Music Therapy for Kids with IEP Goals
Music Therapy can improve overall outcomes in child development. This includes:
Speech and Communication
Neurodevelopment
Fine and Gross Motor Skills
Self Esteem & Emotional Wellbeing
Music therapy can integrate these goals from speech therapy, physical therapy, pediatricians, neurologists, and teachers. We work as a team with other professionals to accelerate and optimize growth. Kids learn best in environments where they can feel safe and have fun, so we accelerate their growth by connecting with them through music. This can raise their potential for reaching goals later in life, as interventions provided earlier often have the most impact in life-long development.
Who might benefit?
Kids with:
Developmental delay
Neonatal Alcohol Syndrome
Global delays
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
ADHD
Down syndrome
Cerebral Palsy
Traumatic Brain Injury
Kids not reaching typical milestones
Kids undergoing Speech, Physical, Occupational, or Neurological therapies.
Who wouldn't benefit?
Music therapy isn’t necessary for kids who are reaching typical milestones if they are neurotypical and do not have any medical/developmental needs or diagnoses. We do recommend musical enrichment through exposure to music, singing and dancing at home, child-led instrument exploration/play, and music/instrument classes or tutoring. Note: We recommend that parents and caregivers avoid instruction that prioritizes technical musical skill over play and autonomy for very young children.
When you don’t know how to motivate your child or help them grow, or want to give them more opportunity for joy and play
Are you frustrated with being told milestones your child isn’t reaching, without being given actionable ways to actually motivate your child to practice them? Does your child dislike assigned therapy exercises and resist necessary activities of daily living?
We can help. Music is intrinsically motivating for every human—we have evidence that musicality is an innate evolutionary trait that we all have.
In music therapy, an MT-BC can take that a physical therapy goal and add instruments to reach for or integrate it into a dance move that kids enjoy. We can encourage certain speech sounds through song. We can connect with kids who have a hard time with communication through music, to make them feel seen and understood.
How Do I Get Started?
Book a free consultation or send us an email to schedule an in-person Assessment.
Why Us?
Our founder, Cameron, has more than 5 years of experience working with kids who have IEP goals in clinics, pediatric hospitals, group homes, emergency rooms, day programs, schools, and in client homes.
At Share Music Therapy, we focus on the whole person; well-being and sense of enjoyment or relaxation is always prioritized in sessions.
