Great advancements have been made in the last several years in helping special needs children through the use of neuro music protocols.  These protocols are part of a research-based system of standardized clinical techniques developed at the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State University.  .As a result of continuous research at the CSU Center for Biomedical Research in Music in the neuroscience of music and scientific foundations of music therapy, it has been confirmed that music and rhythm exist as deeply entrenched biological functions in the brain. Research shows the use of specific elements of music and rhythm utilized in precise musical tasks and functions will trigger the brain to develop in a way that will influence, and eventually make positive transference to, non-musical behavior and function.

Neuro music protocols are specific to sensorimotor, speech/language, and cognition development training. It is not the more traditional music therapy based on a premise of using music as a social science to build human relationships with self and others, but rather breaks into a new paradigm of a model based on neuroscience where music actively engages the brain and behavior functions. This paradigm shift is driven by advances in evidence-based medicine and research techniques which have determined that the use of rhythm to organize time will regulate the interval-based neural response of the brain in a much more efficient manner.

 
Martha utilizes neuro music protocols with children.