Major Music Therapy

01/12/2024

AMTA's latest public statement covers why music therapy should remain a therapy support in the NDIS.

"Therapy supports provide NDIS participants with critical, often life-changing results, through goal-directed, individualised interventions. Music therapy is one of many allied health professions providing therapy supports in the NDIS, along with occupational therapy and speech pathology."

Read the statement: https://www.austmta.org.au/news-item/17823/urgent-action-needed-to-protect-ndis-participants



📷 A girl in a wheelchair interacts with a registered music therapist, holding a guitar.

01/12/2024

30/11/2024

AMTA continues to ask that music therapy remain in the NDIS as a therapy support.

Because registered music therapists - just like our allied health colleagues - deliver therapy supports that ensure NDIS participants receive targeted, evidence-based interventions, with individualised and goal-directed interventions specifically designed to address the participant’s functional needs and goals.

Read the article: https://www.austmta.org.au/news-item/17803/music-therapy-is-a-therapeutic-support



📷 A registered music therapist is playing the piano and engaging in communicative intent using music, vocalisations and gesture with a little boy, Danny, who is wearing glasses. Both are making an 'oo' shape and sound with their mouths while leaning over the piano keyboard.

26/11/2024

Urgent: Keep Music Therapy in the NDIS!

I am deeply shocked and concerned about the NDIS' decision to remove music therapy from therapeutic supports from Monday 2nd December.

The Australian Music Therapy Association received information that the NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme plans to exclude from their funded supports.

This decision has been made without consultation with our association, music therapy participants or their caregivers.

This is a huge blow to our industry and, more importantly, to the thousands of individuals who rely on music therapy for essential support. Registered Music Therapists within the NDIS work with a diverse range of individuals, including neurodiverse children and adults, people with mental health needs, developmental disabilities, chronic pain, dementia, and acquired brain injury, plus many, many more.

If you can help please sign this petition and leave a comment about why music therapy is important to you, to someone you know, or to our community.

A link to the statement is included in the comments.

Save Music Therapy: Keep It Funded Under NDIS

07/09/2024

An incredible weekend of learning at the Australian Music Therapy Association 2024 national conference! Exploring the theme of Creative Journeys and celebrating 25 years of the Master of Creative Music Therapy course at Western Sydney University 🎶🎓

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Image 1: A group of adult people with different hair colour and skin colour, standing in a group and smiling at the camera
Image 2: A screen with a pink and purple background and white writing reads ‘Master of Creative Music Therapy’ and ‘25 years!’ in the top right corner

15/04/2024

Join us in celebrating World Music Therapy Week, April 10-15! We're shining a light on the work of Registered Music Therapists, the people they support, and the ways these allied health specialists help to change lives. RMTs work in a wide range of settings, like hospitals, schools, private practice, aged care and the community.

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Picture 1: Throwback to early 2019, Jodie standing in front of the Western Sydney University ‘W’ sign, on the day of her Master of Creative Music Therapy graduation
Slide 1: Music therapy is an evidence-based allied health profession
Slide 2: Evidence shows music therapy helps
- mental health and well being
- speech and communication
- social skills
- body movement and coordination
- memory and attention
- cognitive function
- ability to deal with pain
Slide 3: Music therapy improves health outcomes, experiences and quality of life for people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds
Slide 4: Music therapy is an approved NDIS-funded support.

24/03/2024

We have had a busy start to the year! Major Music Therapy is a mobile music therapy business, travelling within the Moreton Bay Region. Major Music Therapy is a registered NDIS provider.

Major Music Therapy provides a range of services for:
🎸 Early intervention
🎸 Children and adults with disabilities including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), cerebral palsy and down syndrome
🎸 Neurologic rehabilitation including stroke survivors and people with Parkinson’s disease
🎸 Hearing and visual impairment
🎸 Mental health

Please contact me if you have any questions or wish to learn more about music therapy
🥁🎹🎤

Image description: Four blue and black quaver music notes overlap with the words ‘Major Music Therapy’ written on top.

22/12/2023

Major Music Therapy will be having a short break during this holiday season. Today, Friday 22nd December, is the last day of sessions for the year.
Music therapy will resume on Monday 8th January, 2024. Wishing you all a lovely Christmas and New Year with your family and friends 🥁 🎄⭐️ 🎹

Image description: a woman with blonde hair is sitting on the ground and smiling at the camera. She is wearing a red shirt and long black pants. The background of the image is blurred.

26/10/2023

Major Music Therapy is a registered NDIS provider 🎶 National Disability Insurance Scheme 🎶

Image description: A purple circle with the words ‘I 💚 NDIS’ in white text

29/08/2023

The power of music ⭐️ 🎵 ⭐️🎵

Image description: a large drum with colourful animals on the outside of the drum is faded in the background of the picture. The foreground has purple text. It reads “The more emotionally charged the musical experience, the more likely a strong memory is connected to it… the next time there is a similar experience, such as hearing the song again, an instantaneous response, both conscious and subconscious, is drawn from the previous experience” (Tomaino, 2014)

31/07/2023

We communicate in a number of ways in music therapy sessions, including Auslan (Australian Sign Language). Incorporating Auslan into our favourite songs is a fun way to learn and achieve our therapeutic goals. In this video, Jodie is singing and signing ‘Five Little Ducks’ 🎶 ⭐️

Video description: A woman with blonde hair is looking at the camera and singing and signing ‘Five Little Ducks’. Her hair is tied back and she is wearing a blue shirt with indigenous Australian artwork print. She is also wearing gold guitar earrings.

23/07/2023

We love the gathering drum in music therapy sessions. Under the drum is a fun place to hide animals, plus it also promotes many goals. Developing bilateral beating assists many daily living tasks including dressing and tying shoes, fine motor activities like doing up buttons, visual motor tasks such as drawing, and gross motor activities including walking 🤩 🎶 🥁

Image description: a large drum with colourful animals on the outside of the drum. Two mallets sit on top of the drum.