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38 brparents.com | march 2016 a special world / s u c c e s s when six-year-old
logan
was handed the microphone in his kindergarten class this week, the first thing
logan
did was stand up. ?e visiting musi- cians from baton rouge sym- phony orchestra who had been working with
logan
held their breaths. so did
logan
?s teacher. and his speech ther- apist. his classmates waited. and young
logan
sang. ?e entire abc
song
.
music
spoke for
logan
when words could not. his moth- er, lorien, states, ?he strug- gles to put a sentence togeth- er, but finding the notes to his beloved
song
is something he understands.? diagnosed with autism at the age of two, sweet, bouncy
logan
didn?t speak at all until he was four years old. while his mother says the class- es and therapy at the emerge center here in baton rouge have helped
logan
make ?amazing progress,? the strug- gle to communicate continues to be a source of frustration in his daily life. but things are changing quickly now. with the new partnership of the emerge center and the baton rouge symphony or- chestra (brso),
logan
and his classmates engage in ac- tivities that bring the power of
music
to the development of skills in communication. symphony
music
ians bring a variety of instruments to use with the children such as chimes, drums, and rhythm sticks to build on language and motor skills being target- ed in therapy. children learn concepts such as stop/go, loud/soft, rhythm, and phras- ing?and this
music
to the ears of the children translates to leaps and bounds in commu- nication development. for
logan
,
music
was always a way to deal with stress as well as everyday life. long before he could speak,
logan
would hum and sing frequent- ly to himself ?as if there was an endless stream of
song
in his mind and heart,? says his mom. singing to himself was also a way
logan
let his par- ents and teachers know he was distressed. his speech therapist, katie sample, states, ??e first time the mu- sicians walked in the room,
logan
was distressed because they were new people, so you could hear him singing down the hall. but as soon as they played that first note,
logan
got quiet and listened?you could tell the
music
connect- ed with his soul, like it was something he?d been craving.? for parents lorien and isaac kuo,
music
has had an incred- ible power with their son. he?s stunned them by picking out how to play
song
s on the piano by himself. his face lights up when he hears the
music
ians coming at school, and his face lights up when he?s given a a journey of
song
by r.t. ripley mic to sing. ?ere?s a calm- ing power, childhood joy, and inspiration in the notes that
logan
hears. and when
music
is around
logan
, we hear a new sympho- ny beyond the
music
al notes. we hear the
song
of
logan
. ?
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