As the world continues to learn more & more about Autism. We have found ways to help those children and young adults live a better life on the spectrum. Today's guest is a great help for many on the spectrum. Stephen Flinn. Stephen Autism Educator who uses music and percussion to teach Academic Concepts, Positive Communication and Social Skills.
Stephen and I discussed his upbringing and how education wasn't really his thing. How he bounced around to find himself. Being exposed to music help him find is purpose in life. He recalls always being a home full music.
Stephen also talked about is program and how interacts with his students in positive, but challenging manner. We chatted about how is Percussion lessons are successful in addressing cognitive, emotional, and physical goals. Plus, through a perceptual motor match: VISUAL, TACTILE, and AUDITORY combined with speech (good for not yet verbal students too), the student sees the lessons, feels it, and hears it as they say the answers out loud. It is this redundancy of information that provides positive results.
Stephen has written numerous articles for Modern Drummer and Downbeat magazines, and just released his first book, “Contemporary Urban Percussion.” He is a graduate of Seattle University.
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