Department of Special Education
Photographs documenting the work of the Department of Special Education at Eastern Michigan University. Many of the images were taken within the Rackham School for Special Education, the first building of its kind in the nation, it was built specifically to house the department and provide an environment for teaching and learning that met the accessibility needs of the students.
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Arts and Crafts project
A female student works on an arts and crafts project in class. -
Christmas Party
A female student shakes hands with Santa during a class Christmas party. -
Christmas Story Lesson
Students dressed for a Christmas story play. The blackboard behind students displays a lesson plan for Christmas. -
Christmas Story Play
Students dressed in costume for Christmas Story play prepare for performance -
Fine Motor Skills Activity
Six students complete a fine motor skills activity involving shapes. -
Fine Motor Skills Activity
A male student completes a fine motor skills activity with clothespins -
Fine Motor Skills Building Activity
Adults build toy trains during a fine motor skills activity. -
Group Activity with students
An instructor leads students and adults in a clapping activity during a camping trip -
Gym Class
Wheelchair bound female student works on gross motor skill activity in gym class -
Gymnastics Class
Students practice gymnastics in gym class. -
Hearing Impaired Children with Instructor
Five students with hearing impairments work on activity with Special Education Instructor -
Hearing Impaired Students
Three students with hearing impairments, one female, two male, work on a listening and writing lesson.