by Chris Salter | Mar 5, 2017 | Special Needs |
Update: December 2016 Jed as come a long way. As many of our fans recall, Jed was born with severe mental challenges. He couldn't walk until he was 4. He didn't say his first words until he was 6. And at 7, he couldn't even do a 4 piece puzzle. Then his mom May came...
by Chris Salter | Jan 19, 2015 | Piano Wizard, Special Needs |
My friend Paivi from Life Prep Academy is a fierce advocate for special needs kids, and this last Christmas she got an idea to get 10 special needs families started on music. We donated the software, Bertrand music donated the keyboards, and she donated her time with...
by Chris Salter | Mar 22, 2014 | Special Needs |
Hopefully, the previous sentence activated your nucleus accumbens, a structure located deep in your brain that plays a key role in reward and learning mechanisms. Whether you're playing a videogame, listening to music, eating chocolate, or learning something new and...
by Chris Salter | Jan 30, 2014 | Special Needs |
Musical therapy is gaining acceptance in the field of treatments for autism. Individuals on the autism-spectrum who receive music therapy will often have improvement in overall temperament and learning abilities. I recently saw a young boy who loved the Beatles....
by Vincent Miele | Dec 17, 2013 | Special Needs |
We have long known about the ability of classical music to provide pleasure and stir up deep emotions. Undoubtedly, music has a powerful impact on the brain. Studies have shown that classical music can also help children with special needs through a variety of...
by Vincent Miele | Mar 11, 2013 | Special Needs |
Wow Is Me TV's Adryenn Ashley interviews Music Wizard founder Chris Salter. This is the magical story of Jed and his music journey as he learned to play piano with Piano Wizard. But Jed is not just your average boy. He's a special needs child that had difficulty in...
