SEND And Additional Needs
Music therapy is a bespoke intervention, in which the therapist seeks to meet the unique person and address their individual needs, using a wide range of techniques incorporating music and musical play. Music can provide concrete, multi-sensory stimulation (auditory, visual, and tactile), making it suitable for people with additional sensory, processing and physical needs. In addition, music carries non-verbal emotional meaning, making it a highly accessible vehicle for expressing emotion, regardless of cognitive profile. Music is fundamentally relational in structure, offering a non-hierarchical platform for interaction, giving everyone a sense of voice and the capacity to engage in musical conversation. Whatever your strengths, music therapy can help to celebrate them and you. Whatever your needs, music therapy can help to meet them and you.
Music therapy can...
- offer an outlet for the release and exploration of emotions (verbal and non-verbal)
- enhance listening and turn-taking skills
- nurture fine and gross motor skills, sequential memory and recall of information
- provide a sense of agency and voice – even for non-verbal people
- enhance what you can do and support you to meet your potential.
