Photo of Michelle Lazar, Founder of Coast Music Therapy, dated 2007.

This page describes our approach to treating children and adolescents with special needs.Michelle Lazar MT-BC founded and directs Coast Music Therapy.This page describes the qualifications of our program supervisor Jeremy Jensen, MM, MT-BC.This page describes our therapists' credentials and qualifications in treating children with special needs.This page lists our email, phone, fax, and postal mail details.

  
 


Michelle Lazar, MA, MT-BC, founded Coast Music Therapy in 2000 in order to expand opportunities available to San Diego County children and adolescents requiring creative approaches to learning and development.

Michelle is an Autism Specialist with a Master’s Degree in Special Education & Autism from San Diego State University, including a specialization in Applied Behavior Analysis. She also holds a baccalaureate degree in Music Therapy from Western Michigan University, with additional training in Neurologic Music Therapy.

Michelle has provided workshops and lectures nationwide and has served the San Diego community through her involvement with the San Diego Autism Society (www.sd-autism.org), Autism Tree Project Foundation (www.autismtreeproject.org), and COMPASS Center (http://www.sandiego.edu/compass/). Michelle was named 2007 Volunteer of the Year by the Combined Health Agencies and San Diego Autism Society for her efforts.

Pages under this topic heading describe our professional qualifications and approaches to treating children with special needs. Pages under this topic heading describe music therapy and how we use music to achieve goals in treating children with various diagnoses. Pages under this topic heading describe our individual and group music therapy, consultation, music lessons, funding, and workshop services. This page offers parents and educators free PDFs, downloadable documents, filled with explanations of dozens of music therapists' tips for using music to treat children with special needs. This page lists links to dozens of quality online resources available to parents and educators of children with special needs. This page lists noteworthy new music therapy services and current regional music therapy events.  
     
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