Joining in as never before
Author: Liz Skilton
Magazine issue: Summer 08
Page numbers: 26-28
Date: 31 May 2008
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While most definitions of literacy refer to reading and writing text, Liz Skilton argues for a broader understanding which includes people with severe learning disabilities. She invited interactive storytelling guru Keith Park to work with staff at Milestone School to challenge the conventional notion of literacy. Keith provides group activities at the Globe Theatre to students with severe and profound and multiple learning disabilities that enables them to understand the rhythm and atmosphere of literature such as Shakespeare using call and response, even if they cannot understand the words. Liz describes the impact of the workshops on students’ communication skills and on staff, which was boosted by a follow-up whole school training day.
