DrumPower – music for a better community in the classroom: Group music therapy programme for violence prevention, social integration and empowerment in schools – suggestions from Community Music Therapy approaches

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Wölfl
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Community Music ◽  
Group Music Therapy ◽  
Therapy Programme

scholarly journals Working With and Within Chaos

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Brenda Oosthuizen
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Community Music ◽  
Music Therapist ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
Group Music Therapy ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Valuable Complement ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
First Time

The Support Programme for Abuse Reactive Children, was initiated by the Teddy Bear Clinic (an NPO established to protect abused children) in South Africa in response to the increase of child-on-child offenders in this country.  This short-term programme aims to offer holistic rehabilitation to first time young sex offenders and incorporates conventional diversion approaches alongside creative programmes, including group music therapy. Based on a review of my session notes, this paper considers challenges and positive developments I experienced over time as the programme’s music therapist from 2006 to 2016. Although I often experienced this work as chaotic, findings suggest that through co-creating a context-specific music therapy programme alongside group members, clinic staff and the broader community, music therapy has offered an increasingly relevant and valuable complement to the diversion programme. Continuing challenges within this work are also highlighted.

scholarly journals Developing a Music Therapy Programme within a Person Centred Planning Framework

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Noone
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Community Music ◽  
The Core ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
And Training ◽  
Therapy Programme ◽  
Core Features

This report describes the development of a music therapy programme for people with developmental disabilities in a day facility in Ireland. The facility is run by Enable Ireland, a national voluntary organisation, and provides therapies, supports and training for service users. Service provision is organised according to the principles of person centred planning (PCP), a model which places the desires, interests and capacities of each service user at the centre of the decision-making process. As the music therapy programme has developed, the parallels between the music therapy concepts which informed it and the PCP model have became more apparent. The main purpose of this report is to detail the core features and aimed-for outcomes of the person-centred planning process and highlight corresponding concepts from humanistic music therapy, community music therapy and music therapy for empowerment. Implications of coordinating the music therapy programme with the PCP process as implemented at Enable Ireland are also suggested. The core features of PCP are considered highly useful in conceptualising a resource-based, humanistic music therapy programme for people with disabilities. In addition, music-making in its various forms is considered a valuable activity which has the potential to satisfy the outcomes of the PCP model.

Development of a music therapy programme for healthy elderly in the community – A pilot evaluation on feasibility and acceptability

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Mabel Qi He Leow ◽  
Michelle Yin Yin Low ◽  
Carol Tien Tau Loi ◽  
Patsy Lee Peng Tan ◽  
Shian Chao Tay
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Community Group ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Group Music Therapy ◽  
The One ◽  
Main Activity ◽  
Therapy Programme

Successful aging can occur through promoting physiological, psychosocial, physical, cognitive functioning, and engagement in social and productive activities. The study aims to describe the development of a group music therapy programme for healthy elderly living in the community. Group music therapy was conducted for elderly above 60 years old. The intervention consists of four weekly sessions which lasted one-hour each. A certified music therapist conducted all the sessions.An evaluation of the music therapy programme was conducted at the end of the four sessions. Three music therapy groups were conducted, and 20 elderly participated. The mean age of the participants was 68.7±4.6 years (range: 60 to 76 years old). All participants expressed they enjoyed the music therapy sessions. The main activity preferences were hand chimes, hand percussion, musical bingo and lyric substitution. All participants found the one-hour session to be too short, and suggested to increase the session duration to 1.5 or 2 hours. Our music therapy programme was well-received by the elderly in the community. The activities helped to increase physical activity and social engagement, and potentially reduced cognitive decline and depression. It could be proposed as a regular activity in the community.

Community Music and Music Therapy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Wood ◽  
Gary Ansdell
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Community Music

This chapter outlines the historical and current relationship between community music and music therapy—in particular the seeming overlap between community music and the newer sub-discipline of music therapy called community music therapy. The chapter argues for a re-imagining of certain key areas of joint concern and potential linked to the broader shared agenda of working musically with people. These topics indicate a way for community music and music therapy to align and collaborate in a relationship that can be both ‘joint’ and ‘several’—ensuring that the work remains creative, effective, responsible, and professional for people and their communities.

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