Music as Therapy International is offering seven free places on its Interactive Music-Making Course, which teaches participants a unique, inclusive approach to music-making. The course was awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the Inclusive Practice category at the Nursery World Awards 2020.
Interactive Music-Making is a child-centred approach to music-making, launched in 2017. It aims to promote positive relationships and foster each child’s individual potential.
The course uses techniques drawn from music therapy within an approach designed to make music integral part of children’s early development opportunities, supporting skills associated with social communication, including attention and listening, non-verbal and verbal communication, turn-taking and sharing.
Alexia Quin, director of Music as Therapy International, and co-founder of Interactive Music-Making, said, ‘The various Covid-19 lockdowns have prevented many children, including the most vulnerable, from accessing services that support them in their early development and can identify the need for early intervention.
‘Recent reports have found many children are returning to nursery and school with delays to speech and language development. The charity believes this makes supporting early development through a targeted, creative means more important than ever.’
The course will run from September 2021 until May 2022 in south east London. For further information visit: www.interactivemusicmaking.org.
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