View Free NDEO Webinar:
Teaching Dance Virtually for Students with Disabilities
This webinar was recorded live on 4/9/20 by Sydney Erlikh.

As studios and schools practice social distancing dance teachers now need to create virtual classes that continue to support their communities from a distance. Dance is an opportunity to keep people moving while at home, but teachers now face new challenges on how to best support students with disabilities through remote learning. This webinar will propose best practices, consider remote accommodations, and explore the opportunities of virtual dance to examine disability dance. Finally, we will share the different tools the community is using. This workshop is created with K-12 educators in mind but everyone is welcome to join and consider the accessibility of virtual dance. 
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Bios of Presenter
Sydney Erlikh (MSEd) is a graduate student in Disability Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago. There she is studying dance and disability to create multi-sited ethnography on mixed-ability dance groups that include individuals with intellectual disabilities. Sydney taught special education in alternate assessment classrooms for seven years in New York City and California where she created dance opportunities for students. Sydney is a DanceAbility certified teacher and has attended the AXIS dance teacher training. She was awarded a Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellowship with her partner Maggie Bridger which lead to the creation of Inclusive Dance Workshop Series at Access Living in Chicago.

More about the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)
The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) is a non-profit, membership organization dedicated to advancing dance education centered in the arts.  NDEO provides the dance educators a network of resources and support, a base for advocacy and research, and access to professional development opportunities that focus on the importance of dance in the human experience.  You will find NDEO members in a variety of environments including, but not limited to, dance studios, K-12 schools, colleges, performing arts organizations, and community centers.


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