Research
Recent Research in Music Therapy
Why is Telemusictherapy Important?
The Connected Music Therapy Teleintervention Approach (CoMTTA) and its application to family-centered programs for young children with hearing loss An article from the Australian Journal of Music Therapy highlights how telemusictherapy has helped increase access to...
Is telemusictherapy new to COVID-19?
Collaborative music therapy via remote video technology to reduce a veteran’s symptoms of severe, chronic PTSD False! Research demonstrated potential benefits of implementing telemusictherapy prior to our current period! In a case study of a veteran with diagnoses of...
What Other Populations Can Music Therapy Serve? – Adolescents
The Resilience Songwriting Program for Adolescent Bereavement: A Mixed Methods Exploratory Study
In highlighting prior research on health and safety risks of unmanaged grief symptoms, as well as that on benefits of general music therapy for grief reduction, researchers from Drexel University made a case for exploring the impacts of specific music therapy intervention on adolescent bereavement…
What Other Populations Can Music Therapy Serve? – Parkinson’s Disease
Rhythmic Priming Across Effector Systems: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Parkinson’s Disease Patients
Researchers from the Music and Health Science Research Collaboratory at the University of Toronto and the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State University investigated effects of rhythmic priming, or preparation of a primary task with presentation of a separate, prior rhythmic task, on the gait of patients with Parkinson’s disease…
More than the Music
The Therapeutic Relationship as Predictor of Change in Music Therapy with Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
In a study of children with ASD, researchers from The Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre in Norway found that quality of the therapeutic relationship between music therapists and children they work with was associated with social skill development…
