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Page 1: Who are we? - libraries.vic.gov.au · schools_kill_creativity.html Who are we? •The Artful Dodgers Studios (ADS) were established in 1996 as a program of Jesuit Social Services

19/11/2012

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Flyphonics

Creativity is just as

important as literacy

Sir Ken Robinson

www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_

schools_kill_creativity.html

Who are we?

• The Artful Dodgers Studios (ADS) were

established in 1996 as a program of Jesuit

Social Services

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Who do we work with?

• Mental health

• Substance misuse

• Lack of stable housing

• History of offending behaviour

• Poverty

• Lack of stable family and social support

• Cultural dislocation - loss of family and familiar culture

Disengaged learners?

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Cultural literacy

• engagement and

connectedness to

family, community, and

other young people

• validation of voice and

recognition of other

people’s voices

Practical literacy

• Developing language through connections with others

• Developing skills needed for daily life

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English literacy

• promoting skills in

speaking, listening,

reading and writing

• young people to build

confidence and

increase skills in the

English language

Emotional literacy

• Reading ‘worlds’ both

external and internal

• What do lyrics express

about myself, others

and my surroundings?

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Learning

• But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I

have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my

dreams. William Butler Yeats

Questions?????