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Music Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress in Adults: A Theoretical Review

From the article: Music therapy has been employed as a therapeutic intervention to facilitate healing across a variety of clinical populations. There is theoretical and empirical evidence to suggest that individuals with trauma exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a condition characterized by enduring symptoms of distressing memory intrusions, avoidance, emotional disturbance, and hyperarousal, may derive benefits from music therapy.

Music Therapy Improves Pain Coping Ability for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Study

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited red blood cell disorder, in which there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout your body. A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health found that patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) who participated in music therapy learned new self-management skills and improved their ability to cope with pain.

Music Therapy: Research and Evidence-Based Practice

The profession of music therapy in the United States has a rich history and has grown considerably over the past few decades. Music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to achieve individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship with a credentialed music therapist. Music therapists in the United States go through rigorous training to earn the MT-BC (music therapist-board certified) credential.

Music, Rhythm and Trauma: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Research Literature

From the article: Recent theorizing about the connection between the brain and trauma (Perry, 2009; Porges, 2011; van der Kolk, 2015) has led to a burgeoning of interest in the provision of music-based programs with people who have had adverse experiences.

Musical Pride: Music Education in Plural Communities

From the paper: This research explored the provision of music services through hub partnerships in ‘plural’ towns, where no ethnic group is in the majority.

Parkinson’s Research Studies Show The Healing Power Of Music

In a fascinating example that shows just how potent playing a musical instrument – in this case guitar – can be for combatting progressive neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s, which effects more than 10 million people worldwide, a study done by the Parkinson’s Disease Journal showed how even beginners can experience improvement in mood and overall quality of life, and, for some, motor functions, including

Perspectives on Queer Music Therapy: A Qualitative Analysis of Music Therapists’ Reactions to Radically Inclusive Practice

From the article: The queer music therapy model was designed by Bain, Grzanka, and Crowe in 2016 as a novel therapeutic approach to affirm and empower LGBTQ+ identity through music. No data have been generated on how this model might actually be implemented, or the strengths and limitations of the model according to music therapy professionals.

Promoting an LGBT+ Inclusive Classroom

The website www.smartmusic.com provides music educators with powerful online tools to connect students and teachers within a wider community. Among the resources they make available on their website are various articles, including a very interesting one by Eric Rubsenstein, Pd.D.

Spoke Launches Music Therapy App for Gen Z, Raises $1.5M Round Led by Ada Ventures

Apps like Calm and Endel are exploring an expanding new universe of what’s becoming known as “functional sound”. Calm and others are doing it in the meditation and sleep space, while Endel, which has raised $7.5 million, creates “functional sound” to enhance working or other activities.

Swing It Loud: Duke Ellington’s Early Black-Pride Music

From the article: Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, there was the music of Duke Ellington. Born and raised in Washington, D.C.

Metrics Linking Guitars Over Guns to Broader Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

Improving Capacities and Experiences

Core SEL is further broken down into the follow sub-categories:

Contribution

Self-Management

Positive Identity

Academic Self-Efficacy

Social Skills

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