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Music Therapy Techniques

Music Therapy for Individuals With Autism

Ronna Kaplan, M.A. | Posted 01.21.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: American Music Therapy Association, Autism, Music Therapy, Research, Amta, Autism Speaks, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Music Therapy Techniques, Healthy Living News
Ronna Kaplan, M.A.

Literature reports that most individuals with autism spectrum disorder respond positively to music. The frequency with which people with ASD show a heightened interest and response to music makes it an excellent therapeutic tool for working with them.

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What Is Music Therapy?

Ronna Kaplan, M.A. | Posted 08.01.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mental Health, Music Therapy, Music Therapy Benefits, Music Therapy Techniques, Healthy Living News
Ronna Kaplan, M.A.

Music therapy uses music prescriptively to provide opportunities for individuals to establish or strengthen connections, achieve transformations, build and expand upon foundations and reach aspirations.

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Rain Song

Laura Munson | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Music Therapy, The Inner Life, Music Therapy Techniques, Musical Healing, Musical Therapy, Healthy Living News
Laura Munson

Singing hurts for some reason. Probably because all the people I used to sing with are gone now. It's a shame. To lose a thing like singing. Reckless, even.

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