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.
FREE online office hours
Spend an hour on Zoom with Jen and Jess and a small group of other like-minded music educators talking about 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.
Thursday, October 22nd, 7 pm Eastern Time
Online— advance registration required.
November 3rd, 2026, 9 am-3 pm
Collaborative for Educational Services
Northampton, 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.
FREE online office hours
Spend an hour on Zoom with Jen and Jess and a small group of other like-minded music educators talking about 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.
Sunday, November 15th, 5 pm Eastern Time
Online— advance registration required.
Singing on the Inside: Meaningful inclusion of non-speakers
Autism and anxiety are two of many reasons that some students may be minimally- or non-speaking in music class, but this doesn’t need to limit their participation and engagement. Join music therapist Jen Kass and adaptive music educator Jessica Corwin for a detailed discussion of strategies that support alternative communication and complex processing for neurodivergent students and their classmates. This session will include the demonstration of several elementary general music class activities and electronically provide ready-to-print visuals and music/activity notation for classroom replication of the activities.
December 5th, 2026, 9:30 am
New York State School Music Association Winter Conference
Rochester, New York
FREE online office hours
Spend an hour on Zoom with Jen and Jess and a small group of other like-minded music educators talking about 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.