5/1/2018
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Tamara Castellon
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I have a foster care student that I've been teaching for the past three years with severe emotional/behavioral disorders due to a traumatic events that happened earlier in his life. For the first two years that I taught him, his disabilities regularly interrupted class despite any strategies employed. This year, I began private music therapy sessions with him in the morning in an effort to start his day off right. The result has been that his behavior has not only dramatically improved in my class, but in every area of the school as well. |
5/2/2018
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Tamara Castellon
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- Describe how two of the strategies discussed could potentially be implemented in your classroom. Be sure to identify the two strategies by name and describe how they could be used to address a student with a disabilities needs.
1. Task Cards - Can be used to guide students in analyzing/determining the form of a song.
2. Cubing - Can be used to ensure that all six levels of knowledge are being addressed.
- Describe at least one way you have used technology to meet the needs of a student with a disability in your classroom. Be sure to describe the specific technology and how it assisted the student with a disability.
I have used classroom iPads with differentiated material to assist EBD students in demonstrating their knowledge or practicing material in a way that is more meaningful and engaging for them. |
5/3/2018
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Tamara Castellon
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Option 1: Provide/Describe one or more examples of adapted or alternative assessments you have successfully used in the music classroom for students with disabilities. Be sure to identify the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
With students who are developmentally delayed and who do not possess the fine motor skills to hold a pencil/marker well enough to notate, I have had great success in accommodating them by either using manipulatives (cards with the notes on them, blocks with the notes on them, etc.) or technology (Noteflight, SmartBoard software, etc.). |