CERMUSA’s autism project was recently featured on WJAC-TV’s “Making a Difference” series, which showcases individuals and organizations that are making a difference in their community. Researchers working on the project were interviewed and discussed how the role of percussion-based music therapy has a high success rate for improving communication skills, imitation ability, and social inclusion, important interpersonal skills deficient in many children with autism. What these researchers found, however, was that Occupational Therapy Practitioners, especially those located in remote areas of Pennsylvania, are not trained as music therapy facilitators or have limited access to this type of training. To help alleviate this problem, CERMUSA has been training these allied health professional to become percussion-based facilitators. CERMUSA has partnered with James Donovan, a full-time instructor of music at Saint Francis University and founding member of the multi-platinum band Rusted Root, to provide live, interactive instruction via video teleconferencing (VTC). The focus of the research is to prove that percussion-oriented techniques learned using VTC are equivalent to those learned using standard classroom presentations. Occupational Therapy Practitioners employed by Camco Physical and Occupational Therapy, LLC, have been participating in the study and have reported positive results from several VTC sessions that have been conducted.