Music, Children and Brain Development

How music may help children with "behavior problems"

Published on September 29, 2011 by Claudia M. Gold, M.D. in Child in Mind

 

"There is scientific evidence that music therapy influences children on the autism spectrum in several ways, like enhancing skills in communication, interpersonal relationships, self-regulation, coping strategies, stress management, and focusing attention," says Berklee's Music Therapy Department Chair Dr. Suzanne Hanser.

 

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