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.
July 18th, 11:15-12:30
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.
July 20th-22nd, 2026
1-3 pm Eastern Time
Tuition $175 ($150 until May 31st)
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.
July 27th-31st, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut
3 graduate credits. Tuition $775.
Adaptive Music Education (grad course)
Diversity is our strength and is present in many ways in every classroom. Differences among student neurotypes and abilities means that music teachers need a very full toolkit to meet the needs of all students, especially those with the highest support needs, to ensure that everyone is meaningfully included in joyful music-making and social connection. This course will closely examine topics including the imperative of listening to neurodivergent voices, anti-ableist language, neurodivergence-affirming classroom practices, current research on autism, common learning differences, and corresponding music-specific strategies, and adapting musical instruments and equipment. Authentic affirmation and celebration of all aspects of students’ identities will be emphasized, including the reality that neurodivergent people are 2-3 times more likely than the general population to identify as LGBTQIA+. Every class meeting will include tried-and-true model for general music class activities that will work for students with disabilities in Inclusion and sub-separate Special Education contexts.
Registration data
Course Code: MEW
Course Number: 603
Course Reference Number 21334
August 13, 2026, 9 am-3 pm
ACCEPT Collaborative
Natick, Massachusetts
Intro to Adaptive Music Education
This five-hour in-person 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.
September 21-November 2, 2026
Zoom meetings at 4 pm on Mondays 9/21 and 11/2.
Adaptive Music Independent Study
This course consists primarily of independent study work to help teachers reach 10- and 15-hour PDP requirements for their license renewal while deepening their understanding of adaptive music education pedagogy and meeting the needs of students who receive Special Education services. Completion of Intro to Adaptive Music Education for 5 or 6 professional hours is a prerequisite; those hours can be bundled with this independent study to apply to licensure requirements.
Following a Universal Design for Learning model, participants will consider a menu of project options, pick one that suits their interests and needs, complete the project, and present their learning to classmates at a culminating online session. Possible projects include planning and reflecting on lessons for students with high support needs, reading and reflecting on a book about adaptive music education, reading/watching first person perspectives about disability in any of a variety of formats and reflecting on them, and planning curriculum for your classroom.
Participants will maintain a log of hours spent on this project. Time spent in the welcoming and concluding online meetings count toward the total hours. At the conclusion of this course, professional hours will be awarded according to each participant’s time log, and bundled with the professional hours from Intro to Adaptive Music Education to become 15 PDPs in Special Education. Facilitated by the ACCEPT Collaborative in Natick, Massachusetts. One optional graduate credit through Worcester State University for an additional fee.
November 3rd, 2026, 9 am-3 pm
Collaborative for Educational Services
Northampton, Massachusetts
Registration link coming soon!
Intro to Adaptive Music Education
This five-hour in-person 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.