If you work with premature infants than you are probably familiar with efforts to increase Non-nutritive suck (NNS). Current research has shown that an external stimulus can increase NNS in infants, which may transfer into nutritive feeding and other gains. In this blog post we will take a look at two methods for increasing NNS: reinforcement and entrainment. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2010
MTRB Podcast #5
Blythe and Andrew recap the ICMPC conference with summaries of selected symposia, have a tweet of the week and music therapy podcast recommendation.
As mentioned on the podcast:
Patel et al. (2009) Snowball, the dancing Cockatoo
The official ICMPC website and program
The Music Therapy Show with Janice Harris
MIT for Verbal Responses in Autism
Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) has long been used to promote functional speech in persons who have had a cerebral vascular accident. Studies on MIT date back more than 30 years and many studies have looked at child populations including children with apraxia (Helfrich-Miller, 1994; LaGasse, 2004), children with Down syndrome (Carroll, 1996), and now children with autism. Continue reading
Music for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
I don’t personally know any music therapists that work with patients who are mechanically ventilated for the purpose of reducing anxiety. These two research studies suggest that perhaps we should be doing just that. Continue reading