Sunday, February 16, 2014

Who has used Curriculum Barriers?


On the same website, there is a program that assists in curriculum barriers.  I used it to first complete the tutorial to see how to do one.  The website also showed examples of students with different disabilities.  It was extremely helpful to see the barriers expressed in that manner.  I used that to help create one of my own. I found though that my experience with students with disabilities is very limited.  I have had students with anxiety, ADHD, and those whose first language that is not English.  Barriers I found were: short attention span, location of seat, how information is presented, and PowerPoint.  The students had issues with their seat location due to surrounding students, windows, and hallway.  There is also the problem of short attention span.  The students with ADHD must be kept in constant motion and ever-changing activities.  I found this might explain how my class did not respond well when I changed activities by day or part way through class because it was not often enough.  This method would point out all that I would need to consider for any student with such disabilities.  I hope to use this method a little bit in the future upon more experience with students with disabilities.  

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