Fall 2020 MECA, Summer 2021 MECA
Continuing Education Courses
Music and Students with Special Needs
Date
June 7-August 1, 2021
Course Code
7771
Credits
3 Graduate Credits
Tuition
$1,065, due in full with registration
Overview
The music classroom is an inherently inclusive and cooperative environment. Meeting the needs of students with special needs, however, requires a specific set of skills, dispositions, and experiences to appropriately adapt and modify instruction. Enhancing the inclusive and cooperative possibilities in the music classroom while meeting the needs of all students is a challenging yet exhilarating possibility. This course will focus on identifying areas of strength and challenge in students with special needs, advocating for the appropriate classroom environment for all students, and the creation of adaptations and accommodations for students in inclusive and self-contained music classrooms.
Requirements
Chat Session
Prerequisites
Required Text(s)
Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Label-Free Approach by Alice Hammel
& R. Hourigan, 2nd ed.
(Oxford University Press)
Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Practical Resource
by Alice Hammel
(Oxford University Press)
Students are responsible
Software/Hardware Requirements
Schoology is a learning management system that allows you to interact directly with your instructors, fellow students, and members of the greater VanderCook community.
Soon after you register, be on the lookout for an email from Schoology with log-in instructions. Once you receive credentials, visit www.online.vandercook.edu to login.
Some courses have specific online chat meeting times (please see course descriptions), while others have a flexible meeting schedule. You can expect all courses to meet together in a live online chat. If a live meeting time doesn’t work, you can work with your instructor to make other arrangements.
More information about Schoology can be found at www.schoology.com
Online course grades are available within two weeks of the course(s) completion. If you need a transcript, please CLICK HERE to access the online transcript request form. For a faster turnaround time, please submit the transcript request to the registrar prior to the end of your course(s).