Individual music therapy sessions
Age 3 to 12
These are fully personalized music therapy sessions, in which music is used to work on the therapeutic objectives necessary to promote an improvement in the child's quality of life and educational quality. In addition, school support objectives can also be included. In this way, the child will be able to reinforce all those aspects necessary for an improvement in educational and personal development through music and play in a totally active and participative way.
Music is a universal language that, without the need to speak, allows us to communicate, create a bond, bring out and manage emotions and work on many aspects in a fun and playful way.
Goals
Bearing in mind that the main objective is the potential of the general development of each child, some specific objectives can be worked on, personalized for each child, which can vary over time. These specific objectives can be classified into the following areas:
| Intellectual / cognitive field | Social field | Educational field |
|---|---|---|
| Improve focusing and maintained attention | Encourage interaction with the environment and people | To reinforce the serializations or patterns. |
| Promote oculo- manual coordination | Promote social skills (waiting for the turn, sharing, limits, instructions, correct demand ...) | Reinforce the classification of objects. |
| Strengthening memory | Encourage the identification of the spatial situation. | |
| Encourage sensory development | Work on the temporal ordering of certain situations in everyday life. | |
| Learning encouraging (school support) | Encourage the learning of specific language. |
| Physical field | Communicative field | Emotional field |
|---|---|---|
| Improve motor control and / or specific aspects | Encourage verbal and non-verbal communication | Promote identification, expression and management of emotions |
| Work fine and gross motor skills | Promote language | Enhance creativity and exploration |
| Promote relaxation moments (muscular tone) | Breath work | Improve self esteem and self security |
Sessions structure
- Welcome/hello song
- Sing, song improvisation
- Improvisation with voice, instruments...
- Games/music activities/stories...
- Dance/movement
- Relaxation/calm activity
- Goodbye song/activity
Depending the needs and state of the child the structure will be adapted.
Approximate duration 45 minutes.
Inside the session
We foster a non-judgemental environment where the children are respected and valued. They are freely able to express their feelings through the medium of music, voice and movement.
Whatever language is most comfortable with the child will be used throughout the session (Catalan, Spanish or English)
Follow-up throughout the year
With families:
- Inital interview with new families and first sessions with the child to determine objectives
- Delivery follow-up report at 5 - 6 months
- Follow-up interview at 10 - 11 months
- Weekly contact with families
Internally:
- Goals Follow-up Table (Individual evaluation in each session)
- Data analysis to see the progress and needs
- Meetings and/or contact with other professionals (Psychologist, Speech Therapist...)
The Space
Granollers
