Supporting children living with neurodiversity: An analysis of access and engagement in a community-based music early learning program

Vicky Abad; Graham F. Welch; Margaret S. Barrett

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.57

Supporting children living with neurodiversity: An analysis of access and engagement in a community-based music early learning program

Vicky Abad, Graham F. Welch, Margaret S. Barrett

Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance

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Abstract

This chapter presents a case study analysis of the engagement and experience of one family and their neurodiverse young child in a community-based Music Early Learning Program (MELP). Neurodiversity is viewed in the context that neurological conditions are the natural outcome of normal variations in the human genome, thus recognizing and respecting neurological differences as any other human variation. This case study explores how access to music in a community setting helped support their child’s development while also supporting the child and his family’s experience of living with neurodiversity. Rich examples of access and engagement are analyzed and discussed through this lens. Implications of this family’s musical experience are drawn for early learning policy and practice in the context of neurodiversity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music
Editors	Margaret S. Barrett, Graham F. Welch
Place of Publication	Oxford United Kingdom
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	56
Pages	896-912
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9780190927554
ISBN (Print)	9780190927523
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.57
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Abad, V., Welch, G. F., & Barrett, M. S. (2023). Supporting children living with neurodiversity: An analysis of access and engagement in a community-based music early learning program. In M. S. Barrett, & G. F. Welch (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music (pp. 896-912). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.57

Abad, Vicky ; Welch, Graham F. ; Barrett, Margaret S. / Supporting children living with neurodiversity : An analysis of access and engagement in a community-based music early learning program. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. editor / Margaret S. Barrett ; Graham F. Welch. Oxford United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2023. pp. 896-912

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Supporting children living with neurodiversity: An analysis of access and engagement in a community-based music early learning program. / Abad, Vicky; Welch, Graham F.; Barrett, Margaret S.
The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. ed. / Margaret S. Barrett; Graham F. Welch. Oxford United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2023. p. 896-912.

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Abad V, Welch GF, Barrett MS. Supporting children living with neurodiversity: An analysis of access and engagement in a community-based music early learning program. In Barrett MS, Welch GF, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. Oxford United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2023. p. 896-912 doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.57