During today’s L.A. Talk Radio program for Struggling Teens, Diana Kon, Co-Executive Director and Hague Williams, Great Arts teacher, at Sonia Shankman Orthogeneric Institution, Chicago, discussed the many benefits of fine arts education for special needs children with host Lon Woodbury.
Profile of the Guests
Diana Kon, C.A.S., M. Ed., Co-Executive Director, holds a Post Graduate Degree in Educational Leadership, a Graduate Degree in Curriculum and Instruction and Undergraduate Degree in Psychology from National Louis University. Prior to teaching at the Orthogenic School over thirteen years ago, she founded the Therapeutic Day School at Children’s Memorial and taught there for four years.
Hague Williams graduated with an MFA in Print Media at the School of Art Institute of Chicago in 2003. Today, he teaches lessons in drawing, printmaking, photography, and electronic imaging at Sonia Shankman Orthogeneric Institution. In addition, he is the Junior Achievement Coordinator educating students about labor force readiness, entrepreneurship and financial education through experiential, hands-on programs. He has actually been with the Sonia Shankman Orthogeneric Institution for ten years.
What Are the Benefits of Fine Arts Education for Special Needs Children?
Throughout the course of the meeting, the visitors described how the Sonia Shankman Orthogeneric College is a special needs treatment program for children and adolescents. The school provides a strong scholastic program, a relationally based healing atmosphere, and exceptional fine arts and recreational possibilities for pupils with intense to profound psychological challenges. It provides young people, ages five to twenty with a healing and educational atmosphere that identifies their strengths and core needs, while pushing them to grow by nurturing developmental and behavioral goals.
After discussing the origins of the orthogenic milieu procedure initiated by the scholastic work of Bruno Bettelheim, describing the types of students who go to the school, and determining the role of fine arts, the conversation concentrated on the many benefits of arts education for special needs children. Fundamentally, the study and research of arts opens a whole brand-new world for the students. Studying art helps them to set up positive relationships with others and develop a passion for knowing about the world. The self-confidence students develop from researching fine art makes them much more responsive to learning things connected to fine art, including traditional academic subjects like math. There is even a successful small printing business opportunity for students called Infectious Tees that assists them to learn how to make t-shirts and offer them to the general public for sale.
By the end of their time in school, students graduate with a whole new identity, and go on to college or enter the working world with a new self-confidence in their ability to learn, think creatively and critically, and communicate their needs and interests.
Conclusion
By integrating the fine arts, the Sonia Shankman Orthogeneric Institution touches the core of the student’s humanity by providing a safe place for them to learn the best ways to express themselves, as well as learn scholastics and how to function effectively in their culture. The amazing success of the pupils is a testimonial for the many benefits of fine arts education for special needs children.
Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at their convenience.
Benefits Of Fine Arts Education For Special Needs Children
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