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Using Theatre To Teach Social Skills To Students On The Autism Spectrum, Meaghan Nicole Ritchie

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Theatre-based interventions are an emerging field to improve social skills in individuals with autism. This study analyzed 10 different articles using theatre-based interventions, combined with evidence-based practices, to increase social skills deficits in students, ages 8-17, diagnosed with autism. Results indicate improvement in social skills for individuals with autism after participating in theatre-based interventions.

Ua1c11/66 Western Players / Summer Players Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs of Western Players and Summer Players productions, participants, and other activities.

Ua1b1/1 Rodes-Helm Lecture Series, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

These records were created by and about the Rodes-Helm Lecture Series which invited distinguished, and prominent individuals from the spheres of politics, economics, and the arts, to lecture at the university. The records include programs, and recordings of lectures.

Ua32/4/1 Women & Kids Learning Together Summer Camp, Wku Gender & Women's Studies

WKU Administration Documents

Booklet reviewing events at Women & Kids Learning Together Summer Camp.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Dinner Theater, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU Theatre & Dance dinner theater program.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: A Season Of Hope Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1983 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-193

• A Season of Hope Wright, Sharon. Multi-faceted Beauty
• Sandman, Ellen. Music of the Highlands – Skip Cleavinger, Bagpipes
• Cornett, Susanna. Fashion Forum
• Cornett, Susanna. Tradition & Trends Are Seen in Faculty Dress
• Grace, Lee. An Attitude of Awareness – Alcohol
• Sawyer, Janet. Double Dilemma – Twins
• Sandman, Ellen. Chance to Charm – Miss Western, Miss Black Western
• Thomas, Laura. Aerobicise
• Campbell, Marsha. Topper Trivia (1)
• Burchett, Lorri. Added Dimension – Concerts, Entertainment
• Lyly, Linda. Fine Arts – Entertainment
• Lyly, Linda. Theater
• Lyly, Linda. Childish Direction – Children’s Theatre
• Sandman, Ellen. Classic Reunion – Homecoming
• Cornett, …

Ua1b1/1 Rodes-Helm Lecture Series Scrapbook, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook of programs, photographs and press clippings regarding the following Rodes-Helm Lecture Series speakers:

• Arthur Schlesinger
• Pearl Buck
• Buckminster Fuller
• Chet Huntley
• Art Linkletter
• Nancy Dickerson
• Vincent Price
• William Buckley
• Richard Leakey
• Alvin Toffler
• John Ferguson
• Charles Kuralt

Ua68/1/2/2 Fine Arts Festival, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Fine Arts Festival brochure listing events for the 1975-76 school year. Includes information about Eugene Fodor, the New Shakespeare Company, the Multigravitational Experiment Group, Emlyn Williams, the Prague Madrigal Antigua, the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the City Center Acting Company and Garrick Ohlsson. It also gives a list of exhibitions, films and theatrical productions to be presented through the year.

Ua68/1/2/2 Fine Arts Festival, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook documenting the first WKU Fine Arts Festival which commemorating the opening of the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center. Includes clippings and event programs.

The Theatrical Innovations Of Charles Laughton, Gary Joseph Jones

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In most journalistic studies the film career of Charles Laughton overshadows his theatrical activities to the extent that the reader is hardly aware of the importance of his theatrical innovations to the theater of our time. The more commercial side of Laughton’s career was publicized while his artistic efforts, as characterized by the innovations, were frequently forgotten. More people remember him as the man who played Captain Bligh in the movies than as the man who worked with Bertolt Brecht, created the First Drama Quartette and developed a new American art form, Readers’ Theatre.

The rationale of this study is …

Ua37/35/1 Cultural Enrichment Through Community Action, O. J. Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Final report for he Cultural Enrichment through Community Action project 1966 to 1970 "as a technique to eliminate a cultural blight or void in the areas of art, music and theatre in the service area of Western Kentucky University." [Final Report, p. 1]

Ua68/17/2 The Star-Spangled Girl!, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of The Star-Spangled Girl!

Ua68/17/2 The Bat's Revenge, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of The Bat's Revenge.

Ua68/17/2 The Teahouse Of The August Moon, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of The Teahouse of the August Moon.

Ua68/17/2 Don Juan In Hell, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program from WKU Western Players' production of Don Juan in Hell.

Ua68/17/2 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Ua68/17/2 Make Mine Music, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program from WKU Western Players' production of Make Mine Music.

Ua68/17/2 Missouri Legend, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of Missouri Legend.

Ua68/17/2 Dark Of The Moon, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of Dark of the Moon.

Ua68/17/2 The Male Animal, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of The Male Animal.

Ua68/17/2 Winterset, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program from the WKU Western Players' production of Winterset.

Ua68/17/2 Oklahoma!, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of Oklahoma!

Ua68/17/2 Our Town, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of Our Town.

Ua68/17/2 Much Ado About Nothing, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of Much Ado About Nothing.

Ua68/17/2 Macbeth, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of Macbeth.

Ua68/17/2 Inherit The Wind, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of Inherit the Wind.

Ua94/7/2 Mary Grise Scrapbook, Mary Grise

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by Mary Grise regarding her high school activities in 1954-1955. Includes clippings, programs, correspondence and photographs regarding music, debate, singing and acting festivals and competitions. Of interest is a letter to Mary from Cecile B. DeMille requesting her to be in a Broadway play.

Ua68/17/2 Down In The Valley, Wku Western Players, Wku Music

WKU Administration Documents

Program for joint Western Players', WKU Music production of Down in the Valley.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1951-1952, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1951-1952 season. Includes clippings and memorabilia from other club activities and miscellaneous sports and debate team clippings.

• The Merchant of Venice - 1952
• Two Blind Mice - 1951
• Opening Night - December 11 - 1951
• The Night of January 16 - 1952
• Sing Out, Sweet Land - 1952

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1951-1952, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1951-1952 season.

• Two Blind Mice, 1951
• The Night of January 16, 1952
• The Merchant of Venice, 1952
• Sing Out, Sweet Land, 1952