This week I'm sharing a news story that shows how music therapy can help children with disabilities. Music therapy has been proven to be successful with this population to help improve motor, cognitive, social, and communication/speech skills. Music has ways of building new neuropathways and is sometimes able to access damaged parts of the brain. It is also a fun, non-threatening form of therapy that people tend to respond well to. http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/education

One of the powerful things music therapy does is help bring people together in a shared experience. Music therapy helps to raise the quality of life and increase happiness by creating opportunities for socialization. It is also a great way to help improve social skills through social songs. Here is an interesting article that shows the science behing singing and the way it helps bond people together. http://mic.com/articles/127865/new-study-finds-singing-brings-people-toge