NJ.Com reports about John Foley's music therapy sessions with Autistic children at the Peter Cooper school in NJ. Mr. Foley's work has encouraged children to be communicative (normally nonverbal children making verbal requests for songs) engaged (actively involved in class) and attentive (asking questions about musical instruments that they pass by and recognize in a store.)
The article covers not only some of the specific techniques John uses, but also the parents responses to the noticeably positive changes in the children's behavior. Embeddd also is a video about the students learning to communicate using musical sounds.
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