Community Arts Blog

Taking in every piece of feedback we were previously given, we started off our workshop with great energy to liven up the atmosphere right away!
This had a great impact because I imagine that the class found it more interesting, which made them want to take part in our activities to their best ability.
From doing all of these workshops, I've learnt how the 'Boal' exercises have a great impact on kids with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties. The exercises we encouraged throughout our workshops were aimed so that each child would have a chance to take part. My workshop group was the hardest, because there were a limited amount of activities and exercises that we could do with the children, however this then caused us to come up with our own research and transferring them into our own ideas.
Overall, I've learnt so much about how to interact with all types of people, and what type of skills you need to be able to project something to them in order to understand you well.
You need to be energetic, considerate, understanding, and realistic when working with children with sever cases of learning difficulties. Sometimes, you have to be able to communicate things differently to different children, for example in my group, at times I had to talk one on one to some of the children, and slow down the pace of my speech to understand, and also when sharing feedback with the other groups, I learnt that for one of them they had to give options in order for the child to select their choice. I must say that doing these workshops have improved my skills in each of those areas, and it has benefited me greatly.