Harp Therapy Outreach Program


	Harp Therapy Outreach Program

murieleileen

5-18-2008 7:12 AM

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harp therapy, autism, down's syndrome, cp

murieleileen says:

helping children with mental and physical disabilities: CP, Autism, Down's Syndrome,

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c90ff631-eb79-48a1-aedb-2380c2c6f197/A5377DAC-1B98-4E48-B5AB-BCF90D1572C8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.harpensemble.org/programs/harp_therapy/" href="http://www.harpensemble.org/programs/harp_therapy/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.harpensemble.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.harpensemble.org/programs/harp_therapy/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.harpensemble.org/img/71D45838-C4CD-4940-A6AD-96396B9B6FC9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.harpensemble.org/programs/harp_therapy/"><P align="left" class="mp">The Harp Therapy Outreach Program, a national first, was founded in 1995 as an outgrowth of the American Youth Harp Ensemble.  Today, it has matured into a nationally recognized program pairing youth mentors with disabled peers through partnerships with community agencies and schools region-wide.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.harpensemble.org/programs/harp_therapy/"><DIV align="left" class="intro">The Harp Therapy Outreach Program offers harp and music instruction to at-risk youth and students with mental and physical disabilities, including mental retardation, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Down’s Syndrome, and other emotional and neurological disorders.
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