Music Lessons for Children with Special Needs [Paperback]

T M Perry (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1853022950 | ISBN-13: 978-1853022951 | Publication Date: March 1, 1995 | Edition: 1

Using music as a medium for communication and development between teacher and pupil, rather than as a subject to be learned, this book responds to the problems of presenting music to children with special needs. The book functions on a number of different levels: it provides a simple and accessible programme of work, allowing the teacher to choose from an array of different lessons and it breaks down the recommendations of the National Curriculum into a more practical structure for working with children with special needs. Drawing on many years of experience, it offers advice for managing the lessons, and suggests ways in which lessons may be modified to address the needs of individual children, or particular groups. Also included are useful record sheets to help teachers to gauge the response of the pupils to the music course.

Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley; 1 edition (March 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853022950
• ISBN-13: 978-1853022951
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars music lessons for elementary students and high level special needs, July 25, 2010

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Music lessons for special needs, is essentially a book for music teachers who work with high functioning children with special needs. I found the book to be full of excellent lessons laid out step by step. I really liked how T.M. Perry did not overwhelm me with theory, but instead she kept the book full of practical lesson plans! The downside of this book was that it assumed all of your students would be able to understand verbal communication. I work with autistic children and these lessons would never work with them. These lessons are excellent for pre-k through5th grade in my opinion. This is a great book full of wonderful music lessons:-). However, if you work with medically disabled children, or autistic kids I don't reccomend this. Overall I give this a 9 out of 10. ;-)