susan roston on wed 19 oct 05
David,
Please try to get him on the wheel!!
Maybe it would be good for the students to take turns sitting with him and
guiding his hands or just being there for encouragement, there's nothing in
this world better than getting dirty and making something at the same time
even if it's a wonky looking thing.
I bet he can do it.
Never say never, and well if he really can't at least he tried.
Susan.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Berg"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:41 AM
Subject: teaching the physically challenged
> Dear Clayart people,
>
> I volunteer one day a week at a local high school ceramic class teaching
> the students how to throw. There is one student who has muscular dystrophy
> who is in a wheel chair. The art teacher told me that the student will not
> be able to do the throwing part of the class mostly because of a lack of
> strength. The teacher thought that maybe the student could use the wheel
to
> do some color banding on pre-made pots but could'nt think of anything
else.
>
> Are there any other ideas from the Clayart collective wisdom? Thanks for
> any ideas you may have.
>
> David
> http://bergstoneware.com/
>
>
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