Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs

The Second Edition of Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs offers updated accounts of music educators' experiences, featured as vignettes throughout the book. An accompanying Practical Resource includes lesson plans, worksheets, and games for classroom use. As a practical guide and reference manual, Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs, Second Edition addresses special needs in the broadest possible sense to equip teachers with proven, research-based curricular strategies that are grounded in both best practice and current special education law. Chapters address the full range of topics and issues music educators face, including parental involvement, student anxiety, field trips and performances, and assessment strategies. The book concludes with an updated list of resources, building upon the First Edition's recommendations.

Alice M. Hammel is a widely known music educator, author, and clinician whose experience in music is extraordinarily diverse. She teaches for James Madison and Virginia Commonwealth Universities in the areas of music education and music theory respectively, and has many years of experience teaching both instrumental and choral music in public and private schools. She has maintained a large, independent flute studio for over 25 years. Her primary goal is to become a better teacher with each passing day.
Ryan M. Hourigan received the award for Outstanding University Music Educator from the Indiana Music Educators Association. He is the immediate Past Chair of the Students with Exceptionalities Special Research Interest Group for the National Association for Music Education and is a National Workshop leader for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

- Contents
- PART I THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES
- Chapter 1: Public School Education within a Democracy: An Equal Opportunity for All Students
- Chapter 2: The Current Structure of Special Education in Our Schools: A Brief History of Legislation and Litigation in the United States
- PART II PREPARING TO TEACH MUSIC TO STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
- Chapter 3: Preparing to Teach: Fieldwork and Engagement Opportunities in Special Education for Pre-service and In-service Music Teachers
- Chapter 4: A Resourceful and Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Students with Special Needs
- PART III PRACTICAL CLASSROOM ADAPTATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE MUSIC CLASSROOM
- Chapter 5: Developing a Student-centered and Inclusive Classroom
- Chapter 6: Curriculum and Assessment for Students with Special Needs
- Chapter 7: Teaching Strategies for Performers with Special Needs
- Chapter 8: Teaching Music to Students Who Are Intellectually Gifted
- PART IV RESOURCES FOR MUSIC EDUCATORS
- Chapter 9: Resources for Music Teachers and Music Teacher Educators Regarding Teaching Students with Special Needs
- About the Authors
- Index