{"id":5408,"date":"2016-06-08T10:12:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T00:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2016-06-10T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T04:17:11","slug":"25-years-of-music-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/25-years-of-music-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"25 years of Music Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year the RCH\u2019s Music Therapy program is celebrating 25 years!<\/p>\n

The experience of creating music together has been a source of comfort and support for many families during hospitalisation.<\/p>\n

Our Music Therapy service uses the experience of music to aid patients in attaining, maintaining, or regaining optimum levels of functioning or adaptation in all areas of health and development.\u00a0Music Therapists engage the healthy part of the child to help them cope with the illness, disorder, disease or other medical crisis which has caused them to be hospitalised.<\/p>\n

Current Play and Music Therapy Team Leader Beth Dun was appointed as the RCH\u2019s first Music Therapist in 1991.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic Therapy was recognised early on as an intervention that could improve patients and families experiences of hospital,\u201d Beth said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe provided the first paediatric music therapy program in Australia, and we’re\u00a0proud to see the program has become\u00a0a\u00a0model for paediatric and neonatal music therapy programs. The team\u00a0has also become\u00a0internationally recognised for clinical programs, particularly in oncology and neonatology.”<\/p>\n

Today, the Music Therapy Team consists of six\u00a0music therapists and provides 147 hours of music therapy services per week to children and adolescents with a range of medical conditions. Funding for 76\u00a0per cent\u00a0of these hours comes from the generous donations from the public to the RCH Foundation.<\/p>\n

The program offers\u00a0specialist services including an internationally recognised Neonate and Infant Program, the Centre for Adolescent Health program, and a dedicated mental health Music Therapist.<\/p>\n

Get to know more from one of our Music Therapists, Lauren, here http:\/\/bit.ly\/24uIUsD<\/a><\/p>\n

We’d love to hear about your\u00a0experience with\u00a0the program below!<\/p>\n

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Music Therapist Lauren, 25 years on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Beth Dun back in 1991 when the program began<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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