Teaching the Postsecondary Music Student with Disabilities [Paperback]

Teaching the Postsecondary Music Student with Disabilitiesprovides valuable information and practical strategies for teaching the college music student. With rising numbers of students with disabilities in university music schools, professors are being asked to accommodate students in their studios, classes, and ensembles. Most professors have little training or experience in teaching students with disabilities. This book provides a resource for creating an inclusive music education for students who audition and enter music school. Teaching the Postsecondary Music Student withDisabilitiescovers all of the topics that all readers need to know including law, assistive technology, high-incidence and low-incidence disabilities, providing specific details on the disability and how it impacts the learning of the music student.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Disability-Friendly Schools of Music
Chapter 2 Transition to Postsecondary Education
Chapter 3 Postsecondary Music and Applicable Law
Chapter 4 Strategies for Creating Inclusive Music Classes, Ensembles and Lessons
Chapter 5 Specific Learning Disabilities
Chapter 6 Speech and Language Disorders
Chapter 7 Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 8 Autism Spectrum Disorder
Chapter 9 Low Vision and Blindness
Chapter 10 Hearing Loss
Chapter 11 Physical Disabilities
Chapter 12 Chronic Illness
Chapter 13 Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Chapter 14 Tourette Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, and Other Syndromes
Chapter 15 Intellectual Disability
Chapter 16 Twice-Exceptional Students
Chapter 17 Assistive Technology and Music Assistive Technology to
Support Students with Disabilities

In addition to providing rich information about a wide variety of discrete disabilities, McCord also highlights discipline-specific challenges, considerations, and accommodations for post-secondary musicians with disabilities. This is an excellent, practical resource forls'