Evaluating the impact of incorporating dance into the curriculum of children encountering profound and multiple learning difficulties

Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-149

  Lamond, Ian ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dance; dance movement therapy (DMT); education; evaluation; methodology; PMLD

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DANCING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MUSIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFOUND AND MULTIPLE LEARNING DIFFICULTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 77957119663     PISSN: 17432979     EISSN: 17432987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17432970903315857     Document Type: Article

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