Applying Lessons From TAP To Life
by Brian Sostek, Tiferet Bet Israel The two most important lessons I have learned from attending the TAP Program apply to life inside and outside of the classroom. Patience From the first day I worked with a student with learning disabilities, I knew patience was a teaching method I had to take into account. When I achieved success with my student, I tried to figure out a pattern to why I was so successful. After the first week of TAP, I realized that the only constant of success was patience. However, patience in this case was not all on my [...]
Nathan And Adam Against The World
by Adam Weiss, Temple Sinai There are so many things that I have learned over the year. From disabilities mentally and physically to tips how to help them to ways how to bond with our 1-on-1 child, it’s been a fun time. However, this fun could be seen as a rollercoaster. I work with a fourth grade class. What’s funny about the situation is that my mom taught most of them during pre-school two years in a row. So, already knew most of them when I walked in on the first day. However, Nathan wasn’t one of them. I didn’t [...]
Being a TAP teen has inspired me to learn, understand, and think beyond what a normal teenager would
By Aviva Weinstein, Adath Israel So far, being a TAP teen has inspired me to learn, understand, and think beyond what a normal teenager would when working with children, specifically those with disabilities. I have spent four years working as a teacher’s assistant in various classroom settings at my local Hebrew school. Through training with the TAP program, I have come to gain certain skills and newfound understandings when dealing with children specifically with physical and learning differences. The TAP program has taught me valuable skills in the teaching process of these children such as to be patient, to ask [...]