Emily is 16 years old and over the past few months has disengaged from her peers and family members. It has come to the attention of her foster mom that she was being terribly bullied at school. The bully has...
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A study published by Barry Bittman, MD found that group drumming session alters neuroendocrine and immunologic measurements in the participants - this means a boost to your immune system. Drumming was chosen for this study because percussion activities can be an...
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Hip-hop is a significant and unique art-form. It has roots in slavery and oppression and has itself lived the American Dream. Some of its best practitioners are some of the world’s most unique, global and impressionable artists. It can be...
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We know that music can: Relax the mind and lower stress levels. Stimulate creativity by increasing blood and oxygen flow to the brain – going from sleepy brain to teachable brain. Create a clear passage to long-term memory. Change an individuals’s emotional state. Well let's...
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Early one Thursday morning I was referred to a patient on the Mental Health Inpatient Unit at a local hospital. As one would expect I went to the unit anticipating to work with someone coping with depression or psychosis. What...
Read MoreOur final musical motivator...# 50 Music is individual - Every person responds to music differently, and any one person may respond to music differently at various times throughout his or her life. Aside from some recent research on rhythm and movement,...
Read MoreRegistration for all 2012 JBMT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS (inclusive choir, drum circles, online special for music therapy and adapted music lessons) In another time and place (Saskatchewan, Canada) an opportunity for persons with disabilities to reach their performance dreams has been...
Read MoreDo you believe in magic In a young girl's heart How the music can free her Whenever it starts And it's magic if The music is groovy It makes you feel happy Like an...
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