Special education
In compliance with the provisions of Law 170/2010, the Milan Conservatoire has, since the 2020/2021 academic year, set up a range of services dedicated to Special Education and specifically aimed at its students with specific learning difficulties and other types of disorders.
The services consist of:
- drawing up of the personalised study plan aimed at achieving educational success
- The presence of teaching and administrative staff at the Conservatory as dedicated contacts to obtain useful information both during the enrolment phase and throughout the academic year.;
- monitoring of educational and organisational processes;
- (Reading support services) Service available at the Library
- text and score production services in appropriate graphic formats
Lifelong learning
Ongoing teacher training
The Conservatory periodically organises professional development sessions aimed at its teaching staff and administrative personnel, with the aim of ensuring a constant enhancement of professional skills and compliance with the most recent regulations, teaching methodologies and good practices.
Training and Peer Tutoring
Selection and training of peer tutors to support students with certification with the aim of:
- promote learning through a study support service;
- To support the student in the procedures for identifying/enrolling in courses (academic courses)
- to support the student through the exam registration procedures
- Improve students' overall well-being
Student Vademecum
Document containing the description of organisational processes
Comfort-score project
The initiative was created with the aim of offering students with specific needs, such as visual difficulties or the need for personalised accessibility, qualified technical support in the creation of musical scores. In particular, the project involves collaboration between teaching staff, learning tutors and technical personnel for the design and production of scores that respect criteria of clarity, legibility and the reduction of visual clutter, so as to facilitate study and musical performance. Innovative graphic and methodological solutions are adopted, tailored to the individual needs of the students, in order to promote inclusion and guarantee equal learning opportunities within the Conservatoire. The initiative forms part of lifelong learning and professional development activities, underlining the institution's commitment to the continuous improvement of teaching and accessibility.
Library services
- Text and score enlarger
- Digitisation of texts and scores
- Audiobooks
- Braille printing
- Fixed and mobile voice assistant
Forms to request:
to the DSA office for external and internal users and/or on SIP and SIA for internal users
- Request for a PEP (Personalised Examination Plan)
- Study support request
- Request for aids
Contact
Regarding DSA Contact Person Mr Emilio Piffaretti: emilio.piffaretti@consmilano.it
Special Teaching Secretariat Dr Roberto De Thierry: didatticaspeciale@consmilano.it
DSA Network
The Milan Conservatory stands out nationally for having been among the first to adopt a strategy aimed at the inclusion of people with disabilities. The initiatives supporting this policy were launched well before the entry into force of Law 170/2010.
The measures adopted have concerned pedagogical, organisational, and technical aspects.
It is part of the National AFAM Conference of Disability Delegates (CNADD)
Conservatorship Coordination Guidelines
The guidelines for students with disabilities and specific learning difficulties (SLD) enrolled in Music Conservatoires are now published. The text was drawn up by the National Coordination of Delegates for Disabilities and SLDs of the Conservatoires.
That's a change of tune – from September 2023
Learning in new relational dynamics, cognitive profiles and cultural contexts
Co-teaching course
with the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – SPAEE
Within the framework of the convention between Conservatorio di Musica G. Verdi of Milan e Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan – Department of Psychology – Learning and Educational Psychology Service (SPAEE), a series of lectures is offered, intended for teaching staff of music conservatoires, musical high schools, lower secondary schools with a musical specialisation, teachers of municipal music schools and music schools affiliated with the Milan Conservatoire, as well as anyone interested in exploring topics relating to music teaching and aspects of the psychology of learning connected with the study of music.
Classes will be held at the Milan Conservatory starting from May 2023 and will feature teachers from both the Conservatoire and the Università Cattolica.
DSA let's talk about it in Milan 2023
Programme page of the Third International Study Conference by the Interdisciplinary Special Education Support Group of the Milan Conservatory of Music
DSA, let's talk about it in Milan!
Inclusion as an opportunity for growth
Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 September 2023
Admission by registration at: iscrizioniconvegni@consmilano.it
DSA let's talk about it in Milan 2022
This section contains the 2022 outcomes of the international conferences dedicated to the topic DSA, let's talk about it in Milan!, organised by the Milan Conservatory of Music.