The Asperger’s Syndrome Institute®

John M. Ortiz, Ph.D. is the director and founder of The Asperger’s Syndrome Institute.® A licensed psychologist, consultant, musician, composer, certified clinical hypnotist and psycho-educational trainer, he is listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. His international lectures and texts on Asperger’s Syndrome, Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities, High-Functioning Autism, and Neurodevelopmental disorders are based on over twenty years of work with autism spectrum and related conditions and over a dozen years specializing in Asperger’s Syndrome, neurodevelopmental, and genetic disorders. A practicing psychologist with extensive clinical, research and consultation experience, his lectures bring a multi-disciplinary, integral approach to understanding and serving these challenging, highly rewarding populations. Also the founder of the Institute of Applied Psychomusicology®, his work also incorporates elements from the creative arts in general, and his books, The Tao of Music: Sound Psychology (1998 Small Press Book Award in Self Help/Psychology), and Nurturing Your Child with Music: How Sound Awareness Creates Happy, Smart and Confident Children (2000) in particular.