5/6/2020
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Sandra Valeria Stojack
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I have a student with an Emotional/Behavioral Disability. The student is very unsettled and hyper: always paying attention to someone else's conversation to create reason to disagree and start a verbal fight that sometimes escalates to physical fighting.
His learning is mostly affected by the lack of attention, as if one does not focus on what is being taught, it is hard to keep up with the majority of his fellow students. His disability disrupts other students as well. My way of addressing his challenges is to extend extra personal instruction and vigilance to him. I often find that challenging him in front of his peers gives him focus which leads to improved personal productivity and pride of accomplishment.. Sometimes I talk with him, to find out his interest, and try to accommodate those interests within his projects. |
5/6/2020
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Sandra Valeria Stojack
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I use PowerPoint presentation, usually to introduce new assignments. I perceived that visual input is very powerful to bring and hold special-needs students attention. In those slide-shows, I present step by step instruction, with concise explanation, pictures and videos to emphasis the goal of assignment. I find it be very helpful to students with disabilities. Oftentimes when the PowerPoint slides end, these students request and sometimes demand that I show more to them... Another effective medium - I often play classical music to these students, as music is proven to be a powerful positive stimulus. This works so well that I have also applied classical music to my other classes. |