Music Education for Exceptional Children and Youth

Catalog description

(Theory and Literature) For the prospective K-12 music educator of general, choral or instrumental music. This course serves to provide the strategies, techniques and resources needed to effectively teach students of varying exceptionalities. Special focus will be placed on the necessary knowledge, skills and dispositions required for special needs teaching. Pertinent topics include the accomodation of modification of music course contest to best address the learning needs of students with disabilities. In addition, current legal issues, trends and topics in special education will be covered.