Photo dated 2003: child pointing to an object in a book as a music therapist uses song-stories to teach literacy concepts

more overview topicsThis page defines the use of music to achieve non-musical learning goals.This page describes strategies, tasks, goals, motivation, and musical assistance.This group of pages describes three goal headings and offers examples of typical goals that therapists set.This page describes the successful use of music therapy to help specific diagnoses of disability.This page offers results of research that validates the use of music therapy in special education and with specific diagnoses of disability.

  
 


Cognitive | Academic
Songs act as a mnemonic device to aid memory of new or difficult concepts by organizing information into smaller chunks, making it easier to encode and retain. Musical presentation also provides an optimal learning environment for individuals who are highly attentive to music activities, but distractible with other modalities. Educational research supports that the ability to learn new concepts is best when the material is motivating and meaningful to the learner.

Communication | Social Interaction goals
Motor Abilities goals
Behavior goals







Condition
Behavior

Criteria
Mastery
 		 





Cognitive Goal Example

Given a song melody,
Brad will recite his phone number from memory
with 80% accuracy
in four of five trials.

  
 
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 downloadable documents, filled with explanations of dozens of music therapists' tips for using music to treat children with special needs. Pages under this topic heading list 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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