4/22/2020
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Matthew Swickey
|
I had a student in third grade with Cerebral palsy in addition to visual and auditory challenges. Have her seated at the front of the class. When we began recorders she had great difficulty playing. By using a music stand with enlarged print music and an adaptive model recorder she was able to play successfully. |
4/29/2020
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Matthew Swickey
|
I had a 4th grade student that was visually impaired in addition to processing problems when reading. When it came to learning the note names of the treble clef she was struggling. I have several old computers that I personally own and have loaded Music Ace on. Buy giving her time to work on Music Ace as a station with not reading and note names she was able to become much more proficient. This gave her the ability to work at her own slower pace, get instant feed back and be close to the reading screen. I was able to blow up the program to make it larger. |
4/29/2020
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Matthew Swickey
|
I currently have a student that has Cerebral palsy and is wheelchair bound. She lacks fine motor control and cannot efficiently or legibly write. When she needs to take any written assessment it is nearly illegible and takes her a extremely long time.
1. Use a voice recorder so she may verbally answer questions. This could be a tape record, a cell phone or a microphone on a computer.
2. She could use speech recognition software for speech to text into a Word document. When finished the document can be printed or emailed to me. |