Teaching Music to Students With Autism

This book is a comprehensive practical guide for music eductors who work with students with autism. This second edition offers fully up-to-date information on diagnosis, advocacy, and a collegial team-approach, as well as communication, cognition, behavior, sensory, and socialization challenges. Many 'real-life' vignettes and classroom snapshots are included to transfer theory to practice.

About the author

Dr. Alice M. Hammel is on the music faculty of James Madison Universities. She is in high demand as a clinician and teacher throughout the United States and is widely published in the areas of music education, teacher education, and students with special needs. Dr. Hammel holds several concurrent leadership positions in the field of music education and is a multiple award recipient honoring her work in the field.

Dr. Ryan Hourigan is Professor of Music Education and the Director of the School of Music at Ball State University. He is also an advocate, teacher, clinician, and prolific publisher of research in the area of children with exceptionalities.

Summary

This book is a comprehensive practical guide for music eductors who work with students with autism. This second edition offers fully up-to-date information on diagnosis, advocacy, and a collegial team-approach, as well as communication, cognition, behavior, sensory, and socialization challenges. Many 'real-life' vignettes and classroom snapshots are included to transfer theory to practice.

Additional text

A helpful support for those needing encouragement and a general resource for those wishing to communicate more effectively with parents, colleagues, and administration in order to help students attain an optimal learning environment... Recommended.

Product details

• Authors: Hammel , Hourigan , Alice M. Hammel, Alice M. (Instructor in Music Hammel, Hammel Alice M., Ryan M. Hourigan, Hourigan Ryan M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780190063177
• ISBN: 978-0-19-006317-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Theory of music & musicology, Disability: social aspects, Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials, Theory of music and musicology, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, Teaching of students with learning difficulties or disorders