Flourish Music Therapy in Goulburn, New South Wales | Professional service
Flourish Music Therapy
Locality: Goulburn, New South Wales
Phone: +61 448 653 046
Address: Taralga Road 2580 Goulburn, NSW, Australia
Website: http://www.flourishmusictherapy.com.au
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25.01.2022 Music is a complementary learning tool to improve reading skills This amazing study by the great Prof Susan Hallam tested a music intervention to assist poor... readers. After a rhythmic intervention involving clapping, stamping, and chanting to music while following notation on a chart the poor readers showed significant improvements in their reading accuracy and comprehension. See more
24.01.2022 Australia is burning. Hundreds of unrelenting #bushfires are leaving a wake of #trauma behind them. A State of Emergency has now been declared for New South ...Wales and a State of Disaster for Victoria, with at least 23 people dead, including 3 volunteer fire fighters. Dozens of people are missing, at least 1400 homes destroyed, and an estimated 480 million animals have been killed, including a third of the koalas in New South Wales. So far, more than 5.9 million hectares (14.6 million acres) have been burned an area larger than the countries of Belgium and Haiti combined. There is no end in sight. With food and fuel running low in remote regions, and power and communications being cut out in some places, numerous outlets have described Australia’s bush fires as pushing the country to the brink of a humanitarian crisis. The emotional and economic fallout of today’s terror will be experienced for years to come. As David Bowman, director of The Fire Centre at the University of Tasmania, has stated, You can’t properly run an economy when you get a third to a half of the population affected by smoke. And right in the middle of all this danger and calamity is you and your little #family. Many of us instinctually know that exposure to potentially traumatic events does not guarantee trauma. The flip side of the coin is resilience, and many of us are eager to know what we can do to swing the odds in our favour for the littlest members of our families. There are a surprising number of small ways that every parent can be proactive in this sense. YOUR FAMILY Intense, confusing, and frightening emotions are being experienced by many people, both those directly affected and those watching the crisis unfold. It’s natural to feel overwhelmed, #anxious, frightened, and to begin to question why. It’s also part of the human condition to re-run what has happened over and over, and to feel uncertain about what the future may hold. There may be times when you feel agitated, edgy and anxious, and other times when you feel detached and numb. Shock, fear, sadness, helplessness, even guilt, anger and shame are all normal feelings to experience. For #children, the fallout from bushfires can be particularly pernicious, interrupting normal development. Recent research from the journal of Child Development has found that that even four years on from Australia’s tragic 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria that killed 173 people, primary school children from the most affected areas were significantly more likely than their peers to be lagging in both reading and mathematics. Research has also shown that somewhere between 7% and 45% of children suffer #depression after experiencing a natural disaster. Children more at risk of depression include those who were trapped during the event; experienced injury, fear, or bereavement; witnessed injury or death; and had poor social support. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A STRONGER FAMILY NARRATIVE As a #parent, your small, regular actions and loving approaches with your bushfire affected child can make a big difference now and in the future. Some children will remember the bushfires not as a traumatic event, but as a family story. Psychologists have found that every family has a unifying narrative, and the most beneficial narrative, called the oscillating family narrative, includes both the ups and downs of the family, experienced as a strong sense of intergenerational self. Research reveals that happier families evolve when parents create, refine and retell the story of your family’s positive moments AND their abilities to bounce back from the difficult ones. The Australian bushfires are a key opportunity to create stronger family ties and children with higher self-esteem and a stronger sense of control over their lives. It's hard to think about it right now, but the fires will one day be in the past. Your family can be empowered by preparing for their cognitive future now. When faced with a challenge, happy families, like happy people, approach challenges such as this by adding a new chapter to their life story that shows them overcoming the hardship. This skill is particularly important for children, whose identity tends to get locked in during adolescence. Begin with some small but important actions. Just do what you can; don't aim for perfection. Every little bit counts. TIPS FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN You must look after yourself as an affected parent, as you have probably experienced bush fire trauma along with your child. When you are feeling cared for, you will be better able to respond to your child’s needs. Remember it’s brave to ask for help, and the whole world is sending you their strength. Children can become re-traumatised by watching repeated images on the news so try to shield them from the media. Do not let them overhear you talk about adult worries that are beyond their ability to help with. Children who feel helpless tend to experience more severe stress symptoms. Give your child a sense of control over their life. Even minor decisions, such as allowing them to choose between two foods, can help a child stem the chaos. Young children often need reassurance more than facts. Find out what your children know about the bushfires and correct any misconceptions, especially if they blame themselves for anything. Match your discussion to the age and emotional maturity of each child. Not knowing what is happening is scary. Just like adults, kids will feel better if they are prepared. In an age-appropriate way, share fire maps of your region, visit government websites, and develop escape plans together. Show them how to deal with a crisis to build future resilience. Help your child name their feelings to allow them to feel more in control. Encourage talking. Let your child know it's normal to feel strong emotions and help them to sit with their feelings. Don’t expect your child to feel the same way you do. Children take cues from the adults around them and can mirror emotions such as fear and nervousness. Focus on any small positives you think of such as "we are all safe", while listing things that haven't changed, such as your child’s friends and favourite stories. Maintain family roles if you can. Be your child’s familiar place. Don’t insist that your child take on more responsibility around the house than usual or expect them to meet the emotional needs of a distressed parent. Build resilience and help your child recover by communicating that life is mainly good, but now and then everyone has a difficult time. Although things aren't good now, tell them it's important to stay hopeful. Today’s experience is tomorrow’s memory. After such trauma, children need comfort and reassurance that they are safe. Provide lots of cuddles and care, and let them be more dependent on you for a while. Let them express their feelings through play as you try to re-establish daily routines. Make fun a priority. Laughter and familiar games will make everyone in the family feel better, and will remind your child that safety and togetherness are always right here in your family. If your child becomes defiant, starts lying, acts aggressive, refuses to sleep, or constantly pushes their limits, do not punish them but instead co-regulate to soothe their nervous system. Let them feel safe. Project calmness, security, love and connection to help them through. Take care of their little bodies. Limit stimulants like sugar, coloured foods, chocolate and soft drink; ensure enough rest; and encourage physical movement to help your child burn off stress hormones and improve their sleep. Relax them with baths, massages, story times and cuddles. Stay watchful. Traumatic events do not have to be experienced first-hand nor have immediate effects; they can include hearing of events, and can involve delayed reactions. Some children seem to cope well at first, but can experience reactions to the stress days, weeks or even months later. Give your child extra attention, particularly at bedtime and at other times of separation, if this is an issue for them. Recognise that changes in behaviour, such as tantrums or bedwetting, may be the way your child reacts to distressing or frightening events. Get professional help if you need it. Ask your GP for a referral or call the APS ‘Find a Psychologist’ service on 1800 333 497. (Note: If you yourself offer services that can help affected families please comment on this thread along with your location.) The attached images contain advice from the Australian Psychological Society; parenting educator, Maggie Dent; Adjunct Professor, Toni Noble, from the Institute for Positive Psychology & Education, Australian Catholic University; Better Health at Victoria State Government, and Neurochild psychological specialists. Read more via their resources linked below. #neurochild #bushfire #traumainformed #familygoals #childdevelopment #selfcare -------------------------------------- DONATE: The Fundraiser for The Trustee for NSW Rural Fire Service & Brigades Donations Fund: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1010958179269977/ CONTACTS: Australian families are opening their doors to families fleeing fire-ravaged communities with nowhere to go, with many registering their homes for bushfire victims on Airbnb’s Open Homes at: https://www.airbnb.com.au/openhomes. Whether you've been personally affected by the bushfires, know someone who has been affected or just need someone to talk to after watching this crisis unfold, here are some places that can help: APS ‘Find a Psychologist’ on 1800 333 497 or https://www.psychology.org.au/Find-a-Psychologist Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 Lifeline on 13 11 14 Headspace on 1800 650 890 Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467 RESOURCES: Online Flipbook Children’s Book, ‘Birdie and the Fire’: https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au//natur/storybooks/ Bush Fire Trauma Case Studies: https://earlytraumagrief.anu.edu.au//ACATLGN_TraumaResourc Bush Fire Trauma Classroom Resources: https://earlytraumagrief.anu.edu.au//ACATLGN_TraumaResourc https://www.schools.aidr.org.au//00_lessonplan_bushfires_2 https://publicdocumentcentre.education.tas.gov.au//Schools Bush Fire Trauma Resources for Parents and Professionals: https://earlytraumagrief.anu.edu.au//disasters-bushfire-re NEWS: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50951043 https://www.perthnow.com.au//numbers-behind-australias-cat https://www.businessinsider.com.au/australia-bushfires-huma https://www.theguardian.com//factcheck-why-australias-mons SOURCES AND STUDIES: https://thesector.com.au//bushfire-trauma-puts-schooling-/ https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.13200 https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com//1471-2458-14-623 https://www.unisa.edu.au//national-response-required-for-/ https://www.nytimes.com//the-family-stories-that-bind-us-t https://parenttv.com//expert-advice-how-we-can-help-kids-/ https://www.nambuccaguardian.com.au//bushfires-can-make-/ https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au//trauma-reaction-and-r https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au//trauma-and-children-t
24.01.2022 The new Goulburn Performing Arts Centre is well underway!
23.01.2022 It’s the weekend! Thanks Midnight Music Technology Training for the Friday Funny
22.01.2022 Keeping folks happy and healthy in Goulburn - with music of course! Thanks About Regional for sharing our story :)
22.01.2022 I love this! Who’s got some bales we can borrow??
22.01.2022 As a music therapist you can think that you could tweak the parts of the music you want to use to target specific parts of the brain or brain regions...you can... manipulate the music to target specific functions. You have access to the whole brain., Stegemöller said. Here's a great quote from Associate Professor in Kinesiology, Elizabeth Stegemöller, about the role a music therapist can play in improving certain functions for individuals with Parkinson's. She talks particularly about the use of vocal exercises, group singing, instrument-playing, and rhythm and movement. Such interventions serve to improve swallowing, gait, stress and neural responses. http://www.iowastatedaily.com//article_8988e11a-e481-11e9-
22.01.2022 Take a couple of minutes out of your day to watch this. Love your work Bourke High School
21.01.2022 "Listening to music releases dopamine. This is an integral part of the pleasure, reward and motivation systems in the brain."
21.01.2022 What's on tomorrow? Goulburn Convoy For Kids Carnival Day, that's what! Check this our for a great line-up of market stalls. Sure be something for everyone, gre...at Christmas gifts available: CAROLE'S FAIRIES TRIPLE TREAT FACEPAINTING DIY CRAFTY KITS TAHLIA'S SENSORY FIDGETS AND MORE LUSH SOY CANDLES THE FARM SIGN DESIGNS BILY HATS CRPS FUNDRAISING STALL PETER BELL'S MODEL CARS BAREFOOT ECO WARRIOR PAMELA NOONAN'S CERAMIC ROSES STYLE BY LAURA KIDTASTIC TIME PURE SILK CHERYL ANNING DIFFUSERS AND MORE GOULBURN MULWAREE COUNCIL TRAFFIC SAFETY STALL CONVOY FOR KIDS MERCHANDISE STALL HOWE'S CRAFT EPIC SLIME KIM DOWNTON ESSENTIAL OILS AND MORE CHARACTER TRIBUTES ESSENS GEM EVAN ROCHE SUNHATS AND MORE MICK'S TOYS AND FGIFTS COLLIN EDDE GARDEN STATUES AND ORNAMENTS EMILY'S ICE CREAM VAN COFFEE N' CREAM VAN DI'S COFFEE AND FOOD VAN TWIST IT POTATOES CAPITAL SHAVED ICE SNOW CONES BBQ And more... Don't forget this year we have lots of rides coming along, suitable for kids from toddler to teenager. All it costs for an all day wristband for the rides is $10 which is AMAZING value. Kids can come along and have a ball, Providing fun for kids is really what today is all about. Plus we have some great entertainment lined up. Kris Cummins,Goulburn Industrial Arts dance group, Belly up Bellydancers, Goulburn Martial Arts demonstration, chocolate wheel, displays, ceramic truck painting competetion with an AMAZING AND FANTASTIC range of prizes, and of course our annual truck pull. This should be a bottler of a day, our biggest and best ever, do yourself a favour and don't miss it! 9:30am - 2:00PM Sunday 10 November 2019 Goulburn Recreation Area (Showground). 45 Braidwood Road Goulburn NSW 2580
20.01.2022 A study in Spain has found that Music Therapy can improve upper body function in children with severe cerebral palsy. After completing 16 weeks of treatment, ch...ildren in the intervention group showed significant improvements in locomotor function and in the arm and hand position and activities sections of the Chailey Levels of Ability test. The music was always live and customized according to each patient’s needs and preferences, the researchers wrote. https://cerebralpalsynewstoday.com//music-therapy-improv/
20.01.2022 Along with other music therapists from Ireland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, Australian RMT Cherry Hense examines 'Music Therapy and Recovery in Mental Healt...h: Seeking a Way Forward', which aimed to "elaborate on the implications of music therapy as a recovery-oriented practice, while presenting recommendations as to how music therapy can maximize support for recovery for our patients and service users". Read the full paper: https://voices.no/index.php/voices/article/view/2542 See more
20.01.2022 Dreaming of the day when we can all sing together again
19.01.2022 More great info from Bigger Better Brains
18.01.2022 You have to admire their dedication
16.01.2022 Always looking for new ways to keep the Bridge to Sing Choir singing together. This looks exciting!
16.01.2022 If your little one gets "the worries" or a "bubbly tummy" - also known as anxiety - try this simple trick to focus their attention, their hands and their breathing, and bring back some calm.
16.01.2022 Happy World Music Therapy Day! Here’s a great example of how Music Therapy supports the development of social skills in children. Thanks to Sound Expression and Australian Music Therapy Association for sharing. Enjoy!
16.01.2022 Wondering how the BBB Community advocates for music education? By sharing the specially designed fact cards that we make each month. Become a member at www.biggerbetterbrains.com/products/memberships
16.01.2022 You will often find me on a swing somewhere too #notjustchildren #neuroscience
15.01.2022 For dancers aged 13 and over, this school holidays
15.01.2022 Australia is fortunate to have many Registered Music Therapists (RMTs) working both with people who have Parkinson's Disease, and in research in this clinical a...rea. This article highlights how music increases the brain’s ability to make new connections, and the important role of Music Therapists. "Increasing the amount of dopamine, an essential transmitter molecule in the brain, is one of the main ways music therapy works. Listening to preferred music automatically increases this chemical, and music therapy stimulates it in desired regions of the brain. Rhythm in music improves the creation of connections by causing the neurons in the brain to fire at the same time. Harmonic structures in the music help reduce the amount of confusing information your brain takes in from the outside world. The final process utilized in music therapy is the use of music to stimulate certain parts of the brain to improve certain functions. These five things, according to Stegemöller, are what make her work possible." http://www.iowastatedaily.com//article_8988e11a-e481-11e9-
14.01.2022 Hear from Paul Scott-Williams, CEO and Artistic Director at the Hume Conservatorium about our creative arts community and all the great things happening in this... region. Share your memories and excitement to help shape the Performing Arts Centre opening weekend in November 2021: bit.ly/35aCEAA
14.01.2022 For many people with disability, bushfires pose a greater threat - they can make mental health more fragile, can be difficult to understand and process what’s h...appening and can physically make evacuation and care harder to access. Here are some resources that might be useful, particularly for adults and children with intellectual disability and/or autism. I wish all those affected the best, and give our deep gratitude to all the helpers - the firefighters, the evacuation centre volunteers, all emergency services, those businesses delivering food, those helping in any way they can, and the support workers who are helping those with disability too. Bushfire Information Guide in Easy English https://cid.org.au/resource/bushfire-info-guide-nsw/ Social story around bushfires https://www.earlyconnections.org.au/social-story-bush-fire/ Red Cross RediPlan emergency planning in Easy English https://www.redcross.org.au//Easy-English-Rediplan-accessi Children’s book around bushfire recovery https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au//natur/storybooks/ Please feel free to share this post and these resources, and add any extra resources in the comments. Thanks to NDIS Grassroots Discussion group members for some of these resources. Pic desc: an icon of flames to the left with the words Bushfire Social Story written in orange to the right.
13.01.2022 Make a date for lunch this Friday and support our farmers - we can't live without them!
12.01.2022 Happy school holidays! Be sure to find some to look at the sky
10.01.2022 Dance has been shown to help children with special needs improve communication and motor skills. Organizations like Ballet for All Kids are using this knowledge to give children with autism a chance to express themselves.
10.01.2022 Steven has Down syndrome. This could be a day in his life.
10.01.2022 Hoping you can help get desperately needed fodder to livestock in south coast areas. Stay safe everyone
10.01.2022 Thank you Southern Tablelands Arts for this great story on the Bridge to Sing Choir
10.01.2022 Check out Q&A tonight!
09.01.2022 I know; this is an odd image to mark the transition from 2019 into 2020, but if you have a moment, bear with me.. April 2019, I drove through quite a bit of N...ew South Wales in Australia with my dreamteam of Marc and Hanne. One of our drives was from Katoomba to Sydney, down the coast to Mollymook by the sea; into Milton for a show. Then on past Bateman’s Bay, onto the King’s Highway and through the woods and hills to Canberra. This was over a 4 day period in mid tour. Before leaving Braidwood, I asked for a minute to visit the public bathroom on the main street. Entering a public bathroom can be a challenge sometimes As soon as I opened the door of the public loo in Main street Braidwood, there was this little blue vase, holding fresh flowers in this immaculately clean bathroom. I was so surprised I took a picture. And I thought about the person who took the time to pick the flowers, and leave the wee vase in this public loo. It said to me: ‘Welcome to our town. Enjoy the facitilies. We are happy you stopped by; and maybe leave the place as clean as you found it’. It gave me a lovely little moment of sensing the community spirit of Braidwood NSW. The welcome, and the trust. Why is this significant to me right now on December 31st? Well, as I sit here in lovely North West Clare, I cannot ignore that the town of Braidwood, like so many towns in Australia, is surrounded by fire, and ash and smoke. The King’s Highway that brought me through Braidwood is closed, and will be for weeks, because of fires. In beach towns on the Southern Coast of New south Wales, whole communities are sheltering on the beach, watching their town burn, with ashes and embers blowing all around them. There are people I sang to last April, who today are crying out for air and water. Because there is no rain. This feels like a moment on our Earth. There is so much noise, so much anger. We are so preoccupied with our differences; political, regional, tribal, religious, gender. And yet, in the end, our collective NEEDS on Earth are so very simple and clear. Air. Water. Shelter. Food. Hello? As a young lad, when I wasn’t busy making a total mess of my life, I was always a dreamer. And right now, I feel my childhood dreams returning. I still harbour this foolish dream that one day we will set aside what appear to be our differences. Or that we will CELEBRATE our differences. And simply come together. Because we need to. Air. Water. Shelter. Food. For many people in the world it is a struggle to achieve these simple, essential needs. Just as Australia welcomes each new dawn before the rest of us(apart from New Zealand!); it is now seeing the worst of climate change, before we do. And so at the end of 2019, I am raging. Not with anger; there is enough of that to go round. Raging with a powerful yet innocent love. Love of every river that wants to run with clean water. Love of every ocean that longs to be free of plastic. Love of every tree our foolishness is losing. Love of every animal, fish, and bird who longs for the simplicty of life itself. And most of all, love of people. When I was born, my first introduction to nature, was my mother, then my father. So, it begins with people. How we are with each other. How we care for each other. How we welcome each other. How we forgive each other. How we mind our Earth. And how we share what the Earth gives us. Sometimes it takes a catastrophic rock bottom to be able to see clearly what is actually essential. And if this is not rockbottom, then we are close.. Back to the blue vase. I am quiet this New Year’s eve, and happily so. As I sit and dream of great days ahead, I hope the person in Braidwood who offered the blue vase and the flowers is safe and well. I hope you are safe, with water to drink and clean air to breathe. I look forward to visiting Braidwood again some day, and maybe sing a few songs. You did a good thing, the day you unknowingly brought a smile to a visiting stranger. Thank you. I hope the rain comes. I hope the air clears. I hope the fires end. And I hope we learn, and change. Thank you. God Bless. Be safe be well, and see you for songs in 2020.
09.01.2022 It's not complicated. Putting simple things in place is incredibly effective. And free.
07.01.2022 Music as shelter - of memory and hope
07.01.2022 Just a couple of weeks now until the Bridge to Sing Choir joins our fellow singers in Yass. It's a performance not to be missed! Thanks Southern Tablelands Arts
06.01.2022 #WorldMentalHealthDay
06.01.2022 "Even the smallest of actions, taken en masse, makes a difference."
06.01.2022 Jimmy Dalton is spot on: Arts aren't a frivolity. At their most basic these are powerful ways of forming community, giving people access to ways of understanding and living their identities, expressing complex and diverse ideas about what it is to be human..."
06.01.2022 (from the New Yorker)
05.01.2022 The world needs more singing!
05.01.2022 In a typical dressing change on the burn unit, the child is surrounded by adults in masks, gloves, hats, and robes. Only mom or dad are there that they recogniz...e. Everybody else looks strange and scary and they crowd around the bed. But there are also two ladies, one of them is singing with a guitar and the other is playing along on a paddle drum. They make it playful, they refocus the child’s attention from the wound to the music and voice. At times the pain will become severe and the child will scream or pull away, but with redirection and changing up the music, the music therapists are able to reengage him, so the nurses can finish their job and change the dressing. Music therapy in burn care is very intense but also very effective! . . . #pediatricmusictherapy #musictherapy #pediatrics #childrenwarriors #UKCStories #musicsaveslives #musicislife #musicismytherpy #musicislove #loveofmusic Featuring Stephanie Epstein and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center music therapist Mary Kauffman at University of Miami/Holtz Children's Pediatric Residency See more
04.01.2022 Yes, this is a real thing
03.01.2022 This year has certainly been a time of change! Whilst there have been many challenges to manage, I have been fortunate to have time to reflect on my business and, as a result, am heading in a whole new direction. I'm so excited to announce a new venture with my fabulous business partner, Carolyn. We've called it Right to Work. Right to Work is a holistic program that integrates health and wellbeing activities (including music of course!) with projects and work placements th...at allow young adults with disabilities to continue learning after finishing secondary school. Our vision is to create a community that fosters life-long learning, where young people with disability can experience independence, workplace success and real community inclusion. Please hop on over and like our facebook page. We'll have lots of info and a new website to share with you very soon https://www.facebook.com/righttoworkgoulburn/
03.01.2022 The fires in Australia are devastating, and the emotional fallout will be vast. The ripple of this will also reach the hearts, minds and spirits of kids and tee...ns who weren’t directly involved. As the important adult in the life of any child you have a profound capacity to give them what they need to steady their world again. With such wide coverage of the fires, it is likely that most children are aware of what’s happening - that other children like them and families like theirs are hurting, scared, grieving, have lost their loved people, pets, or homes. This taps into their common humanity, and it is very normal for them to start thinking, what if that was me, or my mum or dad or grandma or grandad or home? If this could happen to them, it could happen to me. . When their fears are really big, such as the death of a parent, being alone in the world, or losing everything, children might put this into something else. . This can also happen because they can’t always articulate the fear. Emotional ‘experiences’ don’t lay in the brain as words, they lay down as images and sensory experiences. This is why smells and sounds can trigger anxiety, even if they aren’t connected to a scary experience. The ‘experiences’ also don’t need to be theirs. Hearing ‘about’ is enough. The content of the fear might seem irrational but the feeling will be valid. Think of it as the feelings being the part that needs you. Their anxiety, sadness, anger (which happens to hold down other more vulnerable emotions) needs to be seen, held, contained and soothed, so they can feel safe again - and you have the most wonderful power to make that happen. ‘I can see how scared you are. There’s some scary things happening in the world at the moment, but my darling, you are safe. I promise. You are so safe.’ If they have been through the trauma, the truth is that they have been through something so awful, and they are safe, ‘We have been through something terrible and it’s been really scary. We are going to get through this. It’s okay to feel scared or sad or angry. Whatever you feel is so okay, and I’m here and I love you and we are safe. We can get through anything together.’
02.01.2022 A beautiful short film about the importance of music
02.01.2022 Music is for everyone
01.01.2022 October is #MentalHealth Month! This year's theme is 'Sharing the Journey' with a focus on our connection with others, which is important for all aspects of our... health and wellbeing. Music Therapy is a highly effective way to build connections with others, resulting in feelings of support, purpose and happiness. Music can help us to enjoy good times in our lives as well as cope with difficult experiences. ** Did you know the NDIS supports Music Therapy in Mental Health Care Plans! ** Australia is lucky to have many Registered Music Therapists (RMTs) working within the area of mental health, from inpatient hospitals and community mental health settings, to focusing on each person's innate mental health needs. Interested to read more? Check out AMTA's FREE resource on music and adolescents: https://www.austmta.org.au//music-therapy-and-mental-healt #MusicTherapy #Research #EvidenceBased #AustMTA See more
01.01.2022 Do they dance in your school?
01.01.2022 How can music therapy impact someone's quality of life? This study found that the more intuitive the approach by the music therapists, the more challenging the ...music experiences, and the less structure in the program might have been responsible for an increase in self-assessed quality of life for people with dementia. This article is from the AMTA Australian Journal of Music Therapy, an article from Australian Registered Music Therapist (RMT) Alan Lem. AJMT is an open access journal, which means that anyone is able to view all articles throughout the archives for free: www.austmta.org.au//evaluation-musical-engagement-dementia
