Here's a great guide to refer to when interviewing for a music therapy position, including some questions the author has encountered:
This is extremely helpful!
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Here's a great guide to refer to when interviewing for a music therapy position, including some questions the author has encountered: This is extremely helpful!
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"I discovered that she would change the pitch of her groans to match whatever musical key I was playing in." This story is a touching anecdote from a hospice music therapist who found herself treating her own mother. It was a truly painful experience, but amazingly, her mother remained musical until the end. Hospice music therapists play for many different reasons: life review, easing of pain and suffering, or even merely to maintain the connection between the dying and their loved ones. It is a horribly important application for music therapy, and the author is very brave for making it her occupation. "Entrainment is a physics term that is used to explain that two objects moving together use less energy than two objects moving in opposite directions." This blog post describes rhythmic entrainment and how it is used to help in physical therapy rehabilitation. This is also a great blog post to read if you want to get "Hava Nagila" stuck in your head. I know I do. This story is just so - wow! Autism is an expanding problem for children being born in the 21st century. There is hope, however. Nonverbal children can possibly learn to communicate. This is the case with Isaac. As a five year old, he spoke his first words to his mother: "I love you, Mummy." Give it a read. The article certainly gives me hope for a future in which we can reach more children with music. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/mums-joy-five-year-old-son-who-3340474 |