Empowering kids of different abilities to grow through music and applied neuroscience

What is music therapy?

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'“Music Therapy is the clinical & evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. Music therapy interventions can address a variety of healthcare & educational goals” -AMTA

How I define music therapy:
A therapeutic approach and an opportunity to build skills through making music. These skills are built through several music-based interventions, including singing, playing instruments, music games, movement activities, songwriting, and more.

I Have Questions!

A young woman with curly hair, glasses, and a black turtleneck is sitting on a chair, playing an acoustic guitar. She has colorful bracelets on her left wrist and a gold bracelet on her right wrist, and she is smiling softly with her eyes closed.

Why music therapy?

Music therapy has been shown to be very effective in helping neurodivergent and non-speaking individuals with communication and social skills, targeting self-expression, developing fine and gross motor, and sensory-motor integration. Music therapy in a group setting allows individuals to connect with others in a social context by removing several barriers to communication

“The Neurologic Music Therapy® (NMT™) System of Techniques is a standardized evidence-based clinical treatment system of 20 techniques that is driven by advances in applied auditory music neuroscience and the clinical understanding of music perception, production, and cognition. The NMT™ System targets specific functional behaviors in the areas of cognition, sensorimotor, and speech and language based on a client’s diagnostics and treatment goals. The NMT™ system provides structured music-based exercises that are not only relevant to NMT™ music therapists but exemplify how music can be integrated into intervention practices for all allied healthcare professionals, in the disciplines such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, neuropsychology, and speech-language pathology.” _ Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy®. At NeuroVibes Music Therapy, we provide Neurologic Music Therapy® to children and young adults to promote their development.

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