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sai-national.org • SPRING 2017 • PAN PIPES 17 HEALING WITH MUSIC is valuable in the effort to reduce the need for and reliance on anti-psychotic medications. In the spring semester of 2016, Eta Mu was honored to contribute to Phi B's Music & Mem- ory fundraiser and iPod drive. rough a week- long candy sale, we raised $41.86 (mostly from pocket change!), which contributed to the $45 of iTunes gi cards we brought to Province Day. We also brought five used iPods! I am proud of how Eta Mu has begun to branch out of the music-focused population at e University of Hartford. It was because of our efforts to advertise across campus that an employee from e Barney School of Business contacted me and graciously gave a donation directly to Music & Memory in honor of her late mother. She did not know about the legitimately therapeutic quality of music; she simply watched how her mother's life was brightened by music even through the later stages of Alzheimer's. She vowed to give her continued support to Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies and Music & Memory, for which Eta Mu is hugely grateful. Eta Mu hopes to continue to reach out to edu- cate more people about how music can help oth- ers. We will continue giving to Music & Memory and we hope to do more outreach projects. ese include performing recitals, hosting sing-alongs at local nursing homes, or even sponsoring pre- sentations by music therapists. You can get involved with Music & Mem- ory in many ways by reaching out to a local nurs- ing home that is Music & Memory certified. A list of the certified organizations can be found on Music & Memory's website. Since its start in 2008, hundreds of elder care facilities across the United States and Canada have become Music & Memo- ry certified. Music & Memory is even beginning to spread worldwide! Based on their needs and your individual or chapter's abilities, project ideas can span from a week-long iPod drives to help- ing make playlists to starting a Music & Memory chapter at a local nursing home. Another great way to raise awareness is to take the time to watch or host a viewing of Alive Inside, a movie about Music & Memory's story. I cannot be more grateful for Sigma Alpha Iota because it introduced me to foundations like Music & Memory and the incredible people who work with them. I am very excited to do more for Music & Memory with my sisters from Eta Mu and beyond. SOURCES "Brain-Music Connection - Music & Memory." Music & Memory. 09 Aug. 2016. "Oliver Sacks - Musicophilia - Alzheimer's/e Power of Music." YouTube, uploaded by knopf- group, 22 Sep 2008, youtu.be/MdYplKQ4JBc. Madeline Martinez is the Senior Chair of Eta Mu Chapter's service committee at e University of Hart- ford's e Hartt School. FOR MORE INFORMATION about Music & Memory at: musicandmemory.org Music & Memory is spreading its program to nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, assisted living facilities, hospices, and other elder care settings throughout the U.S. and beyond. Volunteers who love music and helping people are always needed. WAY S TO PA R T I C I PAT E W I T H M U S I C & M E M O R Y: • host an iPod donation drive • volunteer in a neighboring certified facility • organize a fundraiser • identify possible corporate sponsors in your area • act as a Volunteer Ambassador • start your own Music & Memory chapter Find out more here: musicandmemory. org/get-involved/for-volunteers/ D r. Dorita S. Berger, an initiate of Alpha Mu at Carnegie Mellon University, has a new book available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers. From the company: "Many children with autism feel a natural connection with music, but don't always find it easy to participate in musical activities. Packed with tips, advice and activities, this book shows how music and rhythm can help with brain development and quality of life, and how to encourage a genuine enjoyment of music. Dr. Berger draws on her many years of experience in music-based clinical work, teaching and coaching, to answer common questions regarding musical interactions for children with autism. From what instrument to choose, how to find the right teacher, how to get your child to practice music, and even taking children to public music events, this book has all the essential information for you to dip into as and when needed. With practical information to help you solve problems that may arise, such as sensory overload, let this book guide you and your child towards positive interactions with music, regardless of whether or not they have prior musical abilities." Dorita Berger, PhD, MT-BC, LCAT, former concert pianist, has served as Assistant Professor of Music erapy at Montclair State University in New Jersey, followed by adjunct faculty at the Music Conservatory, Kean University, Union, NJ. She has over 20 years of experience as a Sensorimotor Music- based Clinician specializing in treating Autism Spectrum and sensory disorders in persons of all ages. Dr. Berger has several published books lauded internationally, and peer-reviewed Journal articles and research on the role of music in human adaptation. Dr. Berger received a Fulbright Visiting Professorship grant to teach Music erapy in the Ukraine, a Global Education Grant to teach and lecture in Argentina and in Italy, and is sought nationally and internationally to lecture and teach about the role of music-based treatment in sensory processing and behavioral disorders. Having relocated to Durham, NC several years ago, Dr. Berger is on the faculty of e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) Community Music School, and is a Self-Contracted Research Affiliate at the UNC Medical School Department of Psychiatry's Neuroscience Lab of Dr. Flavio Frohlich, conducting rhythm entrainment and related research. Kids, Music 'n' Autism: Bringing out the Music in Your Child

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