5/17/2016
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Mike Wilson
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I have a high-functioning student with autism this year. He is a member of my percussion section. In 6th grade he wished to start in the percussion section because he felt the other instruments were too loud for him to concentrate. He would often choose to not participate in band classes because of the fear of not playing an exercise perfectly. He would get physically very upset and would distract other students around him. He would also seem to be so distracted by other sounds around him that he would not be able to continue. This year, we were able to give him his own space in the percussion section where he can keep all of his equipment in order using his own system. He knows where everything is and is able to get right to work with anything we are doing in the band class. |
5/17/2016
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Mike Wilson
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- Option 2: Describe at least one way you have used technology to meet the needs of a student with a disability in your music classroom. Be sure to identify or describe the specific technology and the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
One way I have helped one of my students with autism coup with stressful situations during testing is to allow them to complete the test lines using assessment software on computers. My students with autism have always been severely stressed when performing their test lines, or "pass-off" lines. I use a program called SmartMusic to allow those students to perform with a computer in the practice room away from other students. The students receive the benefit of being assessed on the same material as all other students, but being able to do so in a relatively stress-free environment. The computer program with give them a score based on their accuracy of their playing and give them a numeric score. I am then able to hear a recording of that performance in order to give feedback at a later time. The student is not put in stressful social situations. |
5/17/2016
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Mike Wilson
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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 student that was in an accident which caused them to lose feeling in their writing hand. This orthopedic impairment made it nearly impossible for the student to complete a unit assessment which required the students to compose their own melody by hand. The student used a music notation program in order to aid them in composing their chorale. This student was able to use the notation program to create parts when they were not physically able to write out parts by hand. |