Teacher Resources

Improvisation ideas and alternative notation for pupils who do not read and more. Read about the benefits experienced by learning disabled people when they have been given the opportunity to play a musical instrument. See what has been done by others.

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Join in discussions and share ideas about teaching and learning musical instruments for and by the learning disabled. Encourage others with your success stories.

Books for Music Teachers

A wide range of books covering most types of Learning Disabilities can be found from Jessica Kingsley Publishers.  Visit their web site http://www.jkp.com/

Improve Your Teaching - Paul Harris
Pub:  Faber Music Ltd   ISBN 0-571-52534-2

Meeting SEN in the Curriculum - Victoria Jaquiss and Diane Patterson
Pub: David Fulton Publishers  ISBN  1 84312 168  9

Tuning In  Practical Psychology for Musicians who are Teaching, Learning and Performing Handbook and Home Study Course by Lucinda Mackworth-Young
Pub: MMM Publications  ISBN   0-9539485-0-1

Making Music   Creative ideas for Instrumental Teachers - Patricia Gane
Pub: OUP  ISBN 0-19-322201-9  978-0-19-322201-4

The Music Teacher's Companion  A Practical Guide
Pub:  ABRSM  ISBN  1 86096 219 X

The Music Teacher's Handbook   The Complete resource for all Instrumental and Singing Teachers
Pub:  Faber Music  ISBN  0-571-52330-7

Ways into Music    Making Every Child's Music matter Pub:  National Association of Music educators   ISBN   978-0-9505789-7-2

No Need for Words   Special Needs in Music Education
Pub:  National Association of Music Educators  ISBN   0-9505789-6-7

Instrumental Teaching - Janet Mills
Pub: OUP   ISBN-13: 978-0-19-335908-6

How Popular Musicians Learn - Lucy Green
Pub: Ashgate Publishing Ltd  ISBN  0 7546 3226 1

The Sounding Symbol - George Odam
Pub: Stanley Thornes Publishing   ISBN 0 7487 2323 4

Teaching Music Musically - Keith Swanwick
Pub: Routledge  ISBN 0 415 19935 2 (hbk)  ISBN 0 415 19936 0 (pbk)

Music with the Brain in Mind - Eric jenson
Pub: The Brain Store  http://www.thebrainstore.com/
ISBN  #1-890460-06-0