The Inclusive Teaching Course: Teaching Piano to Students who are Special Learners

Practical explanations and strategies in adaptive teaching of basic scenarios in piano teaching including music reading, music counting, technique, and artistry. Full course completion time is approximately 16 hours.

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Course Curriculum

Topics include: Studio environment, person/identity-first language, communication, autism, finger numbers, right hand and left hand, decoding the music score, teaching counting, technique, and repertoire, pathways to expression, adjudication, and more!

1. Video: Navigating the Course
1. Introduction and Welcome
2. Course Syllabus
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3. Resources for Inclusive Teaching
4. Welcome Survey
1. Studio Environment
2. Studio Environment - SLIDES (PDF)
3. Reflection Activity
4. Session Resources
1. Person/Identity-First Language
2. Person 1st - SLIDES (PDF)
3. Reading 1: "Person-First Language" by Dr. Beth Bauer
4. Reading 2: "Labels" by Dr. Melissa Martiros
5. Reflection Activity
6. Session Resources
1. Four Tenets of Teaching for Working with Students Who are Special Learners
2. 4 Tenets - SLIDES (PDF)
3. Reflection Activity
1. Communication Elements for Teaching Students Who are Special Learners
2. Communication - SLIDES (PDF)
3. Video: Breathing
4. Video: Voice Usage
5. Video: Facial Expression
6. Video: Body Language
7. Video: Vocabulary
8. Reading: "Vocabulary Effectiveness for Students with Special Needs" by Dr. Scott Price
9. Reflection Activities
10. Recommended Webinar: Tone Is Everything
1. Autism and Piano Study with Scott Price, Part 1
2. Autism and Piano Study with Scott Price, Part 2
3. Autism1&2 - SLIDES (PDF)
4. Recommended Reading
5. Session Resources
1. Finger Numbers and Right and Left Hand
2. Finger Numbers - SLIDES (PDF)
3. Demonstration of Finger Numbers and Right and Left Hand
4. Reading: "Finger Numbers (not finger knots!!)" by Dr. Scott Price
5. Reflection Activities
6. Session Resources
1. Decoding the Music Score for Students Who are Special Learners
2. Decoding the Music Score - SLIDES (PDF)
3. Demonstration on Decoding the Music Score
4. Reading 1: "Teaching Reading, Part 1" by Dr. Melissa Martiros
5. Reading 2: "Teaching Reading, Part 2: Framing Instruction" by Dr. Scott Price
6. Reading 3: "Teaching Reading, Part 3: Tools for Teaching Reading" by Dr. Beth Bauer
7. Session Resources
1. Teaching Music Counting to Students who are Special Learners
2. Teaching Music Counting - SLIDES (PDF)
3. Demonstration on Teaching Music Counting
4. Reflection Activity
1. Teaching Technique to Students who are Special Learners
2. Technique - SLIDES (PDF)
3. Demonstration on Teaching Technique
4. Reflection Activity
5. Related Materials
1. Teaching Repertoire to Students who are Special Learners
2. Session Resources
1. Pathways to Expression for Students who are Special Learners
2. Reading: "All in a Day's Routine: Teaching Piano to Students with Autism" by Dr. Scott Price
3. Session Resources
1. Adjudicated Events for Students who are Special Learners, Part 1
2. Rethinking DisABILITIES and Music Education with Bryann Burgess
3. Transcript: "Rethinking DisABILITIES and Music Education" with Bryan Burgess (PDF)
4. Reading 1: "Adjudicated Events for Students who are Special Learners" by Dr. Scott Price
5. Reading 2: "Recital Preparation" by Dr. Beth Bauer
6. Reading 3: "Preventing and Managing Challenging Behavior. Part 1" by Dr. Melissa Martiros with Michelle Bastien
7. Reading 4: "Inclusion, Part 1: Bringing Music-Making to Everyone" by Dr. Scott Price
8. Reading 5: "Inclusion, Part 2: The Celebrating the Spectrum Piano Festival at Michigan State" by Dr. Derek Polischuk
9. Adjudicated Recital Program
10. Adjudicated Recital Introduction
11. Adjudicated Recital Part 1
12. Adjudicated Recital Part 2
13. Adjudicated Recital Part 3
14. Adjudicated Recital Part 4
15. Adjudicated Recital Part 5
16. Adjudicated Recital Part 6
17. Adjudicated Recital Part 7
18. Adjudicated Recital Conclusion
19. List 1: Sensory-Friendly Recitals (PDF)
20. List 2: Event Coordinators (PDF)
21. List 3: Trouble-Shooting (PDF)
22. List 4: Adjudicator Instructions (PDF)
23. Session Resources
1. Adjudication Activity Instructions
2. Video Performance Program (PDF)
3. Student 1: Video Performance
4. Student 1: High-Quality Critique
5. Student 1: Training-Quality Critique
6. Student 1: Unacceptable-Quality Critique
7. Student 1: Blank Critique Sheet
8. Student 2: Video Performance
9. Student 2: High-Quality Critique
10. Student 2: Training-Quality Critique
11. Student 2: Unacceptable-Quality Critique
12. Student 2: Blank Critique Sheet
13. Student 3: Video Performance
14. Student 3: High-Quality Critique
15. Student 3: Training-Quality Critique
16. Student 3: Unacceptable-Quality Critique
17. Student 3: Blank Critique Sheet
18. Student 4: Video Performance
19. Student 4: High-Quality Critique
20. Student 4: Training-Quality Critique
21. Student 4: Unacceptable-Quality Critique
22. Student 4: Blank Critique Sheet
23. Student 5: Video Performance
24. Student 5: High-Quality Critique
25. Student 5: Training-Quality Critique
26. Student 5: Unacceptable-Quality Critique
27. Student 5: Blank Critique Sheet
28. Student 6: Video Performance
29. Student 6: High-Quality Critique
30. Student 6: Training-Quality Critique
31. Student 6: Unacceptable-Quality Critique
32. Student 6: Blank Critique Sheet
33. Student 7: Video Performance
34. Student 7: High-Quality Critique
35. Student 7: Training-Quality Critique
36. Student 7: Unacceptable-Quality Critique
37. Student 7: Blank Critique Sheet
1. Congratulations
2. Exit Survey

About this course

$129.00
122 lessons
7 hours of video content
14 sessions designed to be completed at your own pace
Introduces practical explanations and strategies in adaptive teaching for basic scenarios in piano teaching

Course Leader

Scott Price

Senior editor: Craig Sale. Course contributors: Beth Bauer, Melissa Martiros, Derek Polischuk, Scott Price.

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Testimonials

“This was a very helpful course and a great introduction to teaching piano to students with autism.”

Candice H.