University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, February 18, 1992
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Deaf learn with music
Therapy enhances clients'abilities
By Julie Wasson Special to the Kansan
The 4-year-old boy does not know his own name.
He is completely deaf and does not speak. He has trouble maintaining eye contact with anyone, and his attention tends to wander.
But Stephanie Philbrick is trying to help him, and she's using music to do it.
Philbrick, Bath, Maine, senior, is using sign language to teach her client his name, but she will use music to teach him other skills.
He wears a mechanism on his stomach that vibrates in response to sound
"We do stop-start exercises when he'll move around while the music is playing, and when it stops, he's sup-posed. He's also helping in developing his attention span."
To encourage eye contact, Philbrick will play music while the boy looks her in the eye, but will stop the music when he looks away.
"He really reacts well to music," she said. "He enjoys it. So when I stop the music, he goes away."
Music therapy is part of the department of art and music education and music therapy, in the School of Education. It has been offered as a graduate degree since 1946. This semester, there are 85undergraduate and graduate music therapy majors.
As part of their training, Philbrick and other students in the department work with children and adults — from the hearing impaired to the developmentally disabled.
She said that many KU students had misconceptions about music therapy.
"Unfortunately, most people think of music therapy as a bunch of people getting together and singing songs," she said. "It's so much more that that."
she said. "It's so indefinite than that... A really basic definition would be that it is the use of music to reinforce or change non-musical and musical behaviors, and to enhance the quality of life."
Music therapy majors take instrument classes and music history classes in addition to their music therapy classes. They study learning theories, behavior modification and human development.
Outside of class, music therapy majors work with clients in a learning, rather than professional. capacity.
They have to devise a treatment plan for each client, according to that individual's abilities. Most of this work is done in the music therapy clinic in the Dole Human Development Center.
Before graduation, every music therapy major is required to do a six-month internship at a professional clinic or hospital.
Philbrick said that she had taken piano lessons for 12 years before she came to KU and that she wanted to remain actively involved in music. She also knew she wanted to enter a helping profession, and said that music therapy offered her a perfect combination of these two interests.
"I like to see people make progress," he said, helping them learn to help themselves.
Nicole Burchinal, Leavenworth senior and music therapy major, said her reasons for going into music therapy were similar to Philibrick's.
"I'ts really rewarding to watch a client learn new things," Burchalin said. "Music therapy sometimes helps with the learning techniques haven't."
Philbrick said that music was an effective tool in therapy for many reasons.
"It can be used with so many people because almost everyone has been exposed to music at some time," she said.
Alicia Clair, professor of music education and music therapy, said that students probably unknowingly used music therapy in their everyday lives.
Timothy Halpern, 6, tries to match tones with the help of Alice Ann Darrow, center, associate professor of speech/language/hearing and Shirley Davis, graduate teaching assistant of music therapy.
*"Students listen to certain kinds of music at certain times."* *said she.*
Movement and muscle action are stimulated by music that is rhythmic, has irregular beats and a lot of percussion. Clair said. In contrast, music
with a more regular beat has a calming effect.
Every individual reacts differently to certain types of music, she said, and with a little experimentation, students can learn what type of music affects
them.
"We've had students do research that shows that music can improve your endurance if you choose music that is appropriate to your pacing," Clair said.
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Anticipating her graduation in May, Heather Cooke, Tulsa, Okla., senior, orders graduation announcements. The announcements went on sale yesterday in the Union Bookstores and can be ordered today and tomorrow.
Gettin' ready
Book teaches fast track to learning
By Svala Jonsdottin
Kansan staff writer
Local author gives 5-minute technique
Mark Eberra wants to help you learn faster.
"Let us say it we it 2o' clock in the morning and you have a test the day after," he said. "You have a book to read, and you need to know how to get this information into your mind so you will not forget it. Then you can call toll-free and speak to expert consultants who can help you with that."
That is, if you have bought his book,
"How to Become an EXPERT at Anything in 5 Minutes or Less!"
Eberra's book, which was published in December, is intended to help people learn faster and memorize more efficiently in four steps.
A computer program is included with the book. The buyer also can register in the "Expert Network," which gives access to the 24-hour, toll-free hotline.
"The book teaches techniques that empower you to learn and memorize," said Eberra, a Lawrence resident. "Through these techniques you can memorize and recall any kind of information."
The technique, which he calls mind computer interaction technology, is built on his work and study of adult education. Eberra has a master's degree in adult education from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and worked for two years for the Internal Revenue Service in Kansas City as an employee development specialist, he said.
Some of the book's techniques include dividing information into small chunks in order to memorize it, linking new information with existing knowledge, using images to recall items from one's long-term memory and knowing how the mind works in order to be able to use it better.
"The days of lifelong employment with one company are over, and people have to learn all their lives to get new skills." Eberra said. "Students who are graduating
need to be able to learn and become experts, maybe at many things."
"How to Become an EXPERT..." sells for $19.95 through mail directly from Eberra's company, and also is available in the Adventure and Mt. Oread bookstores in Lawrence.
Lisa Eitner, buyer for the M. Oread Bookshop, said study-skills books were becoming more popular, as students realized they needed to have better skills to enter an increasingly competitive job market.
"We have seen an increase in sales of books on how to study, how to take tests and how to improve reading and memory skills." she said.
"However, I respect the notion that people can become more efficient." Zimmer said. "Every student is challenged to do that because of the volume of studying and all the extracurricular activities available."
Lorna Zimmer, director of the KU Student Assistance Center, said becoming an expert on anything in five minutes was not consistent with what was known about the learning process.
Zimmer said that memorization techniques were helpful for students, but that they only were one part of learning.
"Our philosophy is that a C student can become a B or an A student with improved study techniques, but there is no magic formula," she said. "You also need to understand the conceptual part of the material and know how to apply what you have learned."
Tribal casino could entertain KU students
Kansan staff writer
By Gayle Osterberg
Kochenstaffwriter
A pile of chips and a roll of the dice can mean different things to different people.
Some Kansas lawmakers say casino gambling would lead to organized crime and social problems.
But to four Native-American tribes in Kansas, the opportunity to own and operate a casino is a chance to generate much-needed revenue for an improved quality of life.
With the help of Mirage Resorts Inc., the tribe hopes to design and manage a complex that will include a Native-American theme hotel, restaurants,
The Sac and Fox tribe formally announced Thursday its intention to develop a $75-million entertainment and gaming center in Kansas City, Kan., pending state approval.
For KU students, a nearby casino could provide an alternative form of weekend entertainment.
Michelle Campbell, a St. Louis sophomore who organizes social events for Delta Gamma sorority, said the complex could be an attraction for KU students.
"I think the state could make a lot of money from students, because I'm sure a lot of sororities and fraternities would use the facility for parties and functions," she said.
shops, movie theaters, bars and a casino
Steve Hagerott, Mandan, N.D., junior, that he did not think casinos were good for a community but that he probably would go if one opened.
At least one casino has profited from being near a university.
"It would depend on what kind of games they had, but I would go just to see what it was like," he said.
At 5 p.m. each Friday, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Norman, Oka., opens the doors of its Thunderbird Entertainment Center and does not
close them until 1 a.m. the following Monday.
During the weekend, the casino offers blackjack, craps and keno at tables crowded with University of Oklahoma students.
Jamie Capps, OU senior, said the casino had been the most popular nightspot in the area this year.
"It's something different to do," she said. "Lots of people go there after being someplace else, because it's open all night. I've been there at three or four in the morning, and it is always packed."
One KU student said he feared low budgets would keep him from traveling to Kansas City, Kan, if the Sac and Fox complex was built.
"I don't think I'd be interested in gambling, because I don't have any money to lose," said Jay Lebeau, Lawrence graduate student. "But it's a good opportunity to get some money flowing into the tribes."
Sandra Keo, head of the Sac and Fox tribunal council, said revenues from the
resort would be shared with Kansas City, Kan., the state of Kansas and the American-Indian community.
"This facility will attract millions of visitors to Kansas and showcase Native American culture," she said. "The economic multiples of this activity will greatly benefit the Sac and Fox Nation, Kansas City and Kansas."
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Finney, who signed a compact authorizing the Kickapoo tribe to operate a casino on its reservation, has been negotiating with the Sac and Fox tribe.
The governor has come under fire recently from Attorney General Bob Stephan, who said Finney could not have compelled compact without legislative approval.
Stephan filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court, but a representative of Finney's press office said the governor would continue negotiations until the court directed her otherwise.
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