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Accessible and adaptive music education resources including professional development opportunities, classroom activities, product recommendations, and more.
This simple hide and seek game can be accessible to students with higher support needs. The Spanish language of El Florón is simple and repetitive for easier acquisition, and visually tracking the hidden flower’s location can engage several children at the same time while practicing communication, joint attention, turn taking, and more.
10/01/2026
It is our job to welcome all learners into the essential human experience of creating and loving music with other people.
United Sound is a fantastic program that facilitates school instrumental programs’ inclusion of students with very high support needs through peer mentorship. See the full interview on YouTube and connect with United Sound at Unitedsound.org.
Ribbon wands are great for deeply engaging neurodivergent kids in musical movement activities but they tangle too easily in storage, especially for those of us who travel between classrooms. Here is our solution. Product links for ribbons and storage in the comments.
Online Intro to Adaptive Music Education starts Thursday at 7 pm Eastern time! If that time doesn’t work for you, here’s what you need to know for asynchronous participation. Register at https://www.music-access.com/store/p/online-intro.
Who needs a choice board for helping kids suggest movements? The incomparable Isaiah Eddington has your back!
Make sure you’re on our mailing list so you can download this for FREE with accompanying songs in the near future. Sign up at music-access.com. Thanks to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for making it possible.
One of our favorite props just got an upgrade-- our 3D printed rocket ship shakers are now stackable! Thanks to Jen for her work to perfect the design, which you can now download for free at https://www.music-access.com/store/p/stacking-rocket-stl.
Thanks also to our grad students at Hartt School of Music for participating in this video! Jen is improvising the music in this recording.
09/27/2026
TONIGHT! Join us on TikTok for a personal and unscripted conversation with Jordan LeVan about disabled experiences in the classroom, access and inclusion topics, and more. Starts at 6 pm Eastern and is expected to last for one hour. This session will not be recorded.
09/25/2026
Join us for this public in-person PD in Northampton, Massachusetts on Election Day!
Intro to Adaptive Music Education is our signature starter pack of critical theory, philosophy, research, concrete classroom strategies and "greatest hits" demo activities to bring back to your classroom. Join us!
Intro to Adaptive Music Education
How can music educators create inclusive, joyful music-making experiences for students with disabilities, including autism?
Join us on November 3 for this five-hour workshop designed for in-service general music teachers. Music Therapist Jen Kass, MA, MT-BC, and Jessica Corwin, Medley Music Access & Inclusion Director, will share practical tools, teaching strategies, and classroom activities to support meaningful inclusion, accommodation, and social connection.
Topics include neurodivergence-affirming practices, anti-ableist language, current research on autism and learning differences, and the importance of listening to neurodivergent voices.
November 3, 2026 | 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Location: Collaborative for Educational Services
Instructor: Jessica Corwin
Learn more and register: www.collaborative.org/event/introduction-to-music-education
Children deserve musical complexity. We have an obligation to provide it. Here’s one low-prep strategy I use that my students love to do week after week with a new soundtrack each time. How do you think about having balance and musical complexity in your lessons? music-access.com
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