PROJECTS
Music Therapy Practicum experience
My practicum experience at Capilano
University included extensive on-sight
apprenticeship at a variety of locations.
High involvement of Capilano Staff
as well as other experienced music
therapists and educators insured for
maximum growth and development. Skills
acquired include but were not limited to: Communicating
daily goals and reports with a team, formal charting, music therapy research including quantitative data collecting, creating consent forms, creating analysis tools and completing qualitative case studies.
Vancouver Costal Health, VGH
Plastics and Burns unit.
Music therapy has shown to
be very effective with anxiety and pain
in the perioperative and trauma experience.
Studies show that up to 50% of analgesic
medication can be saved when using music therapy than without. This affects patient anxiety level, and in turn their immune system resulting in decreased risk of infection and shorter hospital stays.
My responsibilities as a student music therapist here included;
Provide music therapy intervention services to young adults, adults and elderly in the plastics and burns unit. Provided patient care specializing in relaxation, anxiety, mental illness, delirium, dementia, pain management and spiritual care and verbal counseling
Windsor Secondary School,
North Vancouver.
There is extensive literature on the
motivational and educational effects
of music therapy and children. I have
seen the positive results first hand and
have experienced how music therapy is
an important asset to a behavioral and
educational team. Studies show music therapy significantly increases attention span, effects mood, enhances memory and motivates learning. (to name a few!) The supportive team environment at Windsor Secondary school showed me that my passion in music therapy lies with youth.
My responsibilities as a student music therapist included;
Coordinated and provided music therapy sessions for teenagers with wide range of cognitive, physical and behavioral needs. Worked with a team of specialists and educators to develop new behavioral programs specific to individual needs including speech and behavior therapists.Worked with educators to achieve IEP goals in a classroom environment.
Three Links Care Society
Vancovuer BC
Long term care facilities are
where most music therapists work.
The main goal of a music therapist working
with Alzheimer’s and dementia clients is to provide
social, spiritual and cognitive interventions. Music therapy is often prescribed in larger groups at “sun-down” (a time of increased confusion as the sun sets) as an alternative to sedation and anti-anxiety medication. In a world where a client does not know who or where they are, music can hold them in a safe and predictable space.
My responsibilities as a student music therapist here included;
Coordinate individual, and group music therapy sessions. Provide music therapy intervention services for elderly clients with both mental illness and dementia on a locked word.
