Posted Sunday April 17 2016 at 12:39 pm
The Boston Conservatory will host its annual Teaching Music to Students on the Autism Spectrum conference April 29 - 30, 2016.
An innovative program for public and private school music educators, "Teaching Music to Students on the Autism Spectrum" is a two-day conference that will address important topics such as:
Current Research in Autism
Strategies for Teaching Music to Individuals on the Autism Spectrum
How Autistic People Learn and Perceive Music
Working Effectively with Students on the Autism Spectrum and their Families
Featuring industry experts Alice M. Hammel, D.M.A., Lisa Pierce-Goldstein and Rhoda Bernard, Ed.D., with teaching demonstrations by music instructors from The Boston Conservatory Program for Students on the Autism Spectrum.. Teachers can earn 12 Professional Development Points (PDPs).
More information and registration.
Posted Tuesday April 12 2016 at 06:34 am
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Office of VSA and Accessibility is planning a third volume of Examining the Intersection of Arts and Special Education. This collection of white papers will provide information on research and innovative or exemplary practices in teaching music, visual arts, drama, and dance/movement to students with disabilities. A $1,000 per paper honorarium will be given to authors of selected papers.
The deadline to submit abstracts is April 18, 2016 at 11:59 PM.
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Posted Saturday February 13 2016 at 5:01 pm
Bank Street College of Education seeks to draw attention to the use of storytelling as a critical strategy for creating a new, expanded conversation about inclusive classrooms and school communities. Submit essays that explore how disability, inclusion, and exclusion feel to those who are inside "inclusive" classrooms.
For more info and submission guidelines, visit the Bank Street website.
Manuscript due date is March 15, 2016.
