Iris Harper
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10/22/2017
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Iris Harper
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- Think of a student with a disability you have now or in the past. Describe ways in which their disability affected their learning in your class.
My very first year teaching a student with high functioning Autism was put in my band class. A lot of his "differences" were social and intellectual. He was very repetitious in his daily schedule, but if you explained thoroughly to him what was going on and why (sometimes repeatedly) he would eventually come around. It took the other students a few weeks to get acclimated to how to treat him and have patience with him. Once I figured out that he just needed a constant daily regimen and that he would need to use the buddy system with someone that had a great amount of patience and kindness, everything worked out. He stayed in my music groups until he graduated! (I am the music teacher at a PreK-12 school, with band and chorus). He also participated in my musical theater productions. He made me realize that students with disabilities can be more capable than the mainstream student if they are given the right accommodations. |