Music in Special Education
Music education is one of the most important aspects in the grand arena that is education. Yet, it is one of the most neglected. This seems to be backwards due to the mass benefits to include: better average scores on standardized tests, less drug use, better time management/organizational skills, as well as multitasking. Instituting music education can help all aspects of education, including all varieties of education. This includes special education. Most people don 't think that there is a connection between special education but, through a variety of research, it can be seen that there is not only a connection, but a benefit with combining music education with special needs education.
Many people think that …show more content…
Special needs students usually do not get the opportunity to partake in play because of various barriers. In a music classroom most of these skills will automatically be a part of you teaching session, helping develop and grant access to play for special needs students. This then helps special needs students experience and develop from play as any normal child would, which can help connect special needs kids with regular kids.
Similar to most regular students, special needs children are going to have the urge to participate in some sort of physical activity while listening to music. Musical games which can include; walking, crawling, clapping, or even stretching can be easily incorporated into a music lesson. Not to mention it gets student’s wiggles out. Musical rhythm can actually benefit the coordination of such movements. These activities can help get special needs students the opportunity to move around and get the muscular development they so lack, while still having …show more content…
While any musical style and device can be altered to the needs of any student the book, Music Plus for the Young Child in Special Education, suggests basic rhythm and accents, contemporary music, major and minor scales, ostinato, pentatonic scales, syncopation, and transposition should be focused on for special needs students. These of course should all be a very basic levels and they will grow advanced as the child advances in their abilities. For further explanation, lets take syncopation as an example. For the beginning lesson I would start by explaining an accent. I would introduce the concept, explain it, and then have them try it multiple times using a variety of activities. The next lesson I would introduce the accent being on the beat. Then the next lesson would be the accent being on the off beat. Finally, I would combine them all (once the students were comfortable in all areas) and introduce syncopation. Depending on the amount of time you have with your students and how advanced your students are depend on how in depth you can go with each
Music education is one of the most important aspects in the grand arena that is education. Yet, it is one of the most neglected. This seems to be backwards due to the mass benefits to include: better average scores on standardized tests, less drug use, better time management/organizational skills, as well as multitasking. Instituting music education can help all aspects of education, including all varieties of education. This includes special education. Most people don 't think that there is a connection between special education but, through a variety of research, it can be seen that there is not only a connection, but a benefit with combining music education with special needs education.
Many people think that …show more content…
Special needs students usually do not get the opportunity to partake in play because of various barriers. In a music classroom most of these skills will automatically be a part of you teaching session, helping develop and grant access to play for special needs students. This then helps special needs students experience and develop from play as any normal child would, which can help connect special needs kids with regular kids.
Similar to most regular students, special needs children are going to have the urge to participate in some sort of physical activity while listening to music. Musical games which can include; walking, crawling, clapping, or even stretching can be easily incorporated into a music lesson. Not to mention it gets student’s wiggles out. Musical rhythm can actually benefit the coordination of such movements. These activities can help get special needs students the opportunity to move around and get the muscular development they so lack, while still having …show more content…
While any musical style and device can be altered to the needs of any student the book, Music Plus for the Young Child in Special Education, suggests basic rhythm and accents, contemporary music, major and minor scales, ostinato, pentatonic scales, syncopation, and transposition should be focused on for special needs students. These of course should all be a very basic levels and they will grow advanced as the child advances in their abilities. For further explanation, lets take syncopation as an example. For the beginning lesson I would start by explaining an accent. I would introduce the concept, explain it, and then have them try it multiple times using a variety of activities. The next lesson I would introduce the accent being on the beat. Then the next lesson would be the accent being on the off beat. Finally, I would combine them all (once the students were comfortable in all areas) and introduce syncopation. Depending on the amount of time you have with your students and how advanced your students are depend on how in depth you can go with each