23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

We are presently having discussions with other music
therapists throughout the country.
" I N M O T I O N " . A M U S I C - T H E R A P E U T I C A L
A P P R O A C H I N T H E R E H A B I L I T A T I O N O F
P H Y S I C A L L Y H A N D I C A P P E D C H I L D R E N .
M ADELEEN FLENTGE DE BRUIJN
Good afternoon. I`m going to tell you something about
the use of musictherapy in the treatment of physically
handicapped children from 2-20 years admitted to a
rehabilitationcentre in The Netherlands.
For the clearness of my paper I`ll give you some general
information.
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A physically handicapped child has disorders in
movement, caused either by a hereditary disease, by
an affection before or during birth, by an accident or by
illness. The most important are:
Encephalopathia infantilis, an affection of the brain,
disturbing the development of the brain. We distinguish
cerebral palsy, ataxia, athetosia.
Transverse lesion, an affection or the spinal cord,
through which the conductiong of the stimulus is
interrupted.
Muscular Dystrophy, different diseases of the muscles,
leading to grafe disability.
Brain damage, caused by an accident, characterised f.i.
by a long coma, paralysis, aphasia, loss of memory,
behaviourproblems, etc.
The treatment consists of an intensive cooperation