By Meredith Dault, Senior Communications Officer

Francine Young (R) joins Natasha Tan (L) at the piano (photo: 카지노게임사이트 Communications) 

Francine Young stands behind a large wooden xylophone clasping a mallet. She카지노 게임 컬렉션�s smiling but focused, her eyes darting down to the keys before her, and then up again to watch her professor, Ben Bolden, as he prepares a group of about 30 music students in the concurrent education program to play a short, end-of-term concert in 카지노 게임 컬렉션�student street,카지노 게임 컬렉션� the main corridor at the Faculty of Education카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Duncan McArthur Hall, to show off everything they카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve learned this term.

But unlike her classmates who hope to carry on to careers as music teachers, Ms. Young has been participating in the class in a different capacity. A student at , a local non-profit, charitable organization serving people with intellectual disabilities, Ms. Young has been taking classes at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s for the last five years as part of a unique partnership with the Faculty of Education. This week, she will see her hard work rewarded with a Certificate of Learning as part of the at the Faculty of Education.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I feel really proud of myself,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says happily about her accomplishment. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�My first year when I started, I was kind of scared, but now I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m used to coming to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m not so nervous. This was also my first time playing the piano and the drums and all that," she adds with a smile. 

But as well as expanding her own educational horizons, Ms. Young카지노 게임 컬렉션�s presence in class has helped her fellow students learn more about the joys and challenges of teaching differently-abled learners. While Dr. Bolden카지노 게임 컬렉션�s class instructed them on the basics of teaching music, they put those teachings into practice working with students like Ms. Young.

 Francine Young and her classmates perform an end-of-term concert in 'student street' at Duncan McArthur Hall (photo: 카지노게임사이트 Communications)

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Having them in the class has helped us learn more about what to do when your students aren카지노 게임 컬렉션�t trained musicians,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Natasha Tan, a fifth-year student in the concurrent music program who hopes to teach music or pursue work in education policy. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�So we taught rhythm exercises, and things like bucket drumming카지노 게임 컬렉션�it really gives you experience in differentiating your lessons.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Ms. Young says she has felt supported by both faculty and students in every class she has taken at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. She카지노 게임 컬렉션�s also had the support of a buddy through the student-run Ms. Young카지노 게임 컬렉션�s teacher at H카지노 게임 컬렉션�art, as well as their program director, Toni Thornton, says the students take Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s classes through a voluntary arrangement with faculty members.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t expect the professors to provide special accommodations, but we do help them get to know the IPSE student and help them to understand their disabilities,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she explains. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Some students may simply sit in on lectures, while others may be able to do some of the readings and assignments. In some cases, professors have gone so far as to write alternate exams for our students so that they can be assessed. There is a real range.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

 Natasha Tan and Francine Young play a bucket drum, while Dr. Ben Bolden looks on. (photo: 카지노게임사이트 Communications)

Ms. Young says she liked that she could turn to her classmates for help when she needed it. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I always felt welcome,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says of her experience. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�They understood that if there was something that I needed, I would ask them. But I liked brainstorming and contributing my ideas. That was something I did a lot.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Smiling from the audience as she watched Ms. Young카지노 게임 컬렉션�s performance on the xylophone, piano and bucket drums, Ms. Thornton says she was thrilled to see one of her own students performing alongside Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s students.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�This program lets our students be included in environments with their typically developing peers,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Francine was meaningfully included in this class. That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s an experience that a lot of people with intellectual difficulties will never get.카지노 게임 컬렉션�