Research Study: Music Therapy and Children with Autism

Research Study:
Music Therapy and Children with Autism


Seeking Children ages 4-11, who are non-verbal, enjoy music, and are diagnosed with classic autism. Participants must be willing to attend one 20-30 minute one-on-one music therapy session at the Autism Support Center in Danvers, MA during August 22-August 22, 2011.

This music therapy session is free of charge.

Please direct all inquiries to Krystal Demaine
Board Certified Neurologic Music Therapist
email: kdemaine@lesley.edu

This study is approved by the Lesley University Institutional Review Board

Neurosciences and Music IV

I recently returned from Neurosciences and Music IV in Edinburgh, UK. Here I presented a poster "Musical Echolalia: Musical Imitation and children with Autism Spectrum Disorders". This conference took place June 9 - 12, 2011. There were 240 poster presenters that filled three evenings, and several symposiums that spanned four days.

This is the fourth conference of it's kind to ever occur. I previously attended Neurosciences and Music III in Montreal, Canada in the summer of 2008. I found that conference to be life changing, as was this one in the UK. The most notable speakers in the field of Neuroscience and Music typically come out for this conference, making it an event that is unfortunate to miss. The conference occurs only once every three years. I think that presenters and attendees alike feel filled with inspiration and inquiry that will last until the next conference.

Conference for the Music Therapy Association New England Regional

I recently gave two talks at the Conference for the American Music Therapy Association New England Region, held in Brewster MA March 31 - April 2, 2011. Here are the references for my talks:

Demaine, K. (2011). “Autism, Music and the Mirror Neuron System”. American Music Therapy Association New England Regional Conference. Brewster, MA.

Demaine, K. (2011) “Musical Imitation and Autism Spectrum Disorders”. American Music Therapy Association New England Regional Conference. Brewster, MA.

Prior to this I presented a poster of the preliminary data from my pilot study at Crossing the Corpus Collosum II at Harvard University. Here is the reference:

Demaine, K. (2011). “Musical imitation in children with autism spectrum disorders”. Poster presentation at Crossing the Corpus Callosum at Harvard University. Cambridge, MA.