Music Therapy for SPEECH THERAPY

Music Therapy for SPEECH THERAPY

As we all know that music is such a thing which destresses children or adults. Music makes therapy fun, or exciting and makes the therapy session engaging, which makes learning language and speech a bit easier for a child with a speech disorder. Music attracts most of the children and permits them to participate in the activity quickly. It makes the interaction between therapists and children much comfortable. It is scientifically proven that music has a very positive effect on the development of the brain of children. 

Music Therapy assesses cognitive skills, communication skills, emotional skills, social skills, physical needs, and well being. 

Benefits of Music Therapy 

• Develop coping skills and attention. 
• Increases ability to interact socially. 
• Stimulates and uses many parts of the brain. 
• Increases self-awareness. 
• Increases verbal and non-verbal communication. 
• Increases decision making and sense of control. 
• Enables transference of skills. 
• Enables children to do communicate, participate, and express. 
• Acts as a useful memory aid. 

                              Music in Speech Therapy  

• Using compact disks 
• Using pitch variation 
• Incorporating breathing exercises.  
• Singing familiar or preferred songs with children. 
• Using instruments with pre-established techniques of Speech Therapy 

Music is so powerful and effective that many children begin to communicate when songs are brought into the mix. The use of music in Speech Therapy turns out to be fruitful when children show an increased desire and ability to communicate with others around them.