Course Syllabus

Resources for Inclusive Teaching

Welcome Survey

Studio Environment

Studio Environment - SLIDES (PDF)

Reflection Activity

Session Resources

Person/Identity-First Language

Person 1st - SLIDES (PDF)

Reading 1: "Person-First Language" by Dr. Beth Bauer

Reading 2: "Labels" by Dr. Melissa Martiros

Reflection Activity

Session Resources

Four Tenets of Teaching for Working with Students Who are Special Learners

4 Tenets - SLIDES (PDF)

Reflection Activity

Communication Elements for Teaching Students Who are Special Learners

Communication - SLIDES (PDF)

Video: Breathing

Video: Voice Usage

Video: Facial Expression

Video: Body Language

Video: Vocabulary

Reading: "Vocabulary Effectiveness for Students with Special Needs" by Dr. Scott Price

Reflection Activities

Recommended Webinar: Tone Is Everything

Autism and Piano Study with Scott Price, Part 1

Autism and Piano Study with Scott Price, Part 2

Autism1&2 - SLIDES (PDF)

Recommended Reading

Session Resources

Finger Numbers and Right and Left Hand

Finger Numbers - SLIDES (PDF)

Demonstration of Finger Numbers and Right and Left Hand

Reading: "Finger Numbers (not finger knots!!)" by Dr. Scott Price

Reflection Activities

Session Resources

Decoding the Music Score for Students Who are Special Learners

Decoding the Music Score - SLIDES (PDF)

Demonstration on Decoding the Music Score

Reading 1: "Teaching Reading, Part 1" by Dr. Melissa Martiros

Reading 2: "Teaching Reading, Part 2: Framing Instruction" by Dr. Scott Price

Reading 3: "Teaching Reading, Part 3: Tools for Teaching Reading" by Dr. Beth Bauer

Session Resources

Teaching Music Counting to Students who are Special Learners

Teaching Music Counting - SLIDES (PDF)

Demonstration on Teaching Music Counting

Reflection Activity

Teaching Technique to Students who are Special Learners

Technique - SLIDES (PDF)

Demonstration on Teaching Technique

Reflection Activity

Related Materials

Teaching Repertoire to Students who are Special Learners

Session Resources

Pathways to Expression for Students who are Special Learners

Reading: "All in a Day's Routine: Teaching Piano to Students with Autism" by Dr. Scott Price

Session Resources

Adjudicated Events for Students who are Special Learners, Part 1

Rethinking DisABILITIES and Music Education with Bryann Burgess

Transcript: "Rethinking DisABILITIES and Music Education" with Bryan Burgess (PDF)

Reading 1: "Adjudicated Events for Students who are Special Learners" by Dr. Scott Price

Reading 2: "Recital Preparation" by Dr. Beth Bauer

Reading 3: "Preventing and Managing Challenging Behavior. Part 1" by Dr. Melissa Martiros with Michelle Bastien

Reading 4: "Inclusion, Part 1: Bringing Music-Making to Everyone" by Dr. Scott Price

Reading 5: "Inclusion, Part 2: The Celebrating the Spectrum Piano Festival at Michigan State" by Dr. Derek Polischuk

Adjudicated Recital Program

Adjudicated Recital Introduction

Adjudicated Recital Part 1

Adjudicated Recital Part 2

Adjudicated Recital Part 3

Adjudicated Recital Part 4

Adjudicated Recital Part 5

Adjudicated Recital Part 6

Adjudicated Recital Part 7

Adjudicated Recital Conclusion

List 1: Sensory-Friendly Recitals (PDF)

List 2: Event Coordinators (PDF)

List 3: Trouble-Shooting (PDF)

List 4: Adjudicator Instructions (PDF)

Session Resources

Adjudication Activity Instructions

Video Performance Program (PDF)

Student 1: Video Performance

Student 1: High-Quality Critique

Student 1: Training-Quality Critique

Student 1: Unacceptable-Quality Critique

Student 1: Blank Critique Sheet

Student 2: Video Performance

Student 2: High-Quality Critique

Student 2: Training-Quality Critique

Student 2: Unacceptable-Quality Critique

Student 2: Blank Critique Sheet

Student 3: Video Performance

Student 3: High-Quality Critique

Student 3: Training-Quality Critique

Student 3: Unacceptable-Quality Critique

Student 3: Blank Critique Sheet

Student 4: Video Performance

Student 4: High-Quality Critique

Student 4: Training-Quality Critique

Student 4: Unacceptable-Quality Critique

Student 4: Blank Critique Sheet

Student 5: Video Performance

Student 5: High-Quality Critique

Student 5: Training-Quality Critique

Student 5: Unacceptable-Quality Critique

Student 5: Blank Critique Sheet

Student 6: Video Performance

Student 6: High-Quality Critique

Student 6: Training-Quality Critique

Student 6: Unacceptable-Quality Critique

Student 6: Blank Critique Sheet

Student 7: Video Performance

Student 7: High-Quality Critique

Student 7: Training-Quality Critique

Student 7: Unacceptable-Quality Critique

Student 7: Blank Critique Sheet

Congratulations

Exit Survey