams Elementary School
  The Adams Elementary School received a Community Grant from the Brown Rudnick Center for the Public Interest !  The grant funds will provide iPads to support learning and
• ASL-Interpreted Programs at Boston Children's Museum During February Vacation Week
  Enjoy school vacation at Boston Children's Museum!  ASL-interpreted programs available Wednesday, February 20th, 2013: 11:00am – 12:00pm Music and Movement 12:00pm – 12:30
• Boston Children’s Museum Presents Wheelock College Sign Choir
  Sing with your hands.  Listen to the Wheelock College Sign Choir and learn some signs.  Join the performance integrating sign language with music.  Complementing the perfo
• Discovery Museums - Evening for Families with Deaf or Hard of Hearing Children
  Join a special free evening of fun at the Discovery Museums in Acton, MA for deaf and hard of hearing children between the ages of 2-14, their siblings, parents, grandpare
• Job Opportunities for Teaching Artists
  VSA Massachusetts is seeking teaching artists who are interested in creating arts-integrated learning experiences for students of all abilities. We currently have opportun
• Access to Theatre Youth Perform at the Boston Center for the Arts
  Access to Theatre (ATT), a program of Partners for Youth with Disabilities, in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), Until Tomorrow Productions, and VSA M
• Keep Schools COOL As The Summer Heats Up!
  Dear Blog Reader, As the summer starts to heat up I am happy to reflect on the successful introduction of our COOL Schools program!  The name comes from our belief that in
• CVS Caremark and VSA Announce 2012 All Kids Can CREATE Exhibition
  (WASHINGTON, D.C.) –– VSA, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and CVS Caremark All Kids Can have announced the 102 students of all abilities that will be
• Student of the Month
  The VSA MA Student of the Month award celebrates the accomplishments of students who have exhibited significant artistic, social or academic growth throughout their partic
• 5 Steps to Getting an iPad Covered by Insurance
  The iTaalk Autism Foundation website has
• Mass. Dept. of Recreation & Conservation Accessible Recreation Fair
  The Department of Conservation and Recreation's (DCR) Universal Access Program (UAP) will offer a free fun-filled day of celebrating Accessible Outdoor Recreation availabl
• Harvard Educational Review Now Accepting Stories
  The Harvard Educational Review is now accepting stories through June 1, 2012 from children, youth, and adult arts learners for its upcoming special issue "Expanding Our Vi
• VSA now accepting entries for its 2012 visual art programs
  Sustaining / Creating A National Juried Exhibition for Emerging Artists with Disabilities, ages 16-25 Deadline: July 8, 2012 Sustaining / Creating asks emerging artists to

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