I think I waited longer than most for my edition of the Journal of Music Therapy to arrive. Maybe it’s because I’m all the way down in Miami?
Regardless of the reason, I was thrilled to receive my copy. The reason? My master’s thesis Joint Attention Responses of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Simple Versus Complex Music was published in that copy!
This is the culmination of four years of work: formulating an idea, recruiting participants, collecting data, running statistical tests, analyzing data, researching neuroanatomy, writing, writing, writing, writing, rewriting, writing, writing, rewriting…..and writing some more.
I am thrilled because I finally get to share this information and the results with the music therapy community and with parents.
If you are interested in reading the study or finding out the results, contact me and I would be more than happy to email you a copy of the Journal of Music Therapy article (condensed version in PDF format) or a copy of my entire thesis (complete with neuroanatomy and more detail on related literature).
Next week I’ll be honeymooning in Disney, but I will try to respond to any and all emails as soon as I can!
Congratulations Amy! That is an excellent accomplishment. I appreciate all of the hard work you put into this research. Bravo!
Thank you Ryan, I appreciate that so much!
Congratulations, Amy! It is sooo thrilling to be published. It’s a real affirmation of your hard work. I would love to read a copy of your findings…when you’re back from your honeymoon:) Congratulations on that too!
Absolutely! I will send a copy your way :)
Amy, how cool is this!? Thank you for doing work in this area! It’s so needed.