Learning to play an instrument improves attention, impulse control, concentration, self-esteem, social functioning, self-expression, motivation, and memory (Sze & Yu, 2004). “Music integration provides children with concrete, hands-on experiences that are essential to developing each child's ability to reason, think, problem solve, analyze, evaluate, and enhance creativity (Sze & Yu, 2004).” Music therapy promotes their capacity for creativity, tolerance for change, flexibility and variability in order to create a balance for the more structured and behavioral education required by the school context (“Music Therapy”). By singing songs based on background knowledge, exceptional students are actually demonstrating key academic skills. These skills are the ability to organize information, retain information, and also memorize information. Students with special needs who are enrolled in music therapy courses show significant growth in their academic abilities (“Benefits of Music”). Studies have shown that when a student with a disability is regularly exposed to classical music, their mathematical abilities increase. Music therapy can increase the literacy skills of special needs students. Musical cues are an effective way to improve students' logo identification, word recognition, prewriting skills, and print concepts ("Music Therapy"). Additionally, social skills can be increased in students with special needs through music