TAP

by Ben Sacks During the TAP training programs we learned a lot about making learning more accessible for everyone in the classroom, and a large part of that was creating a more accepting and comfortable learning environment, a place where every student can feel free to be themselves and learn how they want to, even if we had to encourage them occasionally. It was the greatest feeling seeing the whole class laugh together and share in a happy experience. I know that the jewish education is important, but your Hebrew school class is really about friendship and growing up together. [...]

by Anna Weinstein At the start of the TAP Program I thought I already knew how to work with kids with disabilities because to me it didn’t seem that hard. I knew that working with someone who had a disability would be different and they would need some extra assistance, but I’d never really been in a situation where I had to work with a child who needed extra help. Something I learned about people with disabilities is that you can’t assume things about the way they’re feeling or what they need because only they know what they need to [...]

by Jack Brookman When I first joined the TAP program, I was skeptical of what was ahead of me. Little did I know that TAP would teach and prepare me with skills to be an active member of my classroom at religious school on Sundays. In my work in the 2nd grade classroom, I am a teacher’s aide and assist in all aspects of the classroom. When students need a little extra help, some time to step out of the class and get some fresh air and take a break from the lesson, I am there to assist them. My [...]