How to enrich Special Education by introducing students to the many educational and social benefits of studying and participating in the fine arts?

Rolling Meadows special education teacher Gina Seaton answered that question by creating the Fine Arts Workshop, a program that was implemented as a full-year course five years ago and has been changing lives ever since.

This theater class comprises an equal number of students with significant special needs and general education acting students. Students form an ensemble as they play theatre games, practice scene work and analyze non-verbal communication.