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Isabel Vasquez only recently heard her 4-year-old son say “I love you.” “The only word he said in March of last year was ‘no,’” Vasquez said of her son, Demetrio Baeza. “Now he says maybe 50 words.” Read more here…

The baby was crying ceaselessly. When mother leaned him to her chest, right over her heart, he suddenly stopped crying and calmed down. When she thought had fallen, she took him to his bed; as soon as he left her arms, he started to cry again. Read more here…

In the early 1970s, William Carey College student Helen Driskell read a medical journal article about special education and music therapy. “I thought it was quite interesting, and it looked like a great field,” said Driskell-Chetta, who did some research and learned Florida State University offered a music therapy degree. Read more here…

Everybody knows what music is, but how many of us are actually aware of how beneficial music therapy can be for us and our babies? As parents, we crave socialization with other adults who can relate to our own daily struggles of raising young children. Read more here…

WACO (March 4th, 2015) The Baylor Scott & White Cancer Center on the Hillcrest campus is providing its patients with a rare form of treatment. Music therapy isn’t very common, but experts say it has the power to reach every part of the brain. Read more here…

The Southwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association will hold its annual conference, “Follow the Thunder to OKC,” March 26-28 at the Aloft Hotel. Barry Morrow, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, will provide the keynote address at the opening session at 7:30 p.m. March 26. Morrow is best known for his motion picture screenplay, “Rain Man.” Various media projects led Morrow to become an advocate for marginalized groups, and in 1991 he was honored with a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of Social Workers.
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RANDOLPH TWP. — Erika Svolos’ passion for music and love of helping others has led her to open Music Therapy Services of New Jersey, LLC. The new business is located in the Good Shepard Lutheran Church on Quaker Church Road, and has been in operation since Aug. 2013. Read more here…

Following a clean scan after her cancer diagnosis, the programmer & host will share her and listeners’ stories of triumph. When it comes to healing, never underestimate the power of music. hat’s the unconquerable mindset of Rita Houston, program director and on-air talent at New York’s adult alternative radio station WFUV. In August, Houston was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. After surgery and five months of chemotherapy, however, “I just received my first clear scan!” she beams.  Read more here…

COLORADO SPRINGS – It’s a debilitating disease and more than 5 million Americans are living with it. News 5 takes a closer look at how music therapy in Southern Colorado is helping people with Alzheimer’s disease. It’s not just bringing comfort to those suffering, but to their families as well. Read more here…

A hospital music therapy program hit a high note Saturday, when Canadian country artist Gord Bamford made a donation to the tune of $10,000. “In the last couple years, we’ve gone right across the country to Childrens’ Hospitals and donated a substantial amount of money, and had a chance to try and make an impact on the kids,” said Bamford.
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