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Edith Boxill Hillman - Music Therapy with the Developmentally Handicapped

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Format: CD
Catalog: 6180
Rel. Date: 05/30/2012
UPC: 093070618022

Music Therapy with the Developmentally Handicapped
Artist: Edith Boxill Hillman
Format: CD
New: Available $19.98
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. The People In Your Neighborhood
2. Day By Day
3. Shoo Fly
4. Freedom Train
5. Haitian Song Of Possession
6. Guantanamera
7. Go To Sleep, My Dear (Improvisation)
8. Hora
9. This Little Light Of Mine
10. Hey, Betty Martin
11. Ev'rybody
12. Margarita (Tune Of La Cucaracha)

More Info:

Edith Hillman Boxill presents in this 1976 compilation a collection of songs to exemplify the use of music in handicapped learning development. As Boxill states: "Music therapy is the use of music as a functional, therapeutic tool for the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of mental and physical health." She focuses on an immersive experience that is "centered in music-movement/sensory-motor/singing and chanting... " Liner notes include detailed explanations of Boxill's methods and approaches.
        
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