In today’s episode, Selena Pistoresi joins us to talk about special needs teaching from the viewpoint of respecting neurodiversity and presuming the c...
Special needs piano teaching requires patience, flexibility, creativity and lots of love, care and attention. Let's talk about strategies to help you teach.
How to confidently teach neurodiverse piano students webinar with Selena Pistoresi & Tim Topham.
In addition to my music therapy sessions I have the absolute privilege of teaching adapted piano and guitar lessons to children and teens with special needs and different learning styles. People often ask – what does “adapted” lessons mean? Great question. It means I provide adaptations and alternate ways for my clients or students to learn […]
In addition to my music therapy sessions I have the absolute privilege of teaching adapted piano and guitar lessons to children and teens with special needs and different learning styles. People often ask – what does “adapted” lessons mean? Great question. It means I provide adaptations and alternate ways for my clients or students to learn […]
Working with special needs students can daunting but so rewarding. Hear one teacher's perspective based on many years of succeeding in this niche.
Special needs piano teaching requires patience, flexibility, creativity and lots of love, care and attention. Let's talk about strategies to help you teach.
As piano teachers sometimes we just don't know enough to help our students with special needs, that's why today we're unpacking autism with Lydia Meem.
It's important to realise that there are some tips and strategies that will help you to engage piano students with Sensory Processing Disorders. Find out.
Special needs piano teaching requires patience, flexibility, creativity and lots of love, care and attention. Let's talk about strategies to help you teach.
Music is an effective tool for communicating with others and interacting with the world. Find out how it can change the lives of special needs children.
This article is part of the 31 Days of Pinterest Hacks series. Find the main page for this series here. Music plays a huge part in our lives. Not only do we enjoy listening to various tunes, but research shows the many benefits of music in all aspects of development. From cognitive to social to emotional to […]
Teaching students with exceptionalities has a deeper effect on us than just the satisfaction and happiness of making the student learn. Dr Erin Parkes i...
Learn about one music teacher's journey to becoming an exceptional teacher to students with exceptional needs. Tips for lesson planning and dealing with the very unique situations that can arise when teaching students with exceptionalities.
Today's article gives music teachers strategies and resources on Autism and Music Teaching from a clinical psychologist. Find help and resources today.
Music activities for children with special needs require some careful teacher planning and preparation to ensure the class is fully inclusive and caters to the needs and abilities of all learners. This is particularly true when running music activities for children with physical or multiple disabilities, as their needs for accessing and using equipment and instruments can be quite specific. Think about instruments that are suitable as well as how to adapt them for use with students with special needs. There is also advice about respecting students' various levels of music giftedness.
Did you know that 1 in 5 people in the USA have dyslexia? So, if you’ve got 20 students, the odds are pretty high that at least four are dyslexic....
One of the fun things about running a site like Mumsgather Finds is you get to know a lot of very interesting people, all of whom are passionate about something in their lives. Today, I would like to talk about one of them. She is a piano teacher who has a few years experience giving piano lessons to autistic children. She has a Facebook page called the Autistic Piano Teaching Diary where she documents her journey in learning and teaching kids with special needs. Browsing through her FB page, I can see that she keeps herself updated by attending courses, reading a lot, and trying out various techniques to help her students. She shares them freely too on her FB page and on YouTube. For example, she made these cute chord charts to help her students recognize and learn the music chords easily. A good teacher is one who is passionate and one who never stops learning. Her passion is to keep trying new methods that suits the children's learning way. Here is another poster that is on her page. It says Piano not only grooms musical skills but more. It extends attention span, physical abilities and musical expression. If you wish to let your autistic child learn instruments but have no idea how or where to start, she can be reached on FB. Here are some expert tips from this driven piano teacher: "If parents wish to guide their kids at home to learn piano, it is not hard but the attention span is the most challenging issue. Just be direct and show them how to play the tunes. They don't necessarily have to recognize the ABCDE keys on the piano. Allow them to play the tunes by visual imitation or memory. That is fine because most kids will work on the sound and the keys. Once the kids have some idea on how to make sounds on the piano, they will have more confidence playing it."
Today's article gives music teachers strategies and resources on Autism and Music Teaching from a clinical psychologist. Find help and resources today.
It’s Autism Awareness Month … Are We Aware? by Mrs. Denie Riggs Music can heal autism. I cringe to even be so bold as to speak those words. Yet we know what we have witnessed in our students across the last twenty years. It’s Autism Awareness Month. Are we aware? Recently, while setting up our school's window showcase, I wrote “Autism
Music in the classroom is a powerful tool and it should be more than just having music as a special once a week. Learn why music is important and different ways you can integrate music into your lesson plans seamlessly. Blog post at Mrs. D's Corner.
Music lessons for special needs children can provide break-throughs through music therapy in ways that other approaches may fail.
