To meet the need for appropriate early educational services, VSA Educational Services has developed a program that employs the arts to mitigate the developmental problems of pre-schoolers with disabilities. Our research indicates that the success of this program hinges on training parents to nurture and teach their children. VSA Educational Services is interested in developin- a series of parental tutorials on videotape targeted to parents of young children with disabilities and designed to complement the Start with the Arts program. The videotapes will focus on promoting the psychomotor, social, and emotional development of young children with disabilities through the use of ageappropriate arts activities.
Keywords: Parenting; training; early childhood intervention; disabilities.Outcomes:The feasiblity study will serve as the foundation for the development of the product in Phase 11. This series will be distributed as a supplement to the Start with the Arts educational program, and we anticipate the market will encompass a wide variety of community-based programs that serve fan-dlies and children.Department of Education Solicitation No. 93-025Topic: Development or Adaptation of Innovative Technologies to Enhance Learning and Development of Children with Disabilities.
