Sonia Belasco Author

Yasmine L. White> has been a board-certified music therapist for nearly threedecades. She has devoted most of her career to working with children, teens, andadults with autism and their parents. She founded Voices Together in 2006 andserves as its CEO. She developed the proprietary VOICSSâ (Vocal Interactive Communication andSocial Strategies) program model, which is currently offered in school andcommunity-based groups through Voices Together. Three research studiesconducted in partnership with Duke University found that VOICSSâ resulted insignificant improvement in the area of language, communication, andsocial/emotional learning. White is co-author of two published academic journalarticles with Duke University that resulted from these studies.

Sonia Belasco has spent much of her professional life working with young people as a mentor, tutor, and therapist. She holds an M.S.W. from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and an M.F.A. in Writing from California College of the Arts and loves fusing these two fields by generating accessible content themed around creativity, social-emotional learning, and therapy.