Perfect Pitch in the Key of Autism: A Guide for Educators, Parents, and the Musically Gifted - Softcover

Kupferstein, Henny; Rancer, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1532001428 ISBN 13: 9781532001420

Publisher: iUniverse, 2016

Synopsis

Henny Kupferstein, M.A. is a doctoral student of psychology with a specialization in autism research. She is also a musical savant with absolute pitch and synesthesia. Henny gives web-based piano lessons to non-verbal and autistic students around the world. She is a parent of autistic children and is an autistic scholar, composer, and researcher. Henny is a contributing author, appearing in six chapters in the book “Been There, Done That, Try This!”, edited by Tony Attwood, Craig R. Evans and Anita Lesko. Henny can be reached via http://www.HennyK.com

Susan Rancer, RMT is a Registered Music Therapist since 1975. She has absolute pitch and was a child prodigy, and performed on the piano from a young age. She maintains a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area where she does music therapy with special needs clients. She is the Author of Teaching Music to the Special Needs Client: A Music Therapist’s Approach (ch. 25) in the book “Islands of Genius” by Dr. Darold Treffert, who is the world’s expert on savants. In 2005, Susan published a short booklet titled “Perfect Pitch Relative Pitch”, a guide for identifying and testing for the phenomena. Susan can be reached via http://www.SusanRancer.com

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About the Author

Henny Kupferstein, M.A. is a doctoral student of psychology with a specialization in autism research. She is also a musical savant with absolute pitch and synesthesia. Henny gives web-based piano lessons to non-verbal and autistic students around the world. She is a parent of autistic children and is an autistic scholar, composer, and researcher. Henny is a contributing author, appearing in six chapters in the book Been There, Done That, Try This!, edited by Tony Attwood, Craig R. Evans and Anita Lesko. Henny can be reached via http://www.HennyK.com

Susan Rancer, RMT is a Registered Music Therapist since 1975. She has absolute pitch and was a child prodigy, and performed on the piano from a young age. She maintains a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area where she does music therapy with special needs clients. She is the Author of Teaching Music to the Special Needs Client: A Music Therapist's Approach (ch. 25) in the book Islands of Genius by Dr. Darold Treffert, who is the world's expert on savants. In 2005, Susan published a short booklet titled "Perfect Pitch Relative Pitch", a guide for identifying and testing for the phenomena. Susan can be reached via http://www.SusanRancer.com

Henny Kupferstein, M.A.Hennyk.com (718) 781-3259

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532001428
• ISBN 13: 9781532001420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208