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Please note, some items contain out of date language. The phrase “special needs” is no longer in current use within the BIAAE. We know that language is no substitute for action, but we hope this change will reflect our commitment to creating an inclusive environment for the communities we serve.
Articles
Becoming Involved: Spolin Theater Games in Classes for the Educationally Handicapped, Bradley Bernstein
Guidelines for Teaching Art to Children and Youth Experiencing Significant Mental/Physical Challenges, Doug Blandy, Ernest Pancsofar, and Tom Mockensturm
Attitudes about Persons with Disabilities: A Pilot Program, Jeanne Carrigan
Meaningful Collaboration in the Inclusive Music Classroom: Students with Severe Intellectual Disabilities, Alice-Ann Darrow
Do Social and Cognitive Deficits Curtail Musical Understanding? Evidence from Autism and Down Syndrome, Pamela Heaton, Rory Allen, Kerry Williams, Omar Cummins, and Francesa Happe
Children with Disabilities Playing Musical Instruments: With the Right Adaptations and Help from Their Teachers and Parents, Students with Disabilities Can Play Musical Instruments, Kimberly McCord and Margaret Fitzgerald
Special Education for Students with Disabilities: Analysis and Recommendations, Donna L. Terman, Mary B. Larner, Carol S. Stevenson, and Richard E. Behrman
Identity Politics of Disability: The Other and the Secret Self, Alice Wexler
Books
Music in Special Education, Third Edition, Mary Adamek and Alice Ann Darrow
Music in Special Education, Mary S. Adamek and Alice-Anne Darrow
Eurhythmics for Autism and Other Neurophysiologic Diagnoses : A Sensorimotor Music-Based Treatment Approach, Dorita S. Berger
Eurhythmics for Autism and Other Neurophysiologic Diagnoses: A Sensorimotor Music-Based Treatment Approach, Dorita S. Berger
100 Learning Games for Special Needs with Music, Movement, Sounds And...Silence, Johanne Hanko
Group Music Activities for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Maria Ramey
Group Music Activities for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Maria Ramey
Music and People with Developmental Disabilities: Music Therapy, Remedial Music Making, and Musical Activities, Frans W. Schalkwijk
Attitude and Approach for Teaching Music to Special Learners, An, Elise Sobol
Making Music with the Young Child with Special Needs: A Guide for Parents Second Edition, Elaine Streeter
Developmental Assessment of the School-Aged Child with Developmental Disabilities : A Clinician's Guide, M. S. Thambirajah
Website Links
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, The, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
ABLE Assembly Conference Session Materials
Modifying and Adapting Music Education Curriculum for Students with High Support Needs, Nadia Castagna
Early Childhood Music for Students with Special Needs, Nadia Castagna and Miles Wilcox
Stretching Aesthetics, Shifting Pedagogies: Practical Strategies for Engaging Music Learners with Profound Disabilities, Ryan Michael Evans
The Musicians in Our Midst; The Hows and Whys of Supporting Student Music Making with Technology, Adam Goldberg