4/6/2021
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Vanessa Smith
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I had a student with varying Orthopaedic Impairments, as she had cerebral palsy and TBI. She was in a wheel chair and had control of only one of her hands. We were painting in class and I had purchased a paint brush with a large bulb on the end of it for gripping. The young girl could not use a skinny handled paint brush, but the bulb ended brush gave her the opportunity to paint. I have since then purchased many adaptive art tools for students and it brings me great joy to find something new that I didn't already know about to help my students. |
4/7/2021
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Vanessa Smith
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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 classroom. Be sure to describe the specific technology and how it assisted the student with a disability.
Ipads have really helped my students in their ability to communicate, through drawing or the keyboard function. My students with varying abilities have used it to easily create works that they were not able to complete as effectively with pencil and paper. They know their way around the Ipad/device so well that it gives much more complexity to their work. |
4/7/2021
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Vanessa Smith
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- Describe an example of adapted assessment you have successfully used in the fine arts classroom for students with disabilities.
I use daily sketchbook work to journal with my students. My students of varying abilities may use magazines and glue and scissors to cut out pieces to glue into their sketchbooks, if that works better for them to express themselves. Also, they use this same cut and paste method for their note taking, because writing is sometimes difficult for some of my student with disabilities. |