Deborah VanderLinde Blair is Associate Professor of Music Education and Coordinator of Undergraduate Music Education at Oakland University, Rochester, MI. She also serves as Associate Editor for the International Journal of Education and the Arts.Kimberly McCord is Professor of Music Education at Illinois State University. She is the past chair of the ISME Commission on Music in Special Education, Music Therapy and Music Medicine and the founder and past chair of the National Association for Music Education Special Research Interest Group on Children with Exceptionalities.

The book is a powerful statement, filled with passion, experience, curiosity and a wish to inspire music teachers and researchers who work with inclusive musicking. Every chapter provides the reader with yet another new perspective on inclusive music teaching and learning.

• Foreword ; Judith Jellison ; Preface ; Deborah VanderLinde Blair ; 1. Music for All: Everyone has the Potential to Learn Music ; Markku Kaikkonen ; 2. Twice Exceptional ; Alice M. Hammel ; 3. How the Orff Approach Can Support Inclusive Music Teaching ; Shirley Salmon ; 4. Lessons Learned from the Prism Project: Pedagogical Viewpoints in Music Education for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ; Ryan Hourigan ; 5. Assistive Technology to Support Students in Accessing the Music Curriculum ; Emily H. Watts, Kimberly McCord, & Deborah V. Blair ; 6. SoundOUT: Examining the Role of Accessible Interactive Music Technologies within Inclusive Music Ensembles in Cork City, Ireland ; Grainne McHale ; 7. Music Activities for Children with Disabilities: An Example from Taiwan ; Liza Lee ; 8. Behavioral Issues in the Music Classroom: Promoting the Successful Engagement of All Students ; Alice Ann Darrow and Mary Adamek ; 9. Specified Learning Disabilities and Music Education ; Kimberly McCord ; 10. Including Students with Disabilities in Instrumental Ensembles ; Christine M. Lapka ; 11. Music for Children with Hearing Loss ; Alan Gertner and Lyn Schraer-Joiner ; 12. Reading Acquisition Frameworks for Music and Language: Layering Elements of Literacy for Students with Exceptionalities ; Elaine Bernstorf ; 13. Understanding the U.S. Individualized Education Program Model ; Kimberly VanWeelden ; 14. Special Education and Special Music Education Outside of the United States ; Kimberly McCord ; Index

Deborah VanderLinde Blair is Associate Professor of Music Education and Coordinator of Undergraduate Music Education at Oakland University, Rochester, MI. She also serves as Associate Editor for the International Journal of Education and the Arts.Kimberly McCord is Professor of Music Education at Illinois State University. She is the past chair of the ISME Commission on Music in Special Education, Music Therapy and Music Medicine and the founder and past chair of the National Association for Music Education Special Research Interest Group on Children with Exceptionalities.

The book is a powerful statement, filled with passion, experience, curiosity and a wish to inspire music teachers and researchers who work with inclusive musicking. Every chapter provides the reader with yet another new perspective on inclusive music teaching and learning.

• Foreword ; Judith Jellison ; Preface ; Deborah VanderLinde Blair ; 1. Music for All: Everyone has the Potential to Learn Music ; Markku Kaikkonen ; 2. Twice Exceptional ; Alice M. Hammel ; 3. How the Orff Approach Can Support Inclusive Music Teaching ; Shirley Salmon ; 4. Lessons Learned from the Prism Project: Pedagogical Viewpoints in Music Education for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ; Ryan Hourigan ; 5. Assistive Technology to Support Students in Accessing the Music Curriculum ; Emily H. Watts, Kimberly McCord, & Deborah V. Blair ; 6. SoundOUT: Examining the Role of Accessible Interactive Music Technologies within Inclusive Music Ensembles in Cork City, Ireland ; Grainne McHale ; 7. Music Activities for Children with Disabilities: An Example from Taiwan ; Liza Lee ; 8. Behavioral Issues in the Music Classroom: Promoting the Successful Engagement of All Students ; Alice Ann Darrow and Mary Adamek ; 9. Specified Learning Disabilities and Music Education ; Kimberly McCord ; 10. Including Students with Disabilities in Instrumental Ensembles ; Christine M. Lapka ; 11. Music for Children with Hearing Loss ; Alan Gertner and Lyn Schraer-Joiner ; 12. Reading Acquisition Frameworks for Music and Language: Layering Elements of Literacy for Students with Exceptionalities ; Elaine Bernstorf ; 13. Understanding the U.S. Individualized Education Program Model ; Kimberly VanWeelden ; 14. Special Education and Special Music Education Outside of the United States ; Kimberly McCord ; Index