“…All of the participants in the current study expressed concerns related to communication, and Brian and Elizabeth expressed a desire for collaboration between the music educators and music therapists in the district. Numerous researchers and scholars have called for the need for collaboration in both the general education and music education classrooms (Brownell, Adams, Sindelar, Waldron, & Vanhover, 2006; Colwell, 2002; Darrow, 1999; Eisner, 2002; Gerrity et al, 2013; Hammel, 2001; Hammel & Gerrity, 2012; Jellison, 2015; Jellison, Brown, & Draper, 2015; Joseph, 2011). By acknowledging and defining the disparate goals of the music educator and the music therapist or other support therapist, supervisors and mentors can highlight ways for educators to collaborate with support services.…”