robert mccormack
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3/28/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
robert mccormack
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Between the years 1979 and 1990 I taught at two ESE centers in the Volusia County School System. They both closed down as Florida followed the path of LRE. I had and have mixed feelings about that as both jobs were wonderful experiences for me and (I hope/think) for my students. I had several students with Cerebral Palsy for whom I was able to devise adaptive Orff and keyboard mechanisms with great success. We formed our own unassuming ensembles of three to twelve members whereby these students and others with behavioral/emotional challenges experienced success through cooperation and sharing of a common aesthetic goal.
When these schools closed, I transferred to regular ed. elementary school where the challenge to include the mainstreamed ESE students was difficult. While I never forgot our history together and tried to give them the same commitment as before, I always felt as though they were getting much less from me in the way of attention and focus. |