RESEARCH AND NEW COLUMN SHOW DRUMMING HELPS FIGHT DISABIILITIES

Children Increased Grade Point Average, Stopped Violent Behavior, And Improved Self Esteem

(Clifton NJ, August 21, 2025) – Exciting news for those with mental health and disability issues!! In addition to research published by National Institutes of Health and the journal Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychosis, a new column called “Mental Health Crisis,” has been launched. The Research study and column written by disability expert, and lifelong New Jersey resident Pat Gesualdo, offers advice, suggestions, expert interviews, and tips for those suffering with physical and cognitive disabilities. The column can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/pat-g.

The research shows that Gesualdo’s Drum Therapy techniques have been found to accelerate physical healing, boosts the immune system, and produces feelings of well-being through the release of emotional trauma. He was assisted in his research by fellow Drum Therapists David Ciauro (EdS, MA, LAC), in the U.S. and Christopher Topple, and Colin Jenkinson, Head School Teacher in the UK.

Gesualdo knows the fight of a disability all too well, as he fought and beat severe disabilities as a child that left him unable to speak, read, and write. As the pioneer of “Drum Therapy,” and the founder of the non-profit organization D.A.D. (Drums and Disabilities), his research is used by schools, mental health agencies and professionals in New Zealand, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia, California, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, Serbia, and South Africa among other countries. He also offers free advocacy help for the special needs population and helps parents and school systems write IEP programs for special needs children. He is the author of the groundbreaking book “Drum Therapy, Healing With the Drumset,” published by Alfred music, music publishers for Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, Rolling Stone magazine, and Billboard. “I am grateful to be able to return what I was so fortunate to have received,” Gesualdo says. “Without the love and support of my family and a few special teachers, I don’t know where I’d be today.”

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“We find the D.A.D. Program to be a unique and effective method that is used to tap into our children’s attention, focusing, an organizational difficulties,” says Dr. Phyllis Lakin, past president of the New Jersey Psychological Association, and former school psychologist for the Craig School in Mountain Lakes, N.J., where the program was part of the curriculum for over 18 years.

“The Drum Therapy study participants in our school have stopped violent behavior, self- mutilation, and have achieved a 100% attendance record, as a result of this breakthrough research program,” says Head Teacher Colin Jenkinson in the U.K. “Their parents and I are in total disbelief of their success.”

“It’s Unbelievable, the kids don’t want to leave school until they have the D.A.D. Program,” says Principal Maggie Alexis.

ABOUT PAT GESUALDO

Pat Gesualdo founded the non-profit organization D.A.D. (Drums and Disabilities), and is the pioneer and author of the “Healing Art of Drum Therapy,” (Alfred Music). used by doctors, psychologists, special needs therapists, and teachers on a Global level. Senators and Congressmen throughout the United States call on Gesualdo to assist in writing mental health and special needs legislation. The U.S. State Department has brought Gesualdo throughout the world to help special needs children fight disabilities, and the U.S, Department of Defense has called on him to train U.S. Military health professionals in Drum Therapy, so they can help troops minimize both physical and mental health issues. law enforcement and child protection service agencies seek Gesualdo’s expertise to assist on special needs abuse cases and case management.

Gesualdo is also a professional drummer, having performed and recorded with numerous rockstars for the Metal Hall of Fame All Star Jams and CD. He was nominated to Who’s Who In America, and has won numerous awards and honors. He has a Certificate in Music Education, has a Creative Arts Therapy background, and is a Graduate of NYU. His columns and interviews have been featured in major magazines, and he had an exclusive Drum Therapy column in Modern Drummer magazine. Gesualdo lectures and performs at clinic tours, universities and disabilities conferences throughout the world.

For more information, please contact 973-263-0420, smythcraig123@yahoo.com. or visit www.patgesualdo.net