3/30/2020
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Mitchell Bouington
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I had a student with autism who wanted to play trumpet. I was not sure it would a good match for her but I have had other players with similar disorders which became successful with their playing, so we gave it a shot. Her first year she just did not see very much progress at all. However, she did not give up and neither did I. With the support of other band members and trying different strategies to help her(such as individual lessons from myself and help from her peers), she finally started to see success. After she realized that she could do it, she became a wonderful player and even made it to 1st chair. |
3/30/2020
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Mitchell Bouington
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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.
A very simple way that I have used technology to address the need of a student is use if a laptop. I have a student who has limited mobility and strength and cannot write using pencil and paper. He is, however, able to type. With a few accommodations, he is able to do his assignments on a keyboard and can complete them, as well as turn them in online. He is able to participate as a general education student, yet still have his needs attended to. |
3/30/2020
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Mitchell Bouington
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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.
Over the years, I have used several different alternative assessments for students. For example, if an assignment is to learn a particular major scale, then playing the scale is not the only way to know if the student understands the concept of a major scale. The student could write the scale or say it out loud. Performance is not the only way to prove understanding of a concept. |