“You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out, you put your right foot in, and shake you all about! You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around, that’s what it’s all about!”
Speech and communication are an essential part of development as well as letting others know what we need. This is very important for kids and can be a source of great frustration when little ones have difficulty communicating and cannot get their point across. Music Therapists can help children with communication using music and its properties.
Music therapists address many mental health goals, which you may not have considered
To be understood. To play “games” and understand the rules. To make up the rules and have them be understood. This is powerful and meaningful therapy.
One of my clients comes to the music therapy clinic with unresolved anger, rage, and challenging emotional/behavioral issues. I’ve had the honor of helping use music in a way that reflects her feelings of hurt and betrayal.
The world seems a mess right now, and often we adults forget that the turmoil and stress we feel are felt by our children as well. Recently a parent sent a video to me of her son singing Sesame Street’s “Let the Good Shine Out”.