​The Process:



• Assessment from a Board Certified Music Therapist

• Individualized Goals & Objectives determined

  • Goals: Increase self-esteem, range of motion, reminiscence, communication. Decrease feelings  of stress, anxiousness, inappropriate behaviors, etc. 

• Treatment (group & individual music therapy sessions)

  • ​Interventions: Instrument Playing, Lyric Analysis, Song Writing, Group Participation, etc. 

• On-going documentation

• Goals generalized into everyday life to improve well-being



 

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Learn about this amazing client! He is 12 years old and has Autism, sensory defensiveness, and seizure disorders. He worked through music therapy to increase following directions for specified durations, develop appropriate leisure skills, and increase communication because he can't speak well enough to express his needs...