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Music therapy plays an important role in community-based settings. Music therapists can empower people to use music in their day-to-day lives, in music therapy sessions and out of music therapy sessions. Music therapists can also aid others in connecting them to other music and arts-based resources in their area. I am currently facilitating music therapy sessions at a drug recovery facility for adolescents in Athens, OH. It is so inspiring to see my clients discuss how music impacts their everyday life and how each of their music has similarities and differences even though some of their cultures are different.
Music therapy also aids in community-based settings by making engaging in music a less daunting task. I like to put myself in a client’s shoes- sometimes having or not having prior music experience, struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, and other mental health disorders. Music therapists can meet the client where they are and take their mind off of a “performance” mindset and guide them to a more “engaging in music AS therapy” mindset. I’m not sure if that makes any sense.
March 5, 2023 at 6:45 pm
in reply to: Share some of your experiences with children of this age and level.
ParticipantThanks for sharing. I totally agree that this training has a huge influence on early childhood music therapy and how we facilitate that!
March 5, 2023 at 6:44 pm
in reply to: Share some of your experiences with children of this age and level.
March 5, 2023 at 6:43 pm
in reply to: Share some of your experiences with children of this age and level.
ParticipantI was very lucky to have time in my internship to facilitate music therapy in the daycare at the school. The children were the staff and faculty’s children that they were able to drop off in the classroom before walking to their office or classroom. The children were about 6 months to 3 years old. We worked on turn taking, instrument play, singing, movement to music, and more. I wish I would have been able to do a SM training at that time to help inform my practice more of how to support caregivers in bonding with the children.
ParticipantLovely plan! Very appropriate and considerate of helping parents and children bond.
ParticipantUse 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 1.
Engaging, interactive, age-appropriate, calming, fun.
Write 5 sentences you can use when speaking with parents about musical responses of children in SM1.
Sing along and vocalize with your baby. Even if they take some time to be quiet and soak in the environment around them, just be patient. They will take the initiative when they are ready to engage. Look at how your baby moves! She’s moving her arms in a rhythm. Let’s all move together.
Create a plan for songs and music experiences to use in a Sprouting Melodies 1 session.
1. Hello Song- Today’s A Beautiful Day; invite everyone to come sit and sing along
Transition song; encourage parents to sing along to help their child transition
2. Bonding- Row It Faster; to help parents feel more connected
Transition song; have children sit with parents to prepare for body percussion
3. Body Percussion- I Feel That Boom, Boom, Boom (original song); parents can use hand over hand as needed to help their child do the movements (clapping, patting, tapping)
4. Instrument Play- In My Little Hand
5. Gross Motor- As Big As Can Be
6. Cool Down- Little Red Wagon
7. GoodbyeParticipantBringing original songs of your own really adds to the authenticity! 🙂
ParticipantI really like how you mentioned focusing more on the child instead of just the material.
ParticipantWe provide live music experiences that can be tailored in the moment to the needs of the child. We bring competencies in music that allows us to switch tempo, dynamics, accompaniment patterns, styles, etc. when we observe the child’s needs are not being met. We can provide parents with personalized music tools and activities that they can use to support their children academically, socially, developmentally, cognitively, and psychologically as they grow. Also, music therapists can aid in facilitating bonding moments between parents and the child. For example, facilitating an intervention in which parents directly interact with their child musically- and they can also do their own version of musical interactions at home.
ParticipantI currently live in Athens, OH- which is only a little over an hour from where I grew up in WV. Appalachian culture is not a culture shock for me, and I am still learning new things about Appalachian culture every single day. Having the intersection of being a person of a color, I feel that I can relate to a lot of the kids and teens that I work with who have intersectionalities. I recognize that my lived experience of being a POC in America is certainly not the same as the next person with intersectionalities, so I always try my best to remain culturally aware, unbiased, and ready to learn.
Lots of the clients I work with in Appalachia enjoy oldies and contemporary county music, rock and roll, metal, hip hop & r&b, and folk. In Athens specifically, a lot of people love Indie music.
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