Music Therapy

New Connections Academy provides weekly music therapy groups for all classrooms. Our school's board-certified music therapist is part of the clinical team and uses music as a therapeutic tool to address non-music related goals within each group. The purpose of our music therapy groups is to support our students by providing a creative and safe outlet to express themselves, grow peer interactions, as well as providing a space to strengthen social, emotional, and behavioral needs. Students can partake in instrument play, electronic music creation, and other music-based games and activities alongside their peers. Music Therapy can also be provided, in addition to group music therapy, on an individual basis for students who may be highly motivated by music or may benefit from one-on-one music therapy services in order to address IEP goals that are specific to them.