1/18/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Marie-Andree Escriba
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I have a student who has muscular dystrophia who is in 3rd grade. I've been his art teacher since he was in kindergarten. I have adaptive tools for him in the art room and he is paired with students that are early finishers and whom enjoy helping others. This way when we are making a project that is too hard physically for him to do, they can help him. One of the adaptive tools I have is a propped up clip board that is a 45 degree angle and it holds his paper. When using scissors, he struggles, but as long as he tries and cuts around grossly a student or I can finish the details.
I have a few students with emotional and behavioral disturbance. For them, I need to adapt to their readiness to make art, depending on the way their day is going. I have a quiet library area, where they can ready books if they are too stimulated by their environment. They join the art lesson on their term, when they are ready. |