This engaging, practical resource sets out twelve original projects for
making music inclusively with children and young people of all ages who
have special abilities or needs, including those with profound and
multiple learning difficulties, those on the autism spectrum, those who
have a vision or hearing impairment, and those with social, emotional,
and mental health needs.
Created by leaders in the music and special needs field working with
music industry professionals, Count Me In! includes projects with a
wide range of musical styles and genres, and there is an accompanying
website with hundreds of freely downloadable audio files. The resource
is based on the Sounds of Intent framework, which encourages teachers
and others to target activities at their pupils' and students'
particular levels of musical development. The pieces of music are
'deconstructed' into separate activities that are individually targeted
at sound-makers, pattern-makers, motif-makers and song-makers so that
all young people can join in at the same time.
Count Me In! is a must-have resource for class teachers, teaching
assistants and other non-music-specialist staff supporting children with
learning difficulties in special and mainstream schools and colleges, as
well as musicians from music services, music hubs and other arts
organisations who visit schools. It can be used without needing to be
able to read music, though there are scores in simplified and standard
notation, as well as chord charts.
