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February 28, 2025
February 28, 2025
CPR: A Practical Guide to Saving and Building Communication with Neurodivergent Music Students
Piano and music lessons involve so much more than teaching notes and rhythms, and for our neurodivergent students, the importance of understanding the students’ perspective cannot be overstated. During this presentation, Tara will share her unique perspective as both a longtime piano instructor of neurodivergent students and as a parent of two young adult children who are neurodivergent to help unravel common misunderstandings in perceptions, communication and music studio dynamics. Understanding how a students’ brain works and the perspective of parents can help the teacher have a winning and positive relationship with everyone, and can result in the music lesson being a place for respite and joy for these amazing students and their families.
Tara Mock has been teaching for almost 30 years and owns an independent piano studio in Raleigh, North Carolina. She earned a Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy in 2001 from the University of South Carolina focusing on improvisation for the beginner piano student. After homeschooling her own children with neurodivergent diagnoses for over 14 years, she is focusing on teaching piano to students who learn and experience the world differently as well. She currently serves as the 2nd Vice President of Membership in the Raleigh Piano Teachers Association, President-Elect of the Virtual Local Music Teachers of NC, staff accompanist at Forest Hills Baptist Church, and previously served in various roles in the Jacksonville Music Teachers Association in Jacksonville, Florida. Her family includes her genius husband, two amazing and gifted young adult children, and their beloved dogs. She can be reached at www.taramockpiano.com.
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