2/6/2019
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Tricia Buckstein
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I had a student that was missing her right hand.In class we play recorders and guitars, 2 instruments that 2 hands are needed. I modified the music she needed to learn on the recorder to all left hand notes. We were able to find lots of music for her to play online and she did great. On the guitar, we modified the way she played. She would lay it on her lap so the neck was toward her right side. We played melody guitar so she pushed down the correct frets with her right arm and used her left hand to play the strings. She ended up being the best guitar player I have taught. |
2/6/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Tricia Buckstein
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I had a student for the last 3 years that was missing her right hand. This made it very difficult to play recorder and guitar. We were able to modify the music expectations on the recorder by allowing her to play only songs that used the left hand. For the guitar, I teach melody guitar, we tried a couple ideas to make it work. We finally decided that the guitar would lay on her lap with the neck facing the right. She would use the end o her right arm to push down the frets and her left hand to pluck the strings. She ended up being the best guitar I have had in 18 years. |
2/6/2019
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Tricia Buckstein
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I could use more Peer Partners in my room. I think this would work well when learning a new instrument. Once my initial instruction is over, they can work together to figure out a piece or play for each other to see if what they think is correct is actually correct. This would work really well for a lower functioning student and higher functioning to be paired together as well.
I could also use graphic organizers. These would help students organize facts about composers or musical pieces that they are learning about. I believe it would help them remember information better. |
2/6/2019
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Tricia Buckstein
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Option 1: Provide/Describe one or more examples of adapted or alternative assessments you have successfully used in the music classroom for students with disabilities. Be sure to identify the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
I had a class of students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities. It was very difficult to teach them what needed to be taught while dealing with chairs being tossed across the room and the use of awful language. I did find that they enjoyed playing the keyboards that I had set up. Instead of giving them formal lessons and assessments, I would work 1 on 1 with them at their keyboards. They would be given an assignment and I would be able to plug into their keyboard so no other students could hear them. They felt more at ease to show me what they could do with no one else listening. |