Cerebral Palsy
MAC Soundtracks
I would love to start a conversation about how we might use the MAC soundtracks with our students. Some of the tracks might need some more background or learning to understand their use, but I think others could be used by most of our students…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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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…
- Last updated 6 years ago
- Cerebral Palsy, crossing midline, Down Syndrome, fine motor, finger exercises, finger independence, finger isolation, gateway, smg, special needs
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…
- Last updated 6 years ago
- Cerebral Palsy, gateway, music therapist, music therapy, NDIS
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…
- Last updated 6 years ago
- Cerebral Palsy, diagnosis, Gateway training, Karen Nisenson, Laurie Richards, memory problem, mindset, non-verbal, parent involvement, processing issues
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…
- Last updated 10 years ago
- Cerebral Palsy, Dreams Come True, five steps of sound, generative learning, private lessons, using practice pads