Engaging Students with Disabilities Through Robotics
Session Format
Poster Session (90 minutes)
Target Audience
K12 Educators
Location
Poster Presentations (PARB 114/115)
Abstract for the conference program
The purpose of this presentation will be to provide information about the importance of engaging students with disabilities in after-school robotics programs. Students with disabilities (SWD) often lack skills to form relationships with other students and most educators do not know how to teach teamwork skills (Loughry, Ohland, & Woehr, 2013). More importantly, teamwork, social skills and soft skills are needed in the workplace (Phillips & Kaseroff, 2014). Students who participate in after-school activities have improved academic performance and psychosocial development (Durlak, Weissberg, & Pacan, 2010). Yet many students with disabilities do not participate in extracurricular activities. This presentation will highlight the popularity of robotics programs for SWD, the law and funding for SWD to participate in after-school activities, the researcher's experience coaching a team of students with autism, and how to start a robotics program at your school.
Proposal Track
T1: Teaching and Learning in the STEM Field
Start Date
3-21-2019 6:00 PM
End Date
3-21-2019 8:00 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Fisher, Karin, "Engaging Students with Disabilities Through Robotics" (2019). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 48.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2019/2019/48
Engaging Students with Disabilities Through Robotics
Poster Presentations (PARB 114/115)
The purpose of this presentation will be to provide information about the importance of engaging students with disabilities in after-school robotics programs. Students with disabilities (SWD) often lack skills to form relationships with other students and most educators do not know how to teach teamwork skills (Loughry, Ohland, & Woehr, 2013). More importantly, teamwork, social skills and soft skills are needed in the workplace (Phillips & Kaseroff, 2014). Students who participate in after-school activities have improved academic performance and psychosocial development (Durlak, Weissberg, & Pacan, 2010). Yet many students with disabilities do not participate in extracurricular activities. This presentation will highlight the popularity of robotics programs for SWD, the law and funding for SWD to participate in after-school activities, the researcher's experience coaching a team of students with autism, and how to start a robotics program at your school.
