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Accommodations For Underserved Students In Music Education, William M. Refuss Nov 2020

Accommodations For Underserved Students In Music Education, William M. Refuss

The Corinthian

This research examines socioeconomic status and its relation to accommodating students with special needs where access to specific technologies and equipment is limited. For students who need costly accommodations where socioeconomic status affects access, other methods of accommodation need to be found. This paper focuses on the specific goals in a music education classroom and how students with disabilities struggle to achieve such goals without accommodations, as well as examining different personnel and technologies in which access is limited when examining the financial impact. Such accommodations include music therapists assigned to the school, inclusion classrooms, modified instruments, and other technologies …


Inside The Music Classroom: Deaf Students, Robyn S. Meeks Nov 2020

Inside The Music Classroom: Deaf Students, Robyn S. Meeks

The Corinthian

Many students in the music classroom have normal hearing, but we do see some classrooms that have students who are deaf either sing or perform. Many deaf students use cochlear implants for their daily lives, but some do not use cochlear implants and still do well in the music classroom. There are many students who think that family involvement is important to those with cochlear implants. The parents should be aware of that the sound quality from a student who uses CI is not the same as a student who has normal hearing. Single-Sided deafness is one of the types …


The Effects Of Implementation A Chapter Of Best Buddies International On The Frequency And Durating Of Social Interaction Of Students With Intellectual Disabilities And The Attitudes, Beliefs, And Experiences Of Students With Disabilities, Elizabeth Holloway May 2014

The Effects Of Implementation A Chapter Of Best Buddies International On The Frequency And Durating Of Social Interaction Of Students With Intellectual Disabilities And The Attitudes, Beliefs, And Experiences Of Students With Disabilities, Elizabeth Holloway

Specialist in Education Degree (Ed.S.) Theses

High school students with intellectual disabilities are often not socially included with their peers (Carter, Hughes, Guth, & Copeland, 2005). In order to address this concern, the researcher investigated the effects of Best Buddies International as an intervention on the frequency and duration of social interactions of high school students with intellectual disabilities and their peers without disabilities as well as the effect on the attitudes and beliefs of members of Best Buddies International without disabilities related to relationships with peers with disabilities. A total of 21 high school students between the ages of 16 and 19 participated, 4 of …