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I Am Very Interested In Learning More About Using Music Therapy To Teach Speech. Does Anyone Know About This?
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Does anyone know about Auditory Motor Mapping Training or Melodic Intonation Therapy? I have read just enough to get interested in it as a way that maybe I could teach my grandson to talk. He has been in speech therapy in his special ed class for over a year and while I've seen improvement (mostly with ABA) it is pretty slow. Temple Grandin's book,"The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum", says that music therapy has shown significant results in teaching speech. I read the study by Dr… read more

posted January 31, 2014
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We used a music therapist for about 2 years and only gained a little. But I don't think she had a lot of experience. And she did not use either of those methods mentioned.

posted August 23, 2017

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