MUSIC THERAPY Working in music therapy with adults who have a ...
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Content Inside: MUSIC THERAPY Working in music therapy with adults who have a “disability” Presentation by Robin Howat Senior Music Therapist Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia and the Golden Stave Music Therapy Centre PANTHERS SOCIAL CLUB Thursday 16 November 2006 Presentation: Working in music therapy with adults who have a ‘disability’ 1. Some extracts from the literature: a) What can music therapy do? provide a context in which the person’s musical response is given value - however long it may take to appear give (the adult) some control over the way they develop that response within a supporting musical relationship give each person an opportunity to discover their self-worth Gale, C. P. (1989) The Question of Music Therapy with Mentally Handicapped Adults Journal of British Music Therapy 3 (2): 20-23 b) Music therapy offers an opportunity to find meaning “People with a severe intellectual disability can experience profoundly limited opportunities to communicate or share with others essential aspects of themselves and their identity as complete human beings i.e. their thoughts, ideas, feelings and emotions. A sense of self is at risk of being lost in people with intellectual disabilities. This can be … developed …through interaction which focuses attention on the exchange of meaning.” Toolan, P. and Coleman, S. (1995), Music Therapy a description of process: Engagement and avoidance in five people with learning disabilities British Journal of Music Therapy 9 (1): 17-24 c) Music therapy addresses “secondary” as well as primary disabilities: “In children or adults with an organic handicap there are genetic, chromosomal abnormalities or brain injury. This is real, measurable and incurable. However the defensive use or abuse the individual makes of the primary damage can sometimes be more powerful than the original handicap itself.” Sinason, V. (1992) Mental Handicap and the Human Condition. New Approaches from the Tavi ...
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