Nursery World - My working life ... Music therapist

Music therapy encourages social awareness and helps develop
communication and interaction skills, as Gabriella Jozwiak
discovers.

Kate Jones is a music therapist, British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT) trustee and director of charity Music Therapy Lambeth, which delivers music therapy sessions at early years settings in London.

'Music therapy among children often addresses communication or special educational needs (SEN),' she says. 'I deliver weekly music therapy sessions to family groups and individual children. I also manage the team of five therapists and two volunteers at Music Therapy Lambeth.

'We work part-time hours, and a big day in the week is Tuesday. In the morning we hold an hour-long family session called Sign, Wriggle and Rhyme at the Maytree Nursery School. This is mainly for children with autism or suspected autism. We welcome five referred children and their parents or carer into a room, which is set up with cushions, colourful fabrics and lots of instruments.

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