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This how-to guide explains the research-based Rancer Method for identifying perfect pitch and teaching music to those with this ability. Having perfect pitch is the ability of a person to identify or recreate a given musical note without the benefit of a reference tone. This auditory phenomenon is rare, but studies show a high correlation between autism and perfect pitch. Music Therapy Techniques that Will Encourage Learning in ASD Children and Adults covers the concepts of perfect pitch and the neurology behind it, as well as savants, cognition and perception, mathematics, and reading comprehension. This material can potentially serve to reform the curriculum for the numerous professional fields that can potentially reach a person with perfect pitch. With this guide, music educators can tailor the lessons for the student's benefit, and music therapists can tap into the unidentified gifts of their clients through techniques detailed here. Parents can find clarity on the curiosities they observe in their children, while those with perfect pitch can better understand the qualities of their exceptionalities and find answers to the many questions they never knew they could ask.

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Henny Kupferstein earned a bachelor's degree (magna cum laude) in Interdisciplinary Studies for Music Leadership in Society from the State University of New York and is currently a graduate student with a specialization on autism research at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her music training includes piano, voice, and guitar. Currently, Henny maintains a private practice and teaches non-verbal students to sight-read music for piano in the classical tradition. A frequent presenter, Henny is also a consultant to parents and educators on the subjects of music, perfect pitch, autism, and sensory integration. She lives in Northern California. Susan Rancer received a bachelor's degree in Music Therapy from Eastern New Mexico University, and early in her career worked exclusively with emotionally disturbed and autistic children at Kilgore Children's Hospital in Texas. In 1977, Susan went into private practice as a music therapist, making her one of the first in the nation to practice full-time outside an institutional setting. Since 1980 she has worked with special needs children and adults at a teaching studio in her home in California. Her principal instruments are piano, guitar, and violin. Over the years Susan realized that the majority of her students had perfect pitch, so she began to research the subject. She published her findings in a booklet entitled, Perfect Pitch Relative Pitch. How to Identify and Test for the Phenomena: A Guide for Music Teachers, Music Therapists and Parents. Susan has also created a professional group in which music therapists throughout the San Francisco Bay Area share experiences

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