BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Krista Wilkinson\n"Supporting Social and Communica tion Goals for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilitie s Through the Performing Arts"\nMusic\, dance\, improvisation\, and other creative arts have long been recognized as contexts for teaching important social and communication skills for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In addition\, music and other performance arts are effective contexts for supporting instruction because the very s tructure of these activities supports verbal and nonverbal communication\, and because these activities are often simple\, fun\, and naturally motiv ating.\nIn this presentation\, Dr. Krista Wilkinson will share her experie nces leading two performance groups designed for individuals with intellec tual and developmental disabilities. She will talk about the Changed for t he Better: For Good performance troupe\, which she has directed for seven years\, as well as the Performing Together course at Pennsylvania State Un iversity\, which she has led for two years with a colleague.\nThroughout t he talk\, Dr. Wilkinson will discuss how performance promotes friendships\ , social engagement\, leadership\, and other important social and communic ation goals\; share videos of these outcomes from her troupes\; and discus s tips and resources for initiating a successful local performance troupe. \nContact: Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky at 217-333-0260 or \;\nmeadan@illino is.edu\nSponsor: Department of Special Education in the College of Educati on DTEND:20180913T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260423T001113Z DTSTART:20180913T210000Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,Alice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S. Lincoln A ve.\, Urbana) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:14th Annual Goldstick Family Lecture in the Study of Communication Disorders UID:RFCALITEM639124818733381197 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Speaker: Dr. Krista Wilkinson

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"Suppo rting Social and Communication Goals for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Through the Performing Arts"

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Music\, dance\, improvisation\, and other creative arts have long been rec ognized as contexts for teaching important social and communication skills for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In addition\, music and other performance arts are effective contexts for supporting instruction because the very structure of these activities sup ports verbal and nonverbal communication\, and because these activities ar e often simple\, fun\, and naturally motivating.

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In this presentat ion\, Dr. Krista Wilkinson will share her experiences leading two performa nce groups designed for individuals with intellectual and developmental di sabilities. She will talk about the Changed for the Better: For Good performance troupe\, which she has directed for seven years\, as well as the Performing Togeth er course at Pennsylvania State University\, which she has led for two yea rs with a colleague.

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Throughout the talk\, Dr. Wilkinson will disc uss how performance promotes friendships\, social engagement\, leadership\ , and other important social and communication goals\; share videos of the se outcomes from her troupes\; and discuss tips and resources for initiati ng a successful local performance troupe.

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Contact: Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky at 217- 333-0260 or \;
\nmeadan@illino is.edu

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