Teachers: Activities for teaching children with dissabilities (mental and/or physical)?

Question

I am in teacher's college and I'm doing a presentation on teaching children with dissabilities. I need activities that would help children with dissabilities learn, interract, and have fun in the classroom. Let me know if you can think of any!!!

Answer 1

The trick is to integrate kids with disabilities so they participate, with modifications, in activities with their non-disabled peers. The modifications required depend on age and disability type. A visually impaired kid, for example, may be able to participate in some ball games during gym, provided the ball has a bell or other noise-maker in it. A deaf kid may benefit from a sign language interpreter for when the class goes on a field trip to a local play.

Answer 2

how about drawing/coloring? playing with toys maybe?

Answer 3

one of my favorite activities is play dough potato head-

instead of using a plastic Mr. Potato Head-use a ball of playdough-

I was able to find body parts in a kit of playdough-or you can just take them out of the commercial Potato Head

Teaches Body Parts/sensory skills

Answer 4

physical activities are my favorite- they help keep many children engaged in the same task- cheap set ups can be games like laundry basket bsketball with koosh balls- keep scores on a white board- have one basket worth one point one worth 2- at the end have them add it all up- helpful to draw dots and have them count it- have them tell you who had the most points- I had a lot of behavioral kids so I would also verbally let them know I was doing a "behavior check" and at that time every kid that was being good got a smile and everyone who was misbehaving got a frown- then have them make a subtraction problem out of it- the # of smiles minus the # of frowns- the kid with the most points, and the kid with the most smiles both got a prize at the end

Answer 5

how about preparing foods. such as salads and sandwiches things you dont have to cut or cook.