The first book to make literature accessible to people with learning disabilities, Odyssey Now is a dramatisation of the story of Odysseus through a variety of interactive games for developing communication skills and as a means of implementing a multi-sensory approach. It is designed particularly to include people who have profound, severe or multiple learning disabilites, but it can be used or adapted for any group of adults and children who have communication problems. Suitable for use in schools, colleges, social education centres or the home, it can also be used in mixed ability groups and to promote integration between groups with special needs and non-disabled people.
Each interactive game includes: suggestions for suitable music, pictures, colours and other resources to accompany the game
a storyline
guidelines for staff members
a summary of the purpose of the game
suggestions for adapting the game for people with visual impairments.
Included with the games are advice on organising such a programme, suggestions for record-keeping and tips for adapting the games.
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Nicola Grove is Founder of Openstorytellers, the first arts company of intellectually disabled storytellers (www.openstorytellers.org.uk). She is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Language and Communication Science at City University London, UK. She has published widely in the field of special needs and communication.
More about Nicola GroveKeith Park is a teacher of pupils with multi-sensory impairments and holds a degree in Special Educational Needs. He uses storytelling and drama extensively in his work. Keith is co-author of Odyssey Now and Social Cognition Through Drama And Literature for People with Learning Disabilities, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. He lives in London.
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