Music For Maternity

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This is Music Therapy month, and the Island’s music therapists have been putting on a free lecture series to explain more about how their services help people, both with health concerns and at different stages of life. Read more here…

As Japan faces growing demands for geriatric care, some hospitals and municipalities are turning to music therapy to help people living with dementia. Read more here…

Brockton native Nicholas Capachione, 23, entered Recovery Unplugged — a Florida-based rehab facility that uses music to kick addiction — a “broken person” hooked on oxycodone. But he emerged stronger than ever. “It was the happiest time of my life,” Capachione said. “Everyone can connect on a level with music. You feel the lyrics.” Read more here…

A visiting lecturer from the department of music education at Palacky University in the Czech Republic will present two therapy workshops this week at Owensboro Community & Technical College. Dr. Lenka Kruzikova works as a music therapist for children with mental disabilities and children in high social risk situations in Olomouc, Czech Republic. She creates programs for mothers and their babies in maternity centers and lectures in music and physical education, music therapy and other areas leading to the development of the child. Read more here…

AUSTIN — Musicians are set to perform Oct. 17 to benefit an organization that helps children with brain injuries. Brianna Dupuie, 8, is among the musicians who will take the stage in hopes of earning studio time like this. In reality she’s already won. “She’s a miracle. She’s just a miracle,” said mom Dena Dupuie. “Doctors tell us she was within minutes of dying when she arrived at the hospital and now look at her.” Read more here…

The healing power of music is well known, but researchers have found that it has benefits not just for those suffering from dementia, but also for those who care for them. Training care home staff in music therapy helps not just dementia patients – but also the carers themselves. Read more here…

Only six people in the world know how to do what Sergio Pacheco is about to do. A middle-aged man who rarely smiles, Pacheco stands in the middle of a crowd on the National Mall, wearing a feathered headdress, beaded necklace and wrinkled dress that’s been hand painted with a large, maroon bird on the front. Read more here…

Music therapy faculty, backed by a throng of supporters in the gallery, appeared before the Health Care Committee to support HB 2796 to create an Oregon state registry for music therapists in February 2015. The bill would establish a Board of Music Therapy within Health Licensing Office to license music therapists. Once enacted, only licensed individuals could practice music therapy in the State of Oregon. Read more here…