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Adaptive teaching strategies for all

How can we make lessons truly inclusive for all? Dr Liz Stafford introduces adaptive teaching and recommends strategies for a range of tasks
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In this day and age everyone recognises the importance of making musical activities inclusive and accessible for all. Sometimes, though, it's hard to know exactly where to begin with this, which is where the idea of ‘adaptive teaching’ comes in. This is an approach where you use a variety of different practical strategies to ensure that everyone in your lesson makes progress regardless of their additional needs or level of musical ‘talent.’

When seeking to adapt a performing activity to cater for all abilities and needs within your class, your first port of call will probably be the instrumental resources you are using.

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