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Title: Music Therapy


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Music Therapy
  • By Jessica Bliss

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What is Music Therapy?
  • The American Music Therapy Association defines
    music therapy as
  • Music Therapy is an established healthcare
    profession that uses music to address physical,
    emotional, cognitive, and social needs of
    individuals of all ages.  Music therapy improves
    the quality of life for persons who are well and
    meets the needs of children and adults with
    disabilities or illnesses. (AMTA website)

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A Brief History of Music Therapy
  • The earliest know writings about music therapy in
    America was an article in Columbia Magazine in
    1789
  • Music therapy in educational institutions began
    in 1832, at the Perkins School for the Blind
  • There were short lived music therapy programs for
    returning soldiers from WW I and WW II

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Brief History continued
  • 1941 the National Foundation for music therapy
    was formed by Harriet Ayer Seymor
  • 1940s the use of music therapy in treatment of
    psychiatric disorders became more widespread
  • 1971 the American Music Therapy Association as
    formed

5
Who uses Music Therapy?
  • Newborns
  • Children
  • Teens
  • Young Adults
  • Middle Age Adults
  • Elderly

6
How is Music Therapy used with Newborns?
  • Controlled Stimulation
  • Tactile Stimulation
  • Audible Stimulation
  • Sensory Stimulation

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How is music therapy used with Children?
  • To encourage socialization
  • To encourage self-expression
  • To encourage communication
  • To encourage motor skills
  • Manage painful or stressful situations
  • To motivate or reward
  • To increase speech and language skills

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How is Music Therapy used with Adults?
  • Grief Counseling
  • Cognitive development
  • Language Acquisition
  • Physical and motor development

9
How is Music Therapy used with the Elderly?
  • Memory recall
  • Elevate mood
  • Awareness of environment
  • Management of pain
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Interact socially

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Where is Music Therapy Used?
  • Schools
  • Hospitals
  • Clinics
  • Rehab centers
  • Psychiatric wards

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What are the goals of Music Therapist?
  • promote wellness
  • manage stress
  • alleviate pain
  • express feelings
  • enhance memory
  • improve communication
  • promote physical rehabilitation

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What are some personal attributes a music
therapist should have?
  • Functional Music Skills
  • Broad knowledge of different styles of music
  • Emotional Stability
  • Interest in helping others
  • Reliable
  • Genuine
  • Ethical

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The Education needed to be a music therapist
  • At least a Bachelors of Arts, in Music Therapy
  • Six month Clinical internship
  • Take a Certification board exam

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Want more info.
  • AMTA website
  • http//www.musictherapy.org/
  • FSU Music Therapy site
  • http//www.music.fsu.edu/music-therapy.html

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Resources I used for this presentation
  • AMTA website
  • http//www.musictherapy.org/
  • An Introduction to Music Therapy
  • By Davis, Gfeller and Thaut

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