Music Therapy Facts
• Music therapist use music and musical experiences to achieve non-musical
goals. It is adaptable to any child, no matter how sick or disabled, and
regardless of age.
• Music therapy goals include: providing sensory and tactile stimulation,
increasing self-awareness as well as the awareness of others, increasing
attention span,increasing the accuracy of motor skills in addition to being a
modality for emotional expression and social interaction.
• Through song writing, instrument play, movement, singing, and music assisted
relaxation (both individually and in groups) music therapy serves to address
the various needs of the child.
--Jenny Plume, BMT, MT-BC, Music Therapist
Graceful Sounds seeks to ensure that all children have access to the healing benefits of music therapy. We are in partnership with the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Music Therapy Program supported by the Julian T. Fouce Fund. Read further for more information about this unique therapeutic approach!
Any donation, monetary or in-kind, that is specified for music therapy will be promptly and appropriately allocated.
