10/26/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
CRYSTAL ROBERTS
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I am currently not a visual arts teacher; I am a media specialist. In the past, I have worked in a special needs school with classes from age 3 to age 22 in which all enrolled students had a variety of disabilities. As such, when they came to the library for their specials, my clerk and I would use various tools to enrich their learning and engagement. For instance, we filmed the school's daily news show. The high school group who taped the shows were unable to read, so we used Big Macs that they could press at the appropriate time for announcements and info. to play. For a second option, we also used pictures of food for them to identify and communicate what would be on the lunch menu that day.
In another instance, we had a visually impaired elementary-aged student. We used aroma therapy to help her navigate the campus as independently as possible. She used a hula hoop to travel the halls, so she would not bump into others or items and my library was associated with the scent of lemon to let her know when she was getting close or had arrived at my door. |