6/14/2016
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Heather Lundahl
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Administrator wrote:
Think of a music student with a disability you have now, or have had in the past. Identify their disability. Describe the way in which their disability affected their music learning. Describe at least one or more ways you successfully accommodated or modified instruction for this student. Share your response in the threaded discussion. |
6/14/2016
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Heather Lundahl
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I am currently teaching a middle school student in band with a hearing impairment. Her speech is also affected. It is hard for her to hear my directions so we use a microphone that I wear around my neck and she wears as well. During class, if students are playing and I need to talk to her, I have to make sure we are both making eye contact so that she can read my lips as well and hear what she can. She is very hard working and understands that she has to work harder to be successful which makes it a lot easier. |
6/14/2016
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Heather Lundahl
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I currently use differentiated instruction in my band class through a passoff system that allows students to move at their own rate of understanding. This system also uses judicious review as well as scaffolding and works well not only for students with disabilities but for everyone involved so nobody feels out of place. |