5/4/2016
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Josh Eury
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I had a student a while back who was a select mute becasue of a sever cleft pallet and cleft lip that caused some pretty bad speech impairments. The first accomidation when he joined was to place him in percussion so he didn't have to worry about using his mouth to play an instrument. The second accomidation was to have him write all of his responses to my questions. He had a little notebook and whenever i asked a question that required an answer from everyone, he would simply write his response down and bring it to me.
I had another student last year who only had 2 fingers and a thumb on his left hand. This kept him from playing any woodwind instrument, trumpet, trombone, french horn or trumpet. So he was left with the option of euphonium or tuba. He chose euphonium and was able to thrive in band.
edited by Josh Eury on 5/4/2016 |
5/14/2016
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Josh Eury
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One way that I used technology to help a student with a disability was to use a copier to enlarge his band book and his music due to a severe visual impairment. We also used a computer based version of his method book to allow him to hear the music more times while he was practicing in order for him to learn it by ear. So far, this has worked very well and the student has been very successful. |
5/14/2016
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Josh Eury
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I will use my a previously mentioned student to explain how I adapted an assessment: my student that was a select mute and had severe cleft pallet. One of my assessments was to sing a melody while the band played. This was to see if the students could not only hear the melody, but if they could sing it while the harmonies and bass line were being performed. Since the student was a select mute, he and I came to the agreement that he could simply hum the melody instead of opening his mouth to sing (due to the cleft pallet, he had some sever dental issues of which he was quite embarrassed so revealing his teeth was a big deal). He was able to successfully hum the melody and therefore earned a passing grade on the assessment. |