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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 064 853 EC 042 701 TITLE The Role of Music in the Special Education of Handicapped Children. INSTITUTION New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. for Handicapped Chiliren. SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C. Div. of Handicapped Children and Youth. PUB DATE Apr 71 NOTE 149p.; Reprint of Conference Proceedings of State Education Departmnt, April 5-6, 1971, U. N. Y. Campus Center, Albany, New York EDRS PRICE MF6-$0.65 HC-S6.58 DESCRIPTORS Behavior; Educational Objectives; *Exceptional Child Education; *Guidelines; *Handicapped Children; *Lesson Plans; *Music ABSTRACT Presented are approximately 25 instructional units in which learning abcut music is adapted for use in special education. Each unit contains a general educational goal, a series for behavior objectives designed to achieve the goal, and a number of learning experiences and accompanying resources intended to help children with particular types of handicaps experience music for purposes of learning about music itself, meeting certain physical, emotional, or psychological needs, and/or motivating and providing alternate ways of learning in other subject areas such as language arts. The learning experience section of each unit generally contains explicit, practical guidelines for the instructor to follow. Instructional units are provided for the following disability areas: emotionally disturbed, learning disabilities, brain injured, educable mentally retarded, trainable mentally retarded, communication disorders, blind, visually impaired, deaf and severely hard of hearing, and multiply handicapped. The instructional units are said to result from a conference on the role of music in thespecial education of handicapped children. (CB) 6he1o1e01 oeeioeue ,..0 n e e17i1( Vel40 THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK/ THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTM1 DIVISION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN- DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIESAND THE/ ALBANY, NEW YORK 12224 ik)P 4p, adj1Ie.) , 614CIO 16' 1"1"1101 1 *". ?4, RSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN- DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS ALBANY, NEW YORK 12224 CONFERENCE,PLANNING COMMITTEE Vivienne N. Anderson Director, Division of the Humanities and the Arts, State Education Department, Albany, New York Raphael F. Simches Assistant Diector, Division for Handicapped Children, State Education Department, Albany, New Yor7 Zelda Kaye Chief, Bureau of Special Programs for the Handicapped, State Education Department, Albany, New Yor' A. Theodore Tellstrom Chief, Bureau of Music Education, State Education Department, Albany, New York Nathan Gottschalk Chairman, Music Department, State University of New York at Albany John A. Quatraro Associate, Bureau of Music Education, State Education Department, Albany, New York Rita A. Sator Associate, Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development, State Education Department, Albany, New Yor7 Sona Nocera Associate FroPssor, Crane Department of Wsic, State University of New York at Potsdam PROJECT DIRECTOR Richard Feldman EhOish Teacher, Bethlehem Central High School, Delmar, New York 3 Ehe fo1ef TaZie in the 8eoi ue 0 Chil0 per?April 5 & 6, Special Studie Tho THE Div Divisi te eoeeio1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS SEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY Ats RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIG- INATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- floiQo IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY ooe REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU- CATION POSITION OR POLICY. re'?April 5 & 6, 1971.5.U. N. Y.Campus Center Albany, New York Special Studies Institute Funded Through Section 301P.L. 85.926, as amended U.S. Office of Education The University of theState of New York THE STATE EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT Division for Handicapped Children Division of the Humanitiesand the Arts We are not simply in the business of teaching music for music's sake; we are using music as a tool, as a catalyst, as a heZping agent. A music program can, in fadt, facilitate and contribute to the totaZ Zearning, the total adjustment, the totaZ habilitation of the child. Kenneth Medema Director of Music and Creative Art Therapies Essex County Hospital Center Monday, April 5, 1971 8:30 9:30 a.m. Registration and Sign:..up for "How-To-Sessions" .MainLounge Conference Host --Dr. Nathan Gottschalk, Chairnan, MusicDepartment, SUNY Albany --A continuous showing ef films relevant to special education and music isscheduled in Room 220 during conference hours. The Special Education Instructional Materials Center,Room 120, 55 Elk Street, will hold an open house on both days of the conference, from 8:30a.m. to 4:30 p.m. --Commercial exhibits --displayed during conference hours--Lounge 9:30 a.m. Conference Opening Session --Ballroom Welcome -.Dr. A. Theodore Tellstrom Chief, Bureau of MusicEducation Conference Overview --John A. Quatraro, Associate,Bureau of Music Education Introduction of Speaker --Dr. Zelda Kaye, Chief, Bureau ofSpecial Programs for the Handicapped Opening Address -:"Perspectiveson the Education of Children with Special Needs" DT. Burton Blatt, Director, Division of Special Educationand Rehabilitation, Syracuse University 10:45 -- 12:00 Noon Session I VISUALLY IMPAIRED --Room 315 "Music Resources for the Blind" Mary Mylecraine, Music Reference Librarian, Division forthe Blind and Physically Handicapped, United States Library of Congress, Washington,D. C. "Recorded Aid for Braille Music" Kenneth Medema, Director of Mnsic and Creative ATtTherapies, Essex County Hospital Center, Cedar Grove, New Jersey Chairman: Charles J. Trupia, Associate, Bureau of MusicEducation MENTALLY RETARDEDBallroom "Music Can Teach the Exceptional Child" iii Drs. Herbert and Gail Levin, Music Specialists for Special Education,with a student demonstration group from Albany-Schenectady-SchoharieCounties BOCES Chairman: Eugene J. Cunningham, Associate, Bureau of Music Education EMOTIONALLY HANDICAPPED --Assembly Hall "Music Means Movement --Creative Rhythms andDance in Special Education" Mrs. Elizabeth Polk, Dance Therapist, Long IslandCity, New York Chairman: Sona Nocera, Associate Professor, Crane Department ofMusic, State University College, Potsdam, New York 12:00 1:30 p.m. Lunch Dutch 'Treat in Patroon Roomor Cafeteria --Campus Center Chairman: Richard Feldman, Project Director 1:30 2:45 p.m. Session II EMOTIONALLY HANDICAPPED .Assembly Hall --"Group Activities in Music for the EmotionallyHandicapped Child" Mrs. Grace Nash, Music Specialist, Consultant andPublisher, Scottsdale, Arizona Chairman: Charles Matkowski, Supervisor, Division forHandicapped Children HEARING IMPAIRED .Room 315 --"Rhythmics Program for the Deaf" Sister Rose Marie Brick, St. Mary's School for the Deaf,Buffalo, New York Chairman: Bebe Bernstein, Supervisor, Bureau for Children with RetardedMental Development, New York Ci MENTALLY RETAPnED Ballroom --"Practical Applications of Music for theDevelopment of Learning Abilities and Basic Communication Skills in Childrin with Mental, Physical, andEmotional Deviations" Dr. Richard Weber, Professor of Music,Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey, with a student demonstration group fromAlbany-Schenectady-Schoharie Counties BOCES Chairman: Conrad Hecht, Director of Special Education, Massapequa PublicSchools, Massapequa, New York 2:45 4:00 p.m. Session III iv "How-To-Sussions" An exchange of ideas. Small group sessions designed to develop instructional units for music in special education. Special interest group sign-up during registration. 4:00 7:30 p.m. Leisure Time and Dinner 8:00 p.m. Session IV Ballroom Musical Program and Demonstration Clinic Concert Students from the New York State School for the Blind at Batavia --John E. Grapka, Director of Music; Muriel K. Mooney, Henry A. Emmans, and Janet D. Fryling, Instructors --"Androcles and the Lion," by Aurand Harris (adapted by Dorothy Dodd) Students from St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf in Brooklyn, directed by Dr. Dorothy Dodd, with the assistance of Sister Mary Cleary and Sister Mary Ann Robertson Chairman: Richard Feldman, Project Director Tuesday, April 69 1971 9:15 10:30 a.m. Session V VISUALLY IMPAIRED-- Room 315 "Braille Music Reading" Mrs. Muriel K. Mooney, Instructor of Music, New York State School for the Brnd, Batavia, New York, with a student demonstration group from the New York State School for the Blind at Batavia Chairman: Samuel Bozzella, Supervisor of Music, Bethlehem Central Schools, Delmar, New York MENTALLY RETARDED Ballroom "The Adaptability of Conventional Instructional Approaches in Music to Special Education Needs" Mrs. Alleen L. Fraser, Rochester City School District, Rochester, New York Chairman: Priscilla Ehrlich, Advisor, Education Development Center, Newton, Massachusetts HEARING IMPAIRED -.Assembly Room --"Programs in Dance and Choral Recitation for the Deaf" Mrs. Blanche D. Baldwin, Teacher of SpelcA and Rhythm, and Mrs. Beverly Sacco, Teacher of Rhythmand Accompanist, Rochester School for the Deaf, Rochester, New York, with a student demonstration group from the Rochester School for the Deaf Chairman: Leonard Zwick, Principal, Rochester School for the Deaf 10:30 11:45 a.m. Session VI SEVERELY MULTIPLE HANDICAPPED --Assembly Hall "Musical Experiences for the Severely Multiple Handicapped Child" Carol A. Matteson, Music Therapist, School of Special Education, Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center, Greenfield, New Hampshire Chairman: Robert Fischer, Project Director, SEIMC for Rockland County, New York EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED AND BRAIN INJURED Ballroom "Music