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Music Certificate Programs

By establishing a state-of-the-art music education and mentoring center designed for neurodivergent musicians, Southwest Florida Music Education Center is providing life-changing programs and opportunities for students, creating a pathway toward social integration, employment, and a fulfilling life.

Music Program students

SWFLMEC will offer two music certificates in partnership with the Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs: A two-year high school music education program and a four-year post-secondary music education program, each focusing on core areas of independent development, including:

  • Performance: Ensemble; individual lessons and performance on one or more instruments, including voice, percussion, strings, guitar, piano/keyboard
  • Music Theory and Ear Training
  • Music History
  • Electives: Complementary to core courses – including music technology and production, electronic music, songwriting and composition
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Integrating Life Skills

A focus on personal well-being is an integral part of all we do. The Southwest Florida Music Education Center helps students with life skills such as:

  • Check Managing anxiety through proven strategies
  • Check Adopting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle and creating meaningful relationships
  • Check Soft skills including self-advocacy, time management, executive functioning and personal safety
  • Check Professional skills including business planning, branding and entrepreneurship
  • Check Peer mentoring opportunities and experiences to connect students with other students and professional musicians