6/22/2016
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Morgan Flanagan
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I had a student come into my room, mid-year with a documented hearing loss. I initially had her sit closest to me at all times. Being in Kindergarten she had difficulty hearing the different letter sounds to make words. She had difficulty with her vowel sounds, 'th' sound, and 's' sounds. I had her evaluated for speech and she qualified where she got speech twice a week working with a speech language pathologist. Her mother explained to me when she took her to the doctors, her hearing loss was due to the excess ear wax in her ears. Now being in 3rd grade she no longer qualifies for speech and her hearing has improved. |
6/22/2016
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Morgan Flanagan
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I had a student who was in the process of being evaluated for autism. He had difficulty writing and using materials along with communicating his needs with teachers and peers. One of his interests was anything to do with the computers. Some programs I found to help him to be artistic, creative, and yet not have him to meltdown was ArtRage and ArtWeaver. ArtRage is a fun, easy-to-learn program for experimenting with digital art with an easy-to-use interface. ArtWeaver features a number of natural media brushes and tools such as chalk, pencils, charcoal, oil paint, felt markers, crayons, airbrushes, acrylic, sponges, and pastels. These programs seemed to help him by achieving the artistic standards but still meeting his special needs. |
6/22/2016
Topic:
Assessment Of Learning
Morgan Flanagan
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I had a student with high functioning autism who was unable to write out responses to "exit ticket out the door' that I used as a formative assessment. The exit tickets were used to show student understanding of the key concept covered in class. To adapt my exit ticket, I turned them into multiple choice where the student needed to circle the correct answer. It was a simple change for the student but still reflected what he was able to understand from the lesson. |