from http://healthland.time.com/2010/12/09/how-group-drumming-may-improve-low-income-student-behavior/print/
How Group Drumming May Improve Low-Income Student Behavior
by Meredith Melnick Thursday, December 9, 2010
Students in poor communities are among the most vulnerable to social and behavioral problems, often caused by environmental stress. These same kids often lack adequate access to emotional health care, and their schools don't typically have the resources to offer individual counseling.
What's more, in many poor communities, researchers say, psychological counseling often carries a stigma--something for "crazy" people--and can be viewed with suspicion, as a gateway to potential legal trouble.
To help improve social and emotional behavior in disadvantaged students--who account for some 40% of children under 18 in the U.S.--Ping Ho, founder and director of the UCLArts and Healing Center, teamed up with some unlikely partners, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and drum-maker Remo Belli, to create an arts-based behavior therapy. (Continue reading...)
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