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Through
Children’s Eyes:School-based Community
Collaboration
Presented by:
➢Ken Sider – 3rd Grade Teacher, Riverside
School, Oneonta
➢Don Wyckoff - Architectural Barrier
Consultant, Catskill Center for
Independence
Architectural Barrier Consultant?
Conduct On-site Assessments to Identify
Barriers to Accessibility
Provide Detailed Reports Identifying the
Barriers and Solutions to Overcome Them.
Seek Funding for Low Income
What’s the Purpose of an ILC?
Promote Independent
Living
Transition Services
Benefit s Advisement
Service Coordination
Peer Counseling and
Advocacy.
Skills
Training/Employment
ABC Services
HAVA Training
Lots of Acts…Very Little Action
Architectural Barriers Act 1968
Rehabilitation Act 1973
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990
Help America Vote Act 2002
Old Dogs, New Tricks
Excuses
“We don’t get many disabled people here!”
“If they need assistance we would help!”
“Disabled people would rather vote using
absentee ballots!”
“Disabled People Can’t Play Baseball!”
“There aren’t enough people with
disabilities to justify the expense of making
our store accessible!”
41 Million Americans
Number of Americans who have some level
of disability. They represent 15 percent of
the civilian non-institutionalized population
5 and older.
41 percent of adults 65 and older have
disabilities.Source: 2006 American Community Survey
<http://www.census.gov
Woodstock 1969
400,000 People
How Does This Relate To Me?
Is your home accessible?
Could you frequent the places you do
currently if you had a disability?
You ALL have the power to change the
future generation by educating others!
Session Summary
This innovative disability awareness
program has students spend one
day in a wheelchair and participate
in an interdisciplinary learning
experience designed to promote
understanding of accommodation,
accessibility, and independence.
Demystifying People With
Disabilities
Facilitating
Learning,Compassion
and Understanding
Through Student
Interaction
Adaptive Technology Realized
Adaptive Technology
Applications
Social Interaction
Action
Each student creates an adaptive technology invention to improve the wheel chair experience.
Each student takes photos and video footage to create an educational video.
Students perform a “basic” school on-site to present to school administration
Experiential Learning
Connecting
Experience with Moral
Purpose
Developing a
Foundation for Civic
Responsibility
Community Action
Fed EX
Police Officers
Parents
Delivery Drivers
Reflection
Students keep a personal log for the project.
Students answer 16 questions about their wheel chair experience.
Students write an essay based on the answers to the 16 questions.
Students discuss common experiences and responses to the project.
Connections To Curriculum
NYS Learning Standards
NYS Learning Standards
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Career Development and Occupational Studies
Health, Physical Education, and Home
Economics
Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Languages Other Than English
The Arts
Mathematics, Science, and
Technology
Analysis, Inquiry, and Design
Information Systems
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Interconnectedness: Common Themes
Interdisciplinary Problem Solving
Mathematics
Door Clear Width
Door Pressure
Slopes and Grades
Level Change
Standard Measure
Science
Physics
Geometry
Simple machines
Human anatomy
Adaptive technology
Human relationships
Real-life problem
solving
English Language Arts
Language for information and
understanding
Language for literacy response and
expression
Language for critical analysis and
evaluation
Language for social interaction
English Language Arts
Reading - ADAAG, websites, e-mails,
adaptive technology catalogs
Writing - letters, essays, e-mails, journals
Speaking and Listening - guest speakers,
class meetings, problem solving skills and
community outreach
Social Studies
Civics, Citizenship, and Government
Goal: To inspire a democratic learning
process through cooperation and student
autonomy.
Social Studies
Social responsibility
Social justice
Democracy
Community
involvement
Small-scale economics
Cooperative learning
Conflict resolution
The Arts
Creating a documentary video
Photography
Role-playing
Industrial Arts
Languages Other Than English
Communication Skills
Cultural Understanding
Coming Soon!
Visual Disability Component
Braille & Sign Language
Career Development and
Occupational Studies
Universal Foundation Skills
Career Majors
Health, Physical Education, and
Home Economics
Personal Health and Fitness
A Safe and Healthy Environment
Resource Management
Preparations
ILC educator and teacher meet prior to commencement of program
Students receive instruction on wheel chair use.
Students sign a contract of behavior.
Students complete a pre-
writing assignment.
ILC educator talks with
the students about
disabilities.
Students complete a task
list during their day in the
wheel chair.
Required Equipment & Materials
(2) Children's
Wheelchairs
(1) Adult Wheelchair
Camera Digital/Video
Movie Maker Program
(optional)
Parental Permission
Slips
Video/Picture Consent
Wheel Chair Task
Checklist
Pre/Post Questionnaire
Tips, Safety, and Instruction
Students must realize that the wheelchair is not a toy. Anti Tippers are a must!!
Demonstrate how all parts of the chair work.
Provide instruction on steering, locking brakes, foot rests and traversing different ground surfaces.
Required Tools for Basic School
On-site Assessment
Tape Measure
Door Pressure Gauge
2’ Bubble Level/Accessibility Stick
Digital Camera
ADAAG
Task – Bathroom
Door Hardware
Latch-side Clearance
Door Clear Width
Interior Bathroom
Accessibility
Reach Heights
Task - Ramp
Slopes
Arm & Hand Strength
Dexterity
Fear
Task – Navigating Main Doors
Door Hardware
Latch-side Clearance
Door Clear Width
Door Pull Force
Task – Navigation at Recess
Slopes & Grade
Accessible Paths of Travel
Navigating Ground
Surfaces
Social Isolation
Weather
Task - Lunch
Table Heights
Accommodations
Designated Accessible
Seating
Integration
Task – Participation In PE
Integration
Inclusion
Participation
A System Change We Can Feel
Good About! System Changes (VESID)
Proactive Changes/Removing Barriers
A Good Influence on Neighboring Schools
Children Are The Future Of Our Communities
Q & A
Questions ?
Similar Projects?
Ideas to improve future projects?
Contact Us !!
Ken SiderRiverside Elementary
39 House Street
Oneonta, NY 13820
Donald WyckoffCatskill Center for Independence
P.O. Box 1247
Oneonta, NY 13820
607-432-8000 (tel)
607-432-6907 (fax)