5/6/2021
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Laura Vlach Licata
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Provide/Describe one or more examples of adapted or alternative assessments you have successfully used in the classroom for students with disabilities. Be sure to identify the student's disability.
In theatre our summative assessment is live performance. One year in my musical theatre class we teamed up with my ASL so teacher and put on a production of "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" where we did shadow interpreting. Our deaf students were signing and acting the same time our hearing actors where speaking and acting. It was a huge successful and both speaking and deaf students learned so much from one another and everyone learned how to work together and one of the most valuable lessons, empathy. This assessment was difficult to construct and we had to modify and change things along the way to make it a success for all the students, but we were able to do it with 2 ASL directors and 2 speaking directors. We also did the same project for a play and took it to state competition, which is a competition that few deaf students participate in because most of the events are speaking. |
5/6/2021
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Laura Vlach Licata
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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 identify or describe the specific technology and the student's disability.
Some of the students I have had are visually impaired and sometimes the scripts are not available in braille, so we have had to use voice recordings and at times super large print to make the material accessible to the students during the learning and rehearsal process. There are many programs to make things adaptive for visually impaired students and my visual resource teachers have been a Godsend helping me adapt scripts so that our visually impaired students can participate in the theatre activities with the rest of the class. |
5/6/2021
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Laura Vlach Licata
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Think of a student with a disability you have now, or have had in the past. Identify their disability. Describe the way in which their disability affected their learning. Describe at least one or more ways you successfully accommodated or modified instruction for this student.
I have had many students with various disabilities over the years and have made adaptations for each of them. For Visually impaired students I have used voice recordings, made larger copies, even worked with them one on one after class and at lunch time. Many times they have also been receptive to a peer to help assist them in class. Sometimes they have similar parts, which makes it nice for them to work together. What I don't do is lower my expectations for them I just adjust how they will master the objective I have set forth for them. I also have always had a great support from the vison department who help me navigate the best way to help accommodate my student. My deaf students I was blessed to always have an interpreter and I also tried to learn as much sign as I could so that I could communicate to them on my own. At times we had to email or write notes to one another. Many of my hearing students took sign and help with the communication as well. I made sure for all my students to have things written down in hard copy to go home as well so that the parents were in the know and could be supportive and sometimes be the extra support that the student needed. |