Your Inclusion and Accessibility Specialists
When you design for disability, every body benefits.
Want to learn how to dance?
We have inclusive dance classes, workshops, and events that happen all year round. Let's keep you in the loop and sign-up for our email list today!
Improve student learning by tailoring to their individual needs
Struggling to support or include individuals with disabilities in your class and/or studio? Our experts will walk you through different theories and principles in creating an inclusive dance environment, as well as effective ways to use Dance PossAbilities' resources and tools to help you.
Benefits of Inclusive Education
There are a great number of benefits for dancers with and without a disability when you embrace inclusive education. Benefits consists of, but are not limited to:
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Meaningful friendships
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Increased appreciation and acceptance of individual differences
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Develop new dance and social skills
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Increased opportunities for peer role models, leading to more opportunities to master activities by practicing and teaching others
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Greater access to general curriculums
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Increased staff, student and family collaboration
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Increased advocacy for inclusion in future environments
Our Online Modules ARE HERE!
Our goal is to provide complementary strategies to evolve one's teaching practices and to adapt to all of the different types of dancers that may participate in your classes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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(For Teachers) How long will it take me to go through this course?
Most of our students have full-time jobs and takes a few days to get through each of our lessons, assignments and full-length practice tests. It ends up being about 10-20 hours of total butt-in-seat study time. Since you get unlimited access to the course materials, you can work through them at your own pace.
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(For Teachers) What if I need help or have questions?
We want to provide our students with 1:1 support, the depth of our training materials, and how we keep our students informed of the latest dance industry happenings and opportunities for to engage in inclusive teaching opportunities. You can always call us at (905) 467-5576 or send us an email at [email protected].
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(For Teachers) Do you offer training in my city?
We offer online training and in-person training workshops. For our online courses, this is to your advantage — you can view the lectures at your own pace as many times as you need. Call or email us if you have questions. You’ll also have unlimited access to the course, which becomes important if you’d like to maintain your certification. If you are interested in organizing an in-person workshop for your studio or city, please call or email us.
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(For Teachers) What topics does your course offer?
Our courses consist of over 30+ topics covered in our mandatory 2-course bundle. Therefore, our courses cover a wide variety of topics, including: classroom management, building a motivational climate, accessibility transition plans, disability must-knows and considerations.
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(For Dancers and Families) Do you teach dance classes?
Yes we do! We deliver dance classes and workshops across the GTHA. If you are unsure or not ready to join a full dance class, we are happy to do one-on-one lessons to help prepare you and your transition into one of our group classes.