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The goal of this study was to explore the need of using music with students with disabilities to improve their skills. In order to address the issue of lack of research about music education in Kuwait for students with disabilities, the current study proposed to investigate teacher perceptions on two major questions: (a) How is music education used with students with disabilities in elementary classrooms and (b) What are the perceptions of teachers toward using music education with students with disability in elementary classrooms? This study was significant for two reasons. First, the current literature regarding music programs for students with disabilities in the regular classrooms in Kuwait’s schools was lacking in providing enough information for researchers and educators to build on. Second, there was a severe need to improve the current programs to increase the performance of students with disabilities in regular classrooms. There were three participants in this study. One special education teacher and two music teachers from different Kuwaiti schools were interviewed about using music with students with disabilities in the classroom. Results showed that all the participants had a positive impression about using music with special needs and felt that music was very helpful in increasing the performance and behavior skills of students with disabilities. Participants asked to be given more information about using music and having enough musical instruments and training from the Ministry of Education in Kuwait.
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