Gateway

The 12 year old son of an adult student of mine would love to take piano lessons. He can already play the violin and has a great ear, able to figure out how to play songs he hears on the piano. However, due to a…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• adapting fingering, alternate fingering for chords, big fingers, coaches, deformed fingers, deformed hand, deformities, duets, finger adaptations, finger independence, finger isolation, finger strength, fingering, fingers, injured fingers, injuries, Laurie Richards, limitations, missing fingers, mobility limitations, Neil Moore, parents of special needs, physical limitations, special needs, stiff fingers, strengthening fingers, teaching special needs, thick fingers, weak fingers, wide fingers

How would I decide whether a student would learn reasonably well using the classic Simply Music approach, or whether he & I should invest in the Gateway program? I don’t think you can really know until you start. It’s always safe to start with Gateway.…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• fine motor, gateway, Gateway training, getting started, Laurie Richards, Simply Music Gateway, understanding diagrams

In this webinar Karen shares videos of her teaching her own students with learning disabilities and discusses their stories and their successes with the Gateway program. Introduction (00:05) Student Video 1: Nikos (00:43) Student Video 2: Rick (09:35) Student Video 3: Eytan (22:28) Student Video…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• autism, gateway, Jewels, Karen Nisenson, special needs

Karen discusses some very common fine motor challenges in students with special needs and ways in which teachers can address them in the Gateway curriculum, and addresses teacher questions about some of their students’ fine motor issues. Topics include: Typical Fine Motor Issues (00:05) Fine…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• Cerebral Palsy, crossing midline, Down Syndrome, fine motor, finger exercises, finger independence, finger isolation, gateway, smg, special needs

In this webinar you will hear about actual situations that teachers have encountered with their special needs students and learn from Karen’s expertise how best to handle those situations. Topics include: Using a Schedule with Students on the Spectrum (00:05) Difficulty Finding Black Note Groups…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• acceptance, autism, behavior, black note groups, black notes, challenging behavior, distracted student, Down Syndrome, first student, gateway, smg, special needs, spectrum, student progress, students on the spectrum, using a schedule

My student with cerebral palsy may not return as they want financial funding and can only have it if I am a ‘therapist’. Can we class ourselves as ‘therapists’? No, we cannot claim to be music therapists. Are they under the NDIS scheme? Can you…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• Cerebral Palsy, gateway, music therapist, music therapy, NDIS