3/19/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Jay Garrett
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I taught a student with an intellectual disability. She played the clarinet in Middle School Band for three years. She focused on tone production and the first 6 notes of the B-flat concert scale during all her time in band rehearsal and performance. I helped her to adapt her basic skills to any musical piece the band played. Everyday involved repetition of the techniques and concepts from the first several months of the beginning band curriculum. She enjoyed playing along to all the musical arrangements, even if she just played several notes in rhythm with the other students. |
3/21/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Jay Garrett
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As a traveling music teacher, I use a cart with a digital keyboard and amplifier. I teach several students who are hard-of-hearing. We place the students very near to the cart. I turn up the volume on the keyboard and this allows the students to hear the music. |
3/21/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Jay Garrett
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When assessing nonverbal students in the music classroom, I often use cards or buttons for students to point to for their answers. For example, I might play the wood block and then show the student two cards, one labeled wood and the other metal. The student has an option to choose between two words to describe the sound. Then I would play a metal can and give the student the option of choosing between two words, metal or wood. Time permitting, I would use buttons with audio recording capability. I would record one button reciting the word Wood and the other button reciting the word Metal. The student would then hear the word as they choose the button. |