Community-Informed Recommendations to Developing Inclusive Dance Opportunities: Engaging Community, Dance, and Rehabilitation Experts Using a Hybrid-Delphi Method
Jacqueline C. Ladwig, Kathryn M. Sibley, Jacquie Ripat, Cheryl M. Glazebrook
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Abstract
Background
Amongst the growing number of examples of inclusive dance programming, community-informed recommendations for inclusive dance are scarce. Our purpose was to develop recommendations for inclusive dance with dancers with the lived experience of autism, intellectual, or developmental disability, and the professionals who work with them.
Method
A Hybrid-Delphi method was used to generate and rank recommendations across three expert groups. The constraints model of motor development and the social model of disability framed three questions around: (i) physical environment and culture, (ii) instruction and strategies, and (iii) dance assistants.
Results
The experts (Community; dancers, support persons/carers (n = 5), Rehabilitation (n = 6) and Dance (n = 7) professionals) agreed to prioritise the community perspective, highlighting the need for ongoing education around inclusive instruction, communication, and sensory considerations.
Conclusions
The centring of community perspectives facilitated the development of a comprehensive list of actionable recommendations to guide inclusive dance instruction in a variety of dance spaces.
期刊介绍:
JARID is an international, peer-reviewed journal which draws together findings derived from original applied research in intellectual disabilities. The journal is an important forum for the dissemination of ideas to promote valued lifestyles for people with intellectual disabilities. It reports on research from the UK and overseas by authors from all relevant professional disciplines. It is aimed at an international, multi-disciplinary readership. Topics covered include community living, quality of life, challenging behaviour, communication, sexuality, medication, ageing, supported employment, family issues, mental health, physical health, autism, economic issues, social networks, staff stress, staff training, epidemiology and service provision.