Photo dated 2003: music creates a positive and fun learning environment, judging the smile on this child's face during a therapy session.

more overview topicsThis page defines the use of music to achieve non-musical learning goals.This page describes strategies, tasks, goals, motivation, and musical assistance.This group of pages describes three goal headings and offers examples of typical goals that therapists set.This page describes the successful use of music therapy to help specific diagnoses of disability.This page offers results of research that validates the use of music therapy in special education and with specific diagnoses of disability.

 
 



Behavior
Music involvement can be used as a proactive strategy for individuals who display interfering behaviors in the educational or home environment, yet are highly motivated by music. Consultation to staff and parents is another avenue to demonstrate the use of music as an effective reward, contingency, transition aid, or calming agent.

Cognitive | Academic goals

Communication | Social Interaction goals

Motor Abilities goals









Condition
Behavior

Criteria
Mastery
 





Behavior Goal Example


Given social interaction songs,
Mary will participate with peers
without incidence of physical aggression for ten minutes
during three of four sessions.

 
 
Pages under this topic heading describe our professional qualifications and approaches to treating children with special needs. Pages under this topic heading describe music therapy and how we use music to achieve goals in treating children with various diagnoses. Pages under this topic heading describe our individual and group music therapy, consultation, music lessons, funding, and workshop services. This page offers parents and educators free downloadable documents, filled with explanations of dozens of music therapists' tips for using music to treat children with special needs. Pages under this topic heading list links to dozens of quality online resources available to parents and educators of children with special needs. This page lists noteworthy new music therapy services and current regional music therapy events.  
     
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