Special Education and Piano Lessons

I've accomplished piano to lots of kids of all descriptions, but accouchement with disabilities are the greatest beneficiaries of piano by number. The acumen for this is that abounding of these kids may not be able to apprehend area music. Thus piano by amount is their alone adventitious to adore arena music on the piano. The aftereffect varies, of course, with the accurate disability, and the force of the affliction is the above agency in how able-bodied the adolescent is able to play piano by number. But that's alone from our, the adult, point of view. From the child's point of view, piano by amount is simple and fun. It's a auspicious achievement for abounding of these kids who accept agitation with learning. But, aback anniversary action banned adeptness so specifically, we should altercate the aftereffect according to anniversary specific condition. Some of these altitude I accept had absolute acquaintance with; others I accredit to application emails and belletrist of humans who accept announced to me the success they've had application piano by amount with their appropriate kids. I wish to accent that I'm not a doctor: I'm a piano abecedary who was asked by parents of assertive appropriate kids, abounding of them home-schooled, to advise them piano. I empiric these kids closely, and would in actuality say that it was my acquaintance with them that led me to advance the piano by amount books. Here's a account of the appropriate kids we altercate here: DOWN'S SYNDROME TOURETTE'S SYNDROME ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER DOWN'S SYNDROME The kids I accomplished were all enthusiastic, but bound in their credible perceptions and absorption span. They admired the actuality that they can play simple songs like Twinkle, Twinkle appropriate away, with little or no confusion. Numbers are that simple. I usually bang home an simple song like Jingle Bells appropriate away, to accord them confidence, advancing aback afresh and afresh until they feel comfortable. All of these kids responded agilely to arena simple songs; there was no adolescent who could not play at atomic a allocation of a song like Jingle Bells, abundant to their delight. Piano is not just for Paderewski or Billy Joel! They aswell enjoyed simple accent games, and the art of academic whether a ambit is blessed or sad. Regarding rhythm, I had two boys with Down's who were accomplished at rhythm. One of them even played drums and assorted bang instruments with such baleful accuracy, that I wondered if they could in fact be percussionists. They had the a lot of developed faculty of accent that I've apparent in ANY child, accustomed or special. The Down's kids were aswell actual acceptable at academic whether a ambit is sad or happy, a assignment that abounding accustomed kids accept far added agitation with. My approach for this, and I'm not a doctor, is that Down's kids are actual accessible to the affect that is so aboveboard in any chord. They assume able to calmly analyze the chord's affecting qualities and in accomplishing so assume in touch, for a moment, with their own consistently alive feelings. For Down's kids, piano by amount is a accustomed activity. They wish so abundant to apprentice things, but are so calmly defeated by failure. That's why piano by amount is so acceptable for them. They win at an action appropriate away, and about central they are appreciative of themselves. TOURETTE'S SYNDROME In my experience, Tourette's kids are so ablaze that I can hardly alarm it a disorder, except for the obvious, but actually barefaced behavior problems. I'll say it again: these kids are brilliant. They accept astonishing bookish stamina, absorption and absorption span. But at a assertive point they've had abundant of one accurate activity, and are beat by their own arduous efforts. They assume to accept no abstraction how to clip themselves, but blaze through problems, analytic them with alarming ease, and afresh bomb back, exhausted. For example, one boy, about 12, was so acute that he abstruse to apprehend area music with me in about 15 minutes. Just accepted aggregate I was saying, and did it perfectly! How? His academician seemed active for music! Piano by numbers was so simple for him that at his aboriginal assignment he abstruse all 12 above chords, a accomplishment that takes top akin accustomed kids months! Kids, any kids, accept numbers readily. That's why I use numbers to get them started. I'd rather accept a adolescent appropriately arena by amount than abdicate actually in annoyance due to accepted methods. I'm not adjoin the accepted methods, I just wish kids to accept the adventitious to alpha a little added slowly. The allowances are enormous. ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER Most of the ADHD kids I advise are home-schooled, and are a admirable agglomeration of kids. I accepted added absent kids, but begin instead that ADHD kids actually capital to learn, but bare actual accurate and apathetic absorption to prosper. For example, I'm consistently adage that a abecedary should never accurate disapproval, a adage originally coined for accustomed kids. But it goes bifold for ADHD kids. Keep aggravating afresh and again, and these kids will abruptness you. They aswell accept abundant retention, that is, already you advise these accouchement a concept, they accept got it down, and they don't overlook it. They are so appreciative of arrive something that they compose it in their brain, one of their trophies!NUX MOD Core My consequence is that ADHD kids admired the artlessness of numbers, and alone actually capital a adventitious to accomplish and excel at something. And numbers is that "something" for a lot of these kids. The a lot of important aspect for them seemed to be anniversary baby achievement in compassionate things in their own way; if I had to abbreviate my experience, it would be to say, 'Find a way to get them to accept it on their own terms, not yours. ADHD kids generally fabricated the jump to account area music. Abounding never actually got above numbers and arena chords. But that is added than a lot of accustomed kids anytime do. The basal band for me with kids and disabilities, and piano by numbers, is that it is the alone piano or music adjustment which allows these kids to access the acreage of play on an even level, and play music that is simple but satisfying. Accustomed methods are impossibly difficult, physically and mentally. Piano is for everyone, actually everyone. Aside from the agreeable benefits, piano by amount is a aces amount bold for kids of all ages and descriptions. Abounding is the adolescent that learns or solidifies the relationships amid numbers from a piano keyboard: 3 is lower than 4, 2 is college than 1.