Ginger Clarkson is a Board Certified Music Therapist and a Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery. Specializing in autism, she has worked in the field of music therapy for twenty-five years. She has taught at Yale University and at La Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico, where she is now in residence. She is an international primary trainer in the Helen Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music. Her previous publications include articles on various aspects of music therapy as well as songbooks and musical plays for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities.