Special Needs Access Program
Arts Centre Melbourne's Special Needs Access Program is where Music Therapy meets Music Technology.
The program is divided into the following three areas:
SNAP for schools:
Special Schools visit Arts Centre Melbourne in small groups multiple times over a school term. Music Therapy sessions are tailored to the abilities, therapeutic and curriculum needs of the children.
Click here to visit the event page.
Sound Beginnings:
A family-based program for 3-5 year old children with special needs and their parents. Held over six 45 minute sessions, participants will create and share music together with other families.
Click here to visit the event page.
Siblings in Sync:
These school holiday workshops are for children with special needs and their siblings. They aim to promote shared abilities and co-operation through creative music making.
Siblings in Sync is presented by Kids at Arts Centre Melbourne. Click here to visit the event page.
All sessions are run by Registered Music Therapists and are tailored to suit the individual needs of clients.
For more information please contact the Digital Learning Hub on dlh@artscentremelbourne.com.au.
| Special Access Kit
The Special Access Kit is a unique musical instrument designed to allow people with disabilities access to the wonderful world of music creation
The kit consists of specialised software and a "Banana keyboard". Both components require your computer. The keyboard has 16 keys configured like an oversized piano, but curved to suit the radial movement of an arm.
It may be placed on a wheelchair or bench, and is capacitance triggered for maximum sensitivity and ease of operation. The keyboard has eight extra inputs so other types of adaptive switching, such as mercury or "Jelly Bean" switches, can be plugged in to allow full user access. Software allows each key to play whatever instrument or prerecorded sound you choose, simply and quickly.
Download arrangements for the Special Access Kit™ here.
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