8/8/2018
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
victor buttner
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Think of a 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 learning. Describe at least one or more ways you successfully accommodated or modified instruction for this student. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
I had a girl last year with cerebral palsy. She was wonderfully articulate and a fervent advocate for her fellow exceptional learners. She had some serious fine motor skill difficulty but was able to use a paint program on an IPAD. The device gave her the ability to correct as many times as she needed. I gave her feedback and assignments on that device that she was happy working on. Interacting with her opened my eyes to how much I had stereotyped her in the beginning of the year as having intellectual impairment that was commensurate with her physical disability. |
8/9/2018
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
victor buttner
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Two strategies Iv used for students with dissabilities are teired instruction and group instruction: Breaking douwn drawing tasks to simple shapes or starting a drawing and having the students do the color component. Group instructions allows higher functioning students to assist and explain more complex tasks to others. Those students who assist get a real charge out of contributing and teaching. |
8/9/2018
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
victor buttner
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One adapted assessment for an intellectually impaired student was to verbally reinterpret questions on a quiz to check their understanding of a subject or vocab. I simplified some of the most esoteric words to simpler terms.
Some accomodations for physically challenged students to use an I pad for differentiated drawing project. Directed reinforcement with the use of wet media went a long way to create a better finished product and help motor skills improve |