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SUMMARY:Teaching Music to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understa
 nding and Perspectives - Dr Ryan Hourigan\, Ball State University\, US 
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CONTACT:Pamela Burnard
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nAccording to the U.S. National Centers for Disease
  Control\, Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability. 1 out o
 f 88 births result in a diagnosis within the Autism spectrum. As a result 
 of this increasing population\, music teachers are faced with an increasin
 g number of children with autism included in their classrooms.  This sessi
 on will focus on understanding the challenges and providing appropriate le
 arning opportunities for children with autism based on the Dr. Hourigan's 
 research in the field. Dr. Hourigan will suggest strategies for music teac
 hing and learning\, finding resources\, communication\, cognition\, sensor
 y needs as well as building relationships with special education professio
 nals.\n\nBio\n\nRyan Hourigan joined the faculty at Ball State University 
 in the fall of 2006 after nine years of teaching instrumental and vocal mu
 sic at the secondary and university level. Dr. Hourigan holds degrees from
  Eastern Illinois University (B.M.)\, Michigan State University (M.M. Wind
  Conducting) and a Ph.D. in Music Education from The University of Michiga
 n. He currently teaches music education and is the Associate Director of t
 he School of Music at Ball State University. His research interests includ
 e teaching music to students with special needs\, the preparation of prese
 rvice music teachers\, professional development for music teachers\, and p
 reservice music teacher identity development. Dr. Hourigan has been publis
 hed in some of the most important music education journals and has present
 ed at state and national conferences. Currently in its third printing\, Dr
 . Hourigan is the co-author of Teaching Music to Students with Special Nee
 ds: A Label-free Approach (2011). Hourigan and Hammel’s second book Teac
 hing Music to Students with Autism will be released in the spring of 2013 
 with Oxford University Press. In 2009\, Dr\, Hourigan co-founded the Prism
  Project. This program provides an opportunity for Ball State students to 
 gain skills in the area of teaching students with special needs (http://pr
 ismproject.iweb.bsu.edu).  His is currently working on his second text wit
 h Oxford University Press (along with Alice Hammel) on teaching music to c
 hildren with autism.\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room 2S8
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