June 17, 2015
There are just over 6,000 board certified music therapists in the United States. According to census.gov, there are over 321 million people living in the US. This means there is one music therapist for every 53,500 people in this country. Now, of course, music therapists don’t work with everyone; we tend to work with individuals […]
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May 4, 2009
All three of these links are related to the story of Snowball, the parrot who “dances” to music. This research has some interesting implications for understanding how and why rhythm influences movement patterns: gross motor, fine motor, and speech production. 1) Scientists: Some animals able to “dance” to music 2) Remarkable dancing birds: A cure […]
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