Implementing Universal Design for Learning in Out-of-School Time drama education

This chapter outlines a brief history of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and asserts that a UDL process can be applied to Out-of-School Time (OST) drama education programs. By comparing the accountability structures of US public schools and OST drama programs, the author examines the barriers to UDL implementation and proposes both system-level changes to make OST drama programs fully accessible to students with disabilities and classroom-level changes that teaching artists can implement to make their classrooms more inclusive.