Music Therapy

MUSIC THERAPY Finding #1: Quality learning and maximum participation occur when children are permitted to experience the joy of play. The medium of music therapy allows this play to occur naturally and frequently.

SOURCE: American Music Therapy Association, Inc.

MUSIC THERAPY Finding #2: Simply put, music can heal people.

SOURCE: Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

MUSIC THERAPY Finding #3: Music therapy has been shown to have a significant effect on an individual’s relaxation, respiration rate, self-reported pain reduction, and behaviorally observed and self-reported anxiety levels.

SOURCE: American Music Therapy Association, Inc.

MUSIC THERAPY Finding #4: Music therapy interventions can focus on pain management for physical rehabilitation, cardiac conditions, medical and surgical procedures, obstetrics, oncology treatment, and burn debridement, among others. Music is a form of sensory stimulation, which provokes responses due to the familiarity, predictability, and feelings of security associated with it. Research results and clinical experiences attest to the viability of music therapy even in those patients resistant to other treatment approaches.

SOURCE: American Music Therapy Association, Inc.