Focusing through music

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-30)Students who receive special education services deal with many issues that hinder their learning. Several potential solutions have been introduced into the special education classrooms. This study was conducted to see if incorporating background music into a special education classroom would improve the students??? behavior and work habits. Behavior was compared in a classroom with music versus behavior in the classroom without music. Music seemed to have a positive effect on the students and their study skills. Participants for this study included 1 Resource (RSP) class that consisted of 11 students, 1 female student and 10 male students, with labels ranging from specific learning disabilities to attention deficit disorders. Although this study was done in one classroom only, the findings were clear; when background music was played in the classroom it had a calming effect on the students??? behavior allowing them to concentrate more on their studies. After the study was completed, a Website was created for parents explaining to them the benefits of music in the classroom and how we the special education department at the Academy of Scientific Explorations has helped students succee