5/13/2021
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Chris Snyder
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Administrator wrote:
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. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
I have taught a number of students with disabilities in my short time as a teacher. I recently had a student with an orthopedic issue with one of his hands. His mother was very concerned with which instrument would be the appropriate one for him to play since he didn't have the ability to use both hands. We picked the Euphonium for him since he would only need his right hand for the valves and his left arm could be used to brace the instrument and his left hand would not be used at all in the functioning of the instrument. I have also had a number of students who were legally blind or had severe visual impairment. For these students I have made blown up copies of music and in many cases moved them to the front of the classroom to help them follow and see the board better. |
5/13/2021
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Chris Snyder
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I have had students with social anxiety and I used technology by allowing them to complete assignments/pass offs that I would usually have the students do in person. This gave them as much time as they needed and gave them the opportunity to be comfortable in the setting that they were in when performing. |
5/13/2021
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Chris Snyder
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Administrator wrote:
Choose One(1):
- Option 1: Provide/Describe one or more examples of adapted or alternative assessments you have successfully used in the music classroom for students with disabilities. Be sure to identify the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
- Option 2: Think of a music student with a disability you have now (or have had in the past). Identify their disability. Review the Alternative Assessment Checklist and select two or more options that could potentially benefit this student in assessing his or her music learning. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
When I taught middle school I would have paper and pencil assessments on certain days. I created an online version of the assessment specifically for a student with an orthopedic disability that kept him from being able to write using paper and pencil. Any time we would do this I made sure to have an alternate assessment for him. |