8/2/2016
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Patricia Whitfill
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I have a student with DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) whose motor skills have greatly diminished over the last two years. I keep him close to the desk where I have the document camera set up so that I can show the entire class various techniques needed to complete their projects or short video clips with the step by step instructions that can be repeated if necessary all the while helping my student with limited disabilities perform the steps needed. I am able to talk with him while he is doing his projects so I can assess whether or not he is understanding the vocabulary and terminology used. He struggles to use his hands, so he takes lots of breaks. He also comes extra times to art since he is limited in PE by his wheel chair. This helps to give him the extra time he needs to complete a project.
edited by Patricia Whitfill on 8/2/2016 |
8/2/2016
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Patricia Whitfill
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I use exit slips as part of their sketchbook journaling in which the students are required to answer with written form and sketching the questions about their project. My student with DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) is wheel chair bound and has limited use of his hands. When he is ready to answer the questions, I will write his responses for him so he doesn't get tired quickly. He then can draw his picture of what his response was. I don't require him to color in any sketch unless he feels up to it. |
8/2/2016
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Patricia Whitfill
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My student has DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) This form of this disability progresses at a faster rate than Muscular Dystrophy. In two years he has gone from being able to walk to being wheel chair bound and his hands are curling inward making it harder for him to hold a pencil, paint brush, etc... I have him sit at the end of the table close to where I am so that I can write his vocabulary etc.. in his journal. I also have him draw, paint, etc while taking lots of brakes to rest his hands. If I am busy with other students, he has a student of the day assigned to help him write. Because he gets extra time during the week (he is limited at PE, so he comes to the art room) I let him work on his project to stay caught up with his class. If he gets way behind, I will let him tell his assigned student how he wants something completed and they are then allowed to work on his project with him. If something we are doing is causing him distress due to the limited used of his hands, then I will work with him to find an alternative way to complete the project, or let him pick his own project that is close to what the rest of the class is doing. |