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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Midwestern Region recap
We are both in the Midwestern region of the American Music Therapy Association, which is small, but mighty in terms of research. In this podcast we recap concurrent sessions highlighting research by professionals, the student research session, and the importance of research into music therapy education. We also recorded a podcast with Janice Harris from the Music Therapy Show, so check that out as well.
2011 Midwestern Conference interviews
This episode of the MTRB podcast includes interviews with three researchers who presented at the 2011 Midwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association conference in Overland Park, Kansas. Claire Ghetti and Clare Arezina were part of the student research session and Dr. Robin Edwards sits down to speak with us about her notions of Evidence-Based Practice, a hot topic on the MTRB.
Sensory and ASD
In the process of writing a grant application for a music therapy research project focused on ASD, I have been reading a lot of current research. Something that has been more prevalent in the research over the past two years is a consideration of sensory needs in ASD (see Kwakye et al., 2011 or Marco et al., 2011 to read about sensory and autism). Within this literature I found two articles investigating sensory supports for children with ASD. Continue reading