TAP

Bennett Decker TAP Teen-  Beth Sholom Congregation For the last four years, I have had the pleasure of assistant coaching a special needs soccer team "Keith’s Kids" (part of the Kehillah Soccer League).  This entry could easily be about the skills that I’ve learned from these kids, but that would be too easy.  Over the period of time I have coached them, I have developed a personal relationship with many of the kids.  This is what I want to talk about. Now, I’m not particularly good at soccer.  I love watching it (Come on you Spurs!) and I’m very enthusiastic [...]

by Brooke Dunoff, Or Ami In TAP, I have learned about helping children with learning differences because it allows me to have knowledge of strategies on how to work with an individual with difficulties.  Though I am unacquainted with working with children with specific disabilities, I have experience with some young students who do have trouble in the classroom.  I didn’t necessarily enjoy assisting the student at the time, but I have taken on the experience of having a frustrated child in the classroom.  The main reason that I like to individually teach a child is because I have learned [...]

My name is Jacob Daly, an eleventh grader at Philadelphia Academy Charter High School (P.A.C.H.S) and a congregant at Old York Road Temple Beth Am. What I enjoy most about working with children with learning differences/special needs is that I really notice the many challenges that they face each and every day, without realizing that its frustrating if it happens to you every once in a blue moon. The boy I'm working with is in fifth grade and has Aspergers, ADHD, and possible Autism. The biggest struggle I see him go through is the fact that he has a hard [...]