Resources & references

This article describes how musical interaction can contribute to bonding and early interaction for blind/visually impaired children (aged 1-4 years) and their sighted caregivers in the context of a 10 week music therapy program, through a positive, empowerment-based lens.

Read an article exploring the ways that a music therapist uses music therapy sessions to support families to engage with music-making with their multiply disabled preschool children outside of the music therapy space. Specific characteristics of the resources and tools provided are discussed.

Click here to read another study on the same research project by the same author.

The Jamboree is an intergenerational music therapy program where children and their accompanying adults join residents in retirement or long term care homes for weekly group sessions of singing, movement, instrument play, and guided social interaction led by a certified music therapist.

Click here to read the intervention guide of this program.

Watch how children 0-2 and their parents engage in interactive music experiences to address developmental milestones in a music therapy group called "Danzando en Pañales" (Dancing in Diapers). 

Watch a video featuring music therapist Susan Bakouros showing how music therapy is offered in a hopsital NICU setting. Examples of using music therapy for feeding support, neurodevelopment and parental connection are discussed. 

Read an article detailing the work of Rebecca Lappa, a music therapy masters student, who, having just completed a trial program with a hospital for her final practicum is now working with the hospital to find funding for a longer term project. She explains the ways that music therapy helps babies in the NICU, and also shares that she was a NICU baby herself.

Music therapist Deanna Hanson-Abromeit offers music therapy to premature babies in the community. Listen to her explain what music therapy is and how it benefits early child development.