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Musical Discovery for All: Engaging Students with Disabilities in the Arts
- 1. Musical Discovery Sheri Weston Sheri.weston@knights.ucf.edu March 26, 2010 EEX 4070
- 2. Early Perceptions This is how we felt Nervous Scared We honestly expected Chaos Excited Unsure
- 3. Introduction to the Setting
- 4. Demographics
- 5. My Demographics My name is Sheri Weston I have been married for 20 years. I am the mother of two children, ages 16 and 14. I have always been active in my children’s education and volunteering in their schools. I worked in the school system in Kentucky where I worked with students with disabilities for three years. This is where my desire to teach began. I love doing crafts, but especially scrapbooking and cross-stitch.
- 7. Evolution of Musical Discovery How it all got started Fundraiser idea VCC Spoke to Professor Groccia The band volunteered to do a show as a fundraiser, however a fundraiser was not needed. We changed it to a concert for the UCP students
- 8. Reflection of my Experience
- 9. This experience has taught me to never underestimate what a child can do, especially those with disabilities. We have to try to educate and engage them, just as we would a regular education student. I cannot deprive a special needs student of an experience because I don’t think they can do it or I don’t think they will enjoy it. Even if they don’t appear to enjoy it, I don’t know if that is the case or not. I may never know what will finally reach a child unless I continue to try.
Editor's Notes
- When I arrived with my group I was a little more than scared. I was unsure if the children would get any enjoyment out of the time I was getting ready to spend with them. I was unsure of their abilities and how much they would be able to interact with our songs.
- There were a fellow classmates that I had classes with previous semesters. We decided we wanted to work together. One of the ladies had the idea of working with UCP. So, we all started thinking about what we would do. We at first thought it had to be a fund raiser. I was speaking with a professor where I work (VCC) and was telling him about our project. He asked if we would like a band to play for us. I said that would be great. Initially they were going to play for donations but once we realized that was not a necessity, it evolved into the band coming to the facility and playing for the kids. A great time was had by all of us.
- How has this experience effected you? It has reminded me that regardless of disabilities that a child has, all children are alike. They like to be engaged and have fun. Music is a universal language. What experiences had the most impact? I think just coming in and realizing that something as small as a concert for children can bring joy to them. They all had so much fun playing the instruments and singing the songs. Some of them even knew the songs and already had motions they would do while we were singing. We were so worried that we would not be able to engage them and that was far from what happened. What will you take away from the experience? I will always remember how these students interacted with the music. If some of them did not have visual signs they were disabled, you would have not know we were playing for any group other than young children. They were all able to take away something from the experience, as were we. We can never underestimate what a child is capable of. Don’t assume anything, expect everything.
- As my slide states……