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Approximately 1 in 70 children in the U.S are born with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It is often said that music has many healing powers, but can music therapy help those with ASD? All signs point to yes. There have been scientific studies that have proven the many benefits music has to our brains. Knowing this, it can be easy to see how those benefits can help with developmental disabilities such as ASD. But how exactly is this done? Emma Sturgis shares in this article how music therapy is helping this condition. Read more here…

It’s a universal prescription for good health — eat well, exercise and get 8 hours of sleep. Now, you can add a daily dose of music to the list. Mercy Health and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra are partnering to promote the relationship between music and wellness through a joint Music & Wellness Program,“Music does make you feel better, and it can make you think better,” said Dr. Stephen Wilson, a pediatrician and internal medicine physician with Mercy Health. Read more here…

There’s a wing of Chris Evert Children’s Hospital Fort Lauderdale that has ukeleles among all the medical paraphernalia. Look around and you’ll find guitars, a piano, harmonicas, and flutes. It’s all part of the hospital’s Music Therapy program, which has been around for the past five years, said Nicole Sant’elia, nurse manager for the hospital’s Pediatric Hematology Oncology Program. Read more here…

A group of city-based youth is using music to heal the quake-affected people in Nepal and collect relief material and money for them. The group Sachet Yuva Nepal (Alert youth of Nepal) is playing music in different parts of the city, collecting relief material and money. The group has two guitarists and a vocalist. It is also open to those who are not well-versed with music but want to participate in the relief exercise. Read more here…

Assemblymember Chris Holden’s Music Therapy bill to provide formal recognition to music therapists has been approved in the state Assembly and now goes to the Senate for consideration. Music therapists deliver plans that help improve an individual’s overall functional skills, such as physical and communication skills. Read more here…

Ysaye Barnwell didn’t plan to end up in Ferguson. Her vocal workshop was supposed to be held in nearby St. Louis, but it was going to conflict with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and had to be moved. And so the Washington singer and composer found herself in mid-March in the headline-making Missouri city that had been on her mind for weeks. Before there was Baltimore, there was Ferguson, and she had found an aspect of the protests there puzzling.
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From Bob Dylan to The Beatles, musicians have been influencing the masses for decades. Now, music is changing lives in another way. “We’ve discovered music therapy helps certain neurologic conditions such as traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease,” said neurologist Dr. David Morledge. Peter Skidmore has been attending music therapy sessions to help him with a medical condition. Read more here…

Why do certain songs make us tap our feet? And why do we start singing along when we hear a familiar melody? Few things in life spur emotions more powerfully than music. Songs can evoke laughter, tears, or nostalgic feelings that transport the listener to a different place and time. Studies have even shown that music can reduce stress and create a sense of well-being. So it’s no surprise that Music Therapy is now being used in the treatment of patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Read more here…

The Michigan State University Community Music School is hosting two music therapy concerts to showcase the abilities of CMS music therapy students at 6 p.m. today and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the MSU Community Music School Performance Hall. These events celebrate, through music, the abilities of children, adolescents and adults diagnosed with special needs. Read more here…

IN THE grounds of the Selhurst school that produced stars such as Adele and Amy Winehouse is a small, unassuming building conducting equally important work with music. Nordoff Robbins has a purpose-built studio next to The BRIT School, in The Crescent, where the charity has been providing music therapy services since 2009.
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