Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Practical Resource [Paperback]

Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Practical Resource brings together theory, policy, and planning for instruction in K-12 classrooms. The resource is a result of collaboration between K-12 teachers, outstanding undergraduate and graduate music education students, and professionals in the field. The lesson ideas, lesson plans, and unit plans are organized according to the six domains posited by Alice Hammel and Ryan Hourigan in their book,Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Label-free Approach, Second Edition.This book equips music educators with understanding necessary to implement teaching ideas into the domains of cognition, communication, behavior, emotions, and physical and sensory needs. Classroom-tested lesson plans include procedure outlines and assessments as well as guides for adaptation, accommodation, and modification needed for successful implementation in K-12 classrooms. As such, this eminently useful guide provides teachers with enough practical ideas to allow them to begin to create and adapt their own lesson plans for use with students of differing needs and abilities.

Contents

1. Introduction
Rationale For The Resource
Distinguishing Features
Ideas From Teaching Music To Students With Special Needs: A Label-Free Approach 2nd Edition
Curricular Modifications In Music Education For Students With Disabilities
Specific Ways To Utilize The Resource

2. The Communication Domain
Introduction
Vignettes And Lesson Plans For Music Classrooms And Ensemble Situations
Vignette: Jake
Lesson Plan: Joint Attention
Vignette: Milani
Lesson Plan: Pitch Matching And Improvisation
Vignette: Thomas
Lesson Plan: Rhythm, Eye Contact, Joint Attention
Vignette: Sarah
Lesson Plan: Interaction
Vignette: Carl
Lesson Plan: Performing On Percussion Instruments
Explanation Of Pedagogical Connections