10/26/2022
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Laura Hess
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I had a student who was visually impaired, who was very motivated by music and dance. She was very in the know of different genres and artists and would often ask myself or other students if they had heard the newly released music and what their thoughts of it were. I found that she was more willing to express her thoughts and ideas with the use of music, and would use an iPod full of her favorite songs on it as a reward for completing assignments. |
10/26/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Laura Hess
|
Think of a music 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 music learning. Describe at least one or more ways you successfully accommodated or modified instruction for this student. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
A few years ago I had a student with ASD who did not enjoy loud noises, including music. When music of any sort or volume would play, he would become very upset, cover his ears and begin to hum to drown out the sounds. Because music class is required, he could not be excused, we were able to find him some headphones and pre-record the lesson in spoken voice for him to listen to during class. He was only able to hear the pre-recorded sounds, and was not bothered by the loud sounds in class. |