Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Music education resources for special educational needs & disability provision
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Resources to help you understand and support neurodivergency in performing arts.
An ‘all thriller, no filler’ bank of resources for all those who want to better engage young people with additional learning needs in music-making.
This in-depth case study investigates how the Arcana Strum can enhance access to music making and facilitate progressive and accredited learning for young people with additional needs and disabilities.
Aurora Classroom’s digital learning platform for EYFS, KS1 and SEND settings brings high-quality orchestral music directly into the classroom, supported by free CPD for all teachers using the resource.
This engaging, practical resource sets out twelve original projects for making music inclusively with children and young people of all ages who have special abilities or needs, including those with profound and multiple learning difficulties, those on the autism spectrum, those who have a vision or hearing impairment, and those with social, emotional, and mental health needs.
Music Mark has developed template documents to help schools prepare their School Music Development Plan.
Free to all state schools, Finish This… is a digital composition programme from the English National Opera, suitable for KS2, KS3 and SEND learners. Bringing a fusion of opera, film and animation into your classroom, as a creative springboard for collaborative composition work.
In April 2023, Aurora Orchestra joined Music Mark to discuss its musical resources for Early Years, Key Stage 1, and SEND teachers.
Soundabout uses music to create musical communities without barriers, ensuring that people with complex and additional needs have a voice and a way to be heard. These training videos explore Soundabout techniques and practice.
Little Soundabout and Soundabout Life are a collection of free online musical resources for children and young adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their families, carers, and professionals.
