Isolation to Integration: Thoughts on Music Therapy Interventions to Support Inclusion

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About the Author:

Elizabeth K. Schwartz has practiced early childhood music therapy for over 27 years, working with hundreds of children and families through early intervention, pre-school and community groups. She is co-founder and education and training director of Raising Harmony™: Music Therapy for Young Children, home of Sprouting Melodies®. She is the author of Music, Therapy, and Early Childhood: A Developmental Approach and You and Me Makes…We: A Growing Together Songbook. Contact: Elizabeth@RaisingHarmony.com

Suggested Citation: 

Schwartz, E. K. (Author). (2015, September 1). Isolation to integration: Thoughts on music therapy interventions to support inclusion. Retrieved from www.imagine.musictherapy.biz