Benefits of Music Therapy for Neurodivergent Folks: Autism, ADHD, Williams Syndrome

• Enhances recall and memory skills
• Enhances visual perception and sensory processing through sound, touch, movement and dancing
• Provides cognitive stimulation to many complex functions and areas of the brain

• Addresses positive changes in emotional states
• Increases confidence and self-esteem through successful music experiences
• Reduces agitation, sadness, stress, and anxiety

• Promotes creative and self expression

• Provides support, acknowledgement, and validation of beliefs, values, thoughts, and ideas

• Enhances connection to self and identity

• Promotes social interaction, and group cohesion

• Increases awareness to environment and others

• Enhances emotional skills and decreases behaviour challenges

•Enhances attention, focus turn taking, listening, and sharing skills through music activities and games

• Addresses developmental learning and life skills

• Improves fine and gross motor skills through rhythm in music, playing music instruments, movement and dancing
• Improves balance, mobility, and coordination of movement
• Enhances visual motor skills
• Improve hand-eye coordination
• Improves verbal, language, and communication skills by triggering challenging vowel, consonant, and combinations of sounds through singing music