This page shows all upcoming accessible and adaptive music education trainings by Jen and Jessica that are open to the public.
To host your own training or workshop, contact Jessica at jc [at] music-access [dot] com.
April 10th-12th, 2026, time TBA
ABLE Assembly conference
Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
All About Choice Boards: An indispensable adaptive teaching tool
Choice boards and choice cards are closely related tools that transformed our elementary music teaching, creating new points of access and communication for all learners. Join us for an excited info dump on these essential adaptive education tools, including how to design them, how to construct them, and how to use them. Links to ready-to-print choice board files will be provided for future use.
Sunday, March 8th, 2026
6-7 pm Eastern Time
Online and free
Online office hour with Jen and Jess
Spend an hour on Zoom with Jen and Jess and a small group of other like-minded music educators on music education access, inclusion, belonging, adaptation, affirmation, and more. We will reflect, troubleshoot on behalf of our students, answer questions, and build community together. Bring your own inquiries, or just listen and discuss with colleagues. Advance registration required. Limit ten participants.
Thursdays April 2nd, 9th, 16th, 2026
6-8 pm Eastern Time
Online Intro to Adaptive Music Education
This six-hour online course is for in-service general music teachers who are looking for philosophy, language, tools, and activities to support their work with students with disabilities including autism.
Music Therapist Jen Kass (MA, MT-BC) and Medley Director Jessica Corwin will give participants tools to bring to their classrooms for accommodation, meaningful inclusion, joyful music-making, and social connection. Topics will include anti-ableist language, neurodivergence-affirming practices, current research on autism, learning differences and corresponding teaching strategies, and the imperative of listening to neurodivergent voices.
Participants will engage in a variety of sample classroom activities that can be replicated in their own classrooms. This course will provide notation, lyrics, chords, and ready-to-print supporting choice boards and visuals for these activities.
Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
6-7 pm Eastern Time
Online and free
Online office hour with Jen and Jess
Spend an hour on Zoom with Jen and Jess and a small group of other like-minded music educators on music education access, inclusion, belonging, adaptation, affirmation, and more. We will reflect, troubleshoot on behalf of our students, answer questions, and build community together. Bring your own inquiries, or just listen and discuss with colleagues. Advance registration required. Limit ten participants.
July 17th-19th, 2026, time TBA
Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME) conference
Chicago, Illinois
Many Ways to Be Musical:
Reframing Expectations for Fully Accessible and
Inclusive Elementary Music Education
Building a strong musical foundation for most children looks like helping them to become tuneful, beatful and artful, but what about students with disabilities that limit their ability to demonstrate these skills in conventional ways? Join Medley Music Access & Inclusion Director Jessica Corwin for a discussion on reimagining elements of the elementary music classroom for full, meaningful engagement of students with high support needs in both inclusion and sub-separate classroom settings. This session will include modeling of replicable classroom activities for the full inclusion of this student population.
August 2026
Dates and times TBA. Three 2-hour sessions. Email us your schedule requests! jc@music-access.com
Online Intro to Adaptive Music Education
This six-hour online course is for in-service general music teachers who are looking for philosophy, language, tools, and activities to support their work with students with disabilities including autism.
Music Therapist Jen Kass (MA, MT-BC) and Medley Director Jessica Corwin will give participants tools to bring to their classrooms for accommodation, meaningful inclusion, joyful music-making, and social connection. Topics will include anti-ableist language, neurodivergence-affirming practices, current research on autism, learning differences and corresponding teaching strategies, and the imperative of listening to neurodivergent voices.
Participants will engage in a variety of sample classroom activities that can be replicated in their own classrooms. This course will provide notation, lyrics, chords, and ready-to-print supporting choice boards and visuals for these activities.