10/12/2020
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Lauren E Gentry
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Think of a student with a disability you have now or have had in the past. Identify their disability. Describe how 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 work at a center school for students with cognitive and physical disabilities, ages 3-22 years old. My students have diagnoses of intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, and other health impairments. The majority of my student's disabilities affect their receptive and expressive communication skills. It also affects their ability to perform at the level of their peers in an educational setting. My students benefit from visuals, picture cards, and augmentative communication devices. I use choice-based and skills-based pedagogies with accommodations and modifications to help my students reach their highest potential in the least restrictive manner. I try to set high expectations and modify them for each individual. Some of my students' goals are to make errorless choices to identify their communication (eye-gaze, smile, gestural). My students are working on Florida state standards through participatory and supportive access points. The mantra in my art room is, "It's not about perfection; it's about participation!" |