Music Therapy
Music Therapy is an alternative method
that addresses the cognitive, emotional, physical, and social needs of
children and adults with disabilities and/or special needs. Using a
vehicle such as music, our Interventionists are able to assist in
improving the quality
of life of children with special needs by helping
to rebuild the connections that may have been missing due to disability
or illness.
At Positive Horizons, our Music
Interventionists and Therapists can assist your child or adolescent in
developing fine/gross-motor planning, cognitive organizational thought
processes, and hand-eye-coordination. Music Therapy can also help
control anxiety levels; therefore, decreasing and re-directing habitual
behaviors that some children may have. Our staff is trained on utilizing
these specialized techniques to assist your child or adolescent in
achieving their goals. More importantly, Music Therapy is used as a tool
to motivate and reach clients from a more creative and less intrusive
standpoint.
A variety of instruments are typically used, including
piano, guitar, percussion, as well as voice.
 Our Music Interventionists and Therapists can
assist your child or adolescent with expressing repressed emotions or
ideas that might otherwise have been difficult to communicate directly.
Special techniques are used to focus on the socio-emotional growth
process and well-being of your child. Our Music Interventionists and
Therapists will introduce improvisation, music production, songwriting,
rhythm and movement to your child or adolescent. The emphasis and goal
is on the emotional journey taken by your child, and not based on the
overall product that is created.
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