ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines legislative acts that affect teaching instrumental music and the second part offers a few suggestions on complying with these acts. It focuses on legislation dealing with special populations and a brief definition of those populations. Blind and visually impaired students are aided by a stable arrangement of the facilities in the rehearsal area. Hearing-impaired students may require only a hearing aid or may be sufficiently deaf to require use of American Sign Language for effective communication. The team for each student with disabilities establishes an individualized education program (IEP). The purpose of the IEP is to have agreed-upon written goals and pedagogically sound methods to accomplish these goals. IEPs must be determined for each situation, as each student is so unique that few concrete guidelines exist as to how a student with disabilities can best be included in the school offerings in the least restrictive environment.
