5/23/2017
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Richard Jackson
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I taught a student with ASD this year. She was highly functioning, but did have issues with paper and writing. If given a written activity or assessment, she would hyper focus on the paper, her handwriting, and her letters to the point that she would take a very long time to complete the assignment. She spent a lot of time erasing and editing answers in an effort to get them "just right". I learned that oral assessments and mini conferences were much easier for her, so I began to give her pre-assessments and assessments orally in a one-on-one setting. This worked extremely well for her as she was able to not only complete assignments/assessments much more quickly, and I believe that it made the occasions much less stressful for her. |
5/23/2017
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Richard Jackson
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Administrator wrote:
Choose One(1):
- Option 2: Describe at least one way you have used technology to meet the needs of a student with a disability in your classroom. Be sure to identify or describe the specific technology and the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
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5/23/2017
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Richard Jackson
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Administrator wrote:
Choose One(1):
- Option 1: Describe how two of the strategies discussed could potentially be implemented in your classroom. Be sure to identify the two strategies by name, and describe how they could be used to address the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
- Option 2: Describe at least one way you have used technology to meet the needs of a student with a disability in your classroom. Be sure to identify or describe the specific technology and the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
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5/23/2017
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Richard Jackson
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Administrator wrote:
Choose One(1):
- Option 1: Describe how two of the strategies discussed could potentially be implemented in your classroom. Be sure to identify the two strategies by name, and describe how they could be used to address the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
- Option 2: Describe at least one way you have used technology to meet the needs of a student with a disability in your classroom. Be sure to identify or describe the specific technology and the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
I had a student who was hearing impaired, and I used an assistive technology called an "FM system" which the school had. The website for the system lauds it as being, "a wireless system designed to help someone better identify and understand speech in noisy situations, and over distances of up to 50 feet." The device was a small transmitter microphone which I wore and it worked with the student's hearing aid which had been outfitted with a small FM receiver. The device worked extremely well, and the student greatly benefitted from its ability to drown out noise - given that theatre classes can be noisy environments. |
5/23/2017
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Richard Jackson
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Administrator wrote:
Choose One(1):
- Option 1: Provide/Describe one or more examples of adapted or alternative assessments you have successfully used in the classroom for students with disabilities. Be sure to identify the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
I had a student with ASD who performed far better on oral assessments than they did on paper or via computer. She had issues with writing that made her erase and re-do her answers over and over if she did not like the way a letter looked or saw differences in letter sizes, spacing, etc. When we moved to oral assessments with her, her performance in class greatly improved. She was able to vocalize what she wanted to say without having to concentrate on how it physically "looked" on paper. Drawing, journaling, or any form of writing was too big of a struggle for this student, and this avenue of assessment proved to be highly successful for her.
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