Why hello there!
It seems you've somehow stumbled upon this blog, whether it be through school obligation, mutual connections, shared interests, or just random internet browsing. Either way, it's fantastic to meet you; I'm Aarthi, how are you? I hope well.
So what is it that you'll see on this little blog of mine? You'll see documentation of my progress on answering my research question. What research question, you may ask? Well, it's this: what effects does music therapy have on cognitive abilities, and how can this knowledge be used to further better the field of therapy and psychology through music as a while.
In order to answer this question, I will be spending three months assisting at the Neurological Music Therapy Services of Arizona (NMTSA). There, I will be observing the classes that are a part of NMTSA's school, as well as observing some of the group and some of the individual sessions in the clinic, as I work with and study, face-to-face, children with autism. I will watch how the music therapy sessions change in effect based on their cognitive abilities, and will discuss with the patients' parents, teachers, doctors, and peers to understand each patient's progress over time. All of this will be done in a case study format, and my hope for the end of this project is to find trends between one's cognitive and perceptive abilities, as impacted by varying levels of autism, and the effectiveness of music as a therapy service.
For more information, you can find my research proposal linked to in the sidebar.
I look forward to conducting this research, and I hope (for the sake of my motivation... and my grade) that you will be as well!
Until then, this is Aarthi Ganapathi, BASIS Scottsdale senior and aspiring researcher, signing out.
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It seems you've somehow stumbled upon this blog, whether it be through school obligation, mutual connections, shared interests, or just random internet browsing. Either way, it's fantastic to meet you; I'm Aarthi, how are you? I hope well.
So what is it that you'll see on this little blog of mine? You'll see documentation of my progress on answering my research question. What research question, you may ask? Well, it's this: what effects does music therapy have on cognitive abilities, and how can this knowledge be used to further better the field of therapy and psychology through music as a while.
In order to answer this question, I will be spending three months assisting at the Neurological Music Therapy Services of Arizona (NMTSA). There, I will be observing the classes that are a part of NMTSA's school, as well as observing some of the group and some of the individual sessions in the clinic, as I work with and study, face-to-face, children with autism. I will watch how the music therapy sessions change in effect based on their cognitive abilities, and will discuss with the patients' parents, teachers, doctors, and peers to understand each patient's progress over time. All of this will be done in a case study format, and my hope for the end of this project is to find trends between one's cognitive and perceptive abilities, as impacted by varying levels of autism, and the effectiveness of music as a therapy service.
For more information, you can find my research proposal linked to in the sidebar.
I look forward to conducting this research, and I hope (for the sake of my motivation... and my grade) that you will be as well!
Until then, this is Aarthi Ganapathi, BASIS Scottsdale senior and aspiring researcher, signing out.