Music Therapy For Infants

Clinical music therapy interventions are based on a growing body of evidence indicating that music therapy supports:

• supporting developmental growth (cognitive, physical, social)

• regulating heart rate and blood pressure

• improving homeostasis in the nervous system

• addressing pain

• building resiliency

• enhancing quality of life

• facilitating social engagement

• providing ego support

• improving feeding and feed duration

Image: Cameron Wood, MT-BC offering rhythm using wood block instrument entrained to rhythm of suck to support feeding goals in the NICU

Music therapy can be offered to infants:

• In intensive care

• At home

• In Day Care facilities

• Through Mommy & Me groups

• … and more

Image: smiling infant