A fellow Adaptive Art teacher introduced me to the world of blogs at the beginning of this school year. At this point, I have about 30 blogs that I check weekly. I am in love with this new resource! I spend a lot of time looking through peoples’ lessons, classroom management plans, ideas, thoughts… Whatever! From there I ADAPT what I see to my students. And there is a lot of ADAPTING!! In this age of information, I haven’t been able to find much on the tiny world of Adaptive Art. I know we are few and far between, but I have to believe that there are more of us out there!
I teach students in self-contained classes that range from Preschool Special Needs, Kindergarten Special Needs, Autism, Mild, Moderate, Severe, and Profound Mental Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, and Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities. My students can enter the school system on their 3rd birthday and graduate on their 22nd birthday. I teach at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. So I see them all! I see a huge variety of ages and abilities! Fortunately, I do not teach the same groups all the way through high school. When they graduate elementary school, they usually go to a different middle school, but most likely, I will see them again in high school. Sometimes I am very glad to see them again, sometimes I’m not. ;)
So, after all that, I decided to start my own blog. I know that I will be terribly inconsistent. I know that I am not much of a writer. I know I am terrible at spelling (thank you spell check), I ramble, and I don’t always explain things clearly. This is my attempt at sharing things I have learned. I am very open to suggestions! Please talk back to me!
Thanks and have a great day! ~kt
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