In our final installment of Adaptive Music Class 101, we talk about collaboration and how working with the special education team can improve outcomes for you and your students.
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Once you figure out what to teach, you then need to figure out the best way to teach it to your students. Adaptive classes can often learn the same content as you are teaching in other classes, but the route they follow to get there may be much different. Enter “Task Analysis.” This article looks at how to assess and break down your activities to their core skills to help prepare students for the bigger picture.
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In this latest edition of Adaptive Music Class 101 we look at content, or WHAT to teach. Picking music and activities might seem challenging for a situation like this, but these tips should help you better pick and craft your lessons and activities for your students.
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Part 2 in this series on Adaptive Music deals with Communication. Understanding how your students both receive, process, and express information is an integral part of finding success in the adaptive music classroom. The ideas in this article will help you gain a better understanding of the communication needs of your potential students.
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It is becoming more common for music teachers to be tasked with teaching an “Adaptive Music” class. While the names of these kinds of classes varies, these are music classes that are solely made up of special education students. For many educators, new and experienced, these classes can present an instructional challenge as many teachers have not received training on working this population. In this series of posts, I will discuss some of the most important concepts and principles for teachers to think about when designing and implementing music instruction in an adaptive music setting. There is no simple formula for success as the makeup of these classes and the nature of the students’ disabilities will always be different. However, these principles should help ensure a good foundation to creating a successful musical environment for students to learn in.
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