This document summarizes a musical event held for students at a school serving children with disabilities. It describes the organizers, participants, activities, and reflections on the experience. The event was a concert put on by a professor and his students as a fundraiser. It involved about 80 students ages 0-4 who have conditions like cerebral palsy and Down syndrome. The organizers were initially nervous but saw the children happily enjoying the mini concert. This experience taught them that students with various conditions can learn together and be educated like others.

1. Musical Discovery Sheri Weston Sheri.weston@knights.ucf.edu Erica Tank Erickat@knights.ucf.edu Dulce Barajas Dbarajas05@knights.ucf.edu April 6, 2010 EEX 4070

2. Personal Demographics My name is Dulce Barajas Some of my interest are Working with the youth at my church and helping out with different church events. I have done a lot of volunteer work with different cultures and economic background. I have experienced many interesting things in my life. I work for an elementary school in Poinciana as a Duel Language assistant.

3. Early Perceptions This is how we felt Scared Nervous We honestly expected Chaos Unsure Excited

4. Introduction to the Setting

5. Demographics

6. Engagement Activities

7. Engagement Activities How it all got started Fundraiser idea VCC Spoke to professor Grosia (Ale) He volunteered to do a show as a fundraiser) however a fundraiser was not needed. We changed it to a concert for the UCP students

9. The Students were bilingual and multicultural

10. The students with some of the following conditions are serviced here:

11. cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism

13. How has this experience effected you? This experience truly taught me that students with various conditions can learn to interact together and become educated like many mainstream children. What experiences had the most impact? Like I stated earlier I was very nervous for the unknown. The most impacting part from my experience was when I saw the children will all sorts of disabilities sit nicely with supervision and enjoy a mini concert. Their beautiful faces seemed so drawn on the show that nothing else in the world mattered. What will you take away from the experience? I will take with me the knowledge and understanding that students can learn no matter what their condition may be.