5/5/2017
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Samuel Shingles
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I have had several students with disabilities in my choral program. I have one student this year that has been diagnosed as ASD. One of the ways I help the student is by offering RTI and providing peer to peer instruction for her. I also provide private instruction to assist when the music gets difficult. She always does well if I chuck the information for her in smaller pieces or sections. |
5/5/2017
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Samuel Shingles
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Small Group instruction is a very powerful tool that is used often in my Choral Program. We use it a lot once new material has been introduced to support students that may need more time on task. Students that are still struggling after small group instruction are placed in Peer to Peer groups to assist the students that are still struggling with getting concepts and learning music after small group sessions.
I have also used technology to assist my students with learning their vocal parts. I have been able to find several recordings on YouTube that play specific parts for students. These recordings have helped my students with learning music without the knowledge or ability to play their parts on the piano. |
5/5/2017
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Samuel Shingles
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One of the things I have always done to assist my students with disabilities(ASD) is to allow them to do their vocal test with me privately before they perform their music for a test. For testing purposes, I always allow them to sing with stronger singers and they always do extremely well. |
5/25/2018
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Samuel Shingles
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For the past four years, I have had a student in my class that is visually impaired. The first year, it seemed like all of the supplemental material I used for my chorus classes were difficult for her to read. Several times the first year, I meet with counselors to determine how I cold accommodate this student because I wanted choir for her to be an activity that she not only enjoyed but I wanted to create and environment for her that would not be stressful, but I needed to create an environment where she that challenged her vocal abilities without constantly pointing out her disability. In collaboration with the counselors and her mother, we found different ways for us to provide her with content and additional resources so she could be successful in my class. Computer Assisted Instruction was a very powerful tool for this student. It turns out her mom had purchased a special computer that displayed items in away that made her learning her key signatures and her scales very easy for her. With regards to her singing in the choir, that was a struggle because of impaired vision. So the strategy was to record music for her to practice at home and to have peers in her section to work with her and other students who were struggling with reading music. This student is graduating in a few days, but my four year journey with her allowed me to become a more informed and sensitive to the needs of students in my classes who have disabilities. Her needs and required accommodations challenged me to find a way to allow her to be successful in my class. |