Don Taylor

University of North Texas

In another dormitory, we were taken on a tour by the chief
physician who was anxious to show us a child who had a very
rare medical condition. The doctor explained to us that, aside
from the child's dwarfism and misshapen body, one of the
primary methods for diagnosing this condition is the deep
guttural voice. In order to demonstrate this, he pinched the child.
The child did not make any sound. He pinched her again, and
again-harder, and still harder. Finally, as if in desperation, he
insured her response with a pinch that turned into a gouge and
caused the child to scream in obvious pain. 
(Christmas in Purgatory, 1974)
Itzak Perlman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTE08S
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Evelyn Glennie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMZeBJJ
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 Student with an Intellectual Disability = YES!
◦ Intellectually Disabled Student = NO!!

 Debate: Personhood vs. Identity

 Student with Autism – Autistic Student
 Student who is Blind – Blind Student
 Student who is Deaf – Deaf Student

 When in doubt, ask!

 Thirteen Recognized Disabilities:

1. Autism Spectrum Disorder

2. Deaf-Blindness
3. Deafness
4. Emotional Disturbance
5. Hearing Impairment
6. Intellectual Disability
7. Multiple Disabilities
8. Orthopedic Impairment
9. Other Health Impairment (includes ADD and ADHD)
10.Specific Learning Disability
11.Speech or Language Impairment
12.Traumatic Brain Injury (including Concussions)
13.Visual Impairment (including Blindness)
 FAPE
◦ Free Appropriate Public Education
 with Related Services (transportation, physical therapy, occupational
therapy, counseling, music therapy, etc.)

 ARD:
◦ Admission, Review, and Dismissal Committee

 IEP:
◦ Individualized Education Program

 LRE:
◦ Least Restrictive Environment (What CAN they do?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3eTvdPMPmc&feature=related
 With whom can you collaborate when working
with students who have disabilities?
 Normalization
 Partial Participation
 Social Role Valorization
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 Must display 4 of the criteria below for at least six
months:

1.Often loses temper

2.Often argues with adults
3.Often actively defies or refuses to comply with adults’
requests or rules
4.Often deliberately annoys people
5.Often blames others for his or her mistakes or misbehavior
6.Is often touchy or easily annoyed by others
7.Is often angry and resentful
8.Is often spiteful or vindictive
 Genetics

 Harsh (even abusive) parenting

◦ Withdrawn at home, oppositional at school

 Lack of Structure or Ambivalence

◦ Lack of positive modeling

 Inappropriate parental modeling

 Children with ODD tend to sabotage praise.

 Praise may be interpreted as “I’m so glad I got

you to do it MY way.”
 “Walk by” reinforcement
◦ Matter-of-fact manner without eye contact

 Nonverbal Acknowledgment
 You doesn’t have to have the last word to be
right.
 Especially helpful for transitions
◦ “The clock says it’s time to go.”
 10-minute alerts, 5-minute alerts, etc.
 Avoid open-ended questions.
 Refer to Class Charts.
 Be consistent.
 Remain calm.
 Difficulty with communication and
expressing needs; may point, use gestures,
or use other nonverbal forms of
communication such as pictures or icons;

 Repeating words or phrases, echolalic;

 Unresponsive to verbal cues or directions;

may appear to be deaf due to
unresponsiveness;
 Difficulty interacting with peers; minimal spontaneous
socialization;

 Oversensitivity or undersensitivity to stimuli or to pain;

 Resistance to change; insistence on routine;

 Minimal direct eye contact;

 Odd or unusual play, particularly sustained play or

attachment to objects
◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3N1lVp27tU
 Provide a Communication System.

 Create Predictability.

 Identify Events Before and After Behavior.

 Provide IMMEDIATE Praise.

 Teach Peers Positive Interaction Strategies.

 What items in a music classroom might result
in overstimulation?

 What kinds of transitions might be difficult?

 How can the structure of music facilitate

routine and comfort?

 How can music serve as a reward?

 Soundbeam: Access to Music
◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDhFJrf72
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 KAOS Pad
◦ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owkeBOcC
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Thank you! Questions?
 Contact Information
◦ Don.Taylor@unt.edu
◦ 940-565-3745