Cerebral Palsy

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Webinar Series: 04/20/2018 – Gateway – Improving Fine Motor Function at the Piano

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…

Gateway: Can teachers be classified as music therapists?

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…

Webinar Series: 10/25/2017 – Gateway – Open Forum with Karen Nisenson

In this webinar the Gateway Teacher Training Program is summarized, and teachers ask questions about teaching their students with autism, cerebral palsy, and other learning and processing difficulties. Topics include: Teacher Input on Gateway (00:00) Student with Cerebral Palsy: Non-verbal, Fine Motor Issues (01:46) Teacher…

More on Practice Pads

I have been teaching for over 4 years now, and it had never occurred to me to use the practice pads in the Private Lessons.  After the presentation Samali gave at our conference here in Western Australia on the use of these, it absolutely brought…