Alex Montalvo

Down Syndrome music therapy

How Music Helps Children with Down Syndrome

Children with Down syndrome show a developmental delay in three broad categories: motor skills, social/self-help skills and expressive language skills. That doesn’t mean that they are bereft of any and all skills. In fact, every individual is born with a unique talent.  Children with Down syndrome have strengths and weaknesses, like everyone else, and there …

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Musical Vocational Training for Differently Abled Adults

According to the 2017 statistics, only 35.5% of people with a disability were employed whereas the employment percentage of people without a disability was 76.5%. This is not only a disservice to our special needs population, but it is also a loss for our workforce and economy. Employing a differently abled adult is beneficial for …

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