Special Needs & Learning Differences
Webinar Series: 09/27/2017 – Gateway – Behavior Issues: Dealing with the Student & Parent
Working with students who have profound processing differences requires a different mindset in order to achieve a successful outcome. This webinar dives into this simple yet crucial difference and addresses some very common concerns about working with special needs students. Topics include: About the Gateway…
Webinar Series: 08/18/2017 – Gateway – Q & A
In this webinar Karen Nisenson, creator of the Gateway program, and Neil Moore give some background information about the recently released Simply Music Gateway curriculum and answer specific questions from the teacher body. Topics include: Simply Music Gateway – Background (00:00) Methodological Basis of Gateway…
Playlist management with autistic student
What would you recommend for this still quite new student of mine who is 19 years old and doesn’t like to review the first two songs he’s already learned, and could play without any help a few weeks back? The lady who guides him during…
Recital ideas for student with broken arm
I have a very big recital party coming up and a very enthusiastic early level two student that really wants to participate, but she broke her right arm. She is in a shoulder cast so it will need to be left hand only. Anyone have…
Student picks up songs quickly
A delightful young adult with autism had his second lesson with me tonight. He loves patterns, numbers, and music, so of course Simply Music i?s a great fit. After playing Night Storm for him once, I told him “This song is all about 2’s. May…
Working with blind / visually impaired students
One of the reasons we got connected with Simply Music is because my oldest daughter is blind. She uses the SHM videos from my teacher access (but not the teacher videos), and she’s in one of the groups I teach. We have found that some…
Non-verbal autistic student
I’m going to be starting an autistic student who is non-verbal. I’m thinking I should create picture boards to set up the activities in the lesson. Can anyone offer other ideas/resources to assist in starting up this student? Also, do you have specific questionnaires that…
Adapting to weak fingers
I have an adult who will come to a FIS and he is very excited, but three of his RH fingers (fingers 3, 4, and 5) are very weak/sensitive due to some previous injury (doubtful that practicing will fix that). Any suggestions? What I am…
Teacher feels out of depth with gifted student
I have a student who is very naturally gifted with composing his own songs. His songs are good enough to be on mainstream radio and his father is recording his songs at the moment through a sound recordist to mix and produce it. My issue…
Slow progress
I suspect that one of my students (9 years old) may have some learning disability as she is learning slower than I have every witnessed through she is really enjoying the process very much. Her family are refugees from Africa so I suspect some form…