Ethan Jones thinks he was playing the piano. "I was with someone, and we were in a room, and we were just playing a piano," Jones, 23, a resident of New York, said of his first music therapy session.

Music therapy can support motor skills and language development for children and adults. In Arizona, Medicaid funding exists for the therapy, but it’s limited and can affect access.

Like any music class, Amy Shaack’s gives kids an opportunity to have their voice heard. But for Shaack’s students, the concept takes on a whole new meaning. “Communication is vital,” said Rachael ...

Musical play engages children with cancer, which relieves stress for them and their parents/caregivers, an expert said. Music therapy for children with cancer can offer relief and counteract feelings ...

RENO, Nev. — A new facility at Renown Children's Hospital will offer music therapy for children recovering from various illnesses and injuries. Called Sophie's Place, it is named after Sophie Barton, ...

The Spring Music Enrichment After-School Program is a free, weekly, one-hour session for students in grades 3 through 5 at ...

Throughout her 20-year career as a music therapist, Crystal Weaver, the director of music therapy at Maryville University, has worked with hundreds of individuals of all ages. She can recall countless ...

Led by Christian Gold of the Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre in Bergen, the study looked at 364 children with autism. Half were randomly assigned to enhanced standard care for five months ...

"Children get a lot of things simultaneously, and sometimes that could be too much," Gold said. He noted that he and his team observed how the children who received music therapy along with enhanced ...