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

Tray to lower the level of anxiety:
Technique: music lisening in orther to modified his state
of mind, his "mood", with "mood music", according the
Dr. ALTSHULLER’ s ISO principle (1945)(1l).
EGO support:
Technique: Daily greating songs askind their name,
etc...
Free expression with musical instruments, dance,
drawings, manipulative ganes with music us
background, etc... To create situations in which the child
can succeded. To remark the possitive aspects of the
child. Follow the child actions and plays, instead the
child follows the music therapist.It make the child feel
important. Tray that the child open up to others and
toward the world arround him, beggining with those who
are closset to him.
Technique : Dance therapy, square dances, singing
games, dramatisations popets. Musical trips: Consists in
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"to make believe" that we are atraveling by: plain, tren,
boat, car, autocar, etc... or far away to places near the
chil place, first, and then far away to places elected by
the child.All this with songs or recorded music adequate
to the trip.The good effects of this technique were
remarcables allways.
Development of faculties and language: This two aims
will take place us a consequence of the precedent
goals.I never place us first goal the development of the
language, becouse the lack of language is a syntom but
not the cause.They don’t have any functional problem
for the lack of language.The cause it is emotional.It is
not good idea to place this child in Logopedia first
becouse could enfoce the emotional cause instead to
destroy it.The child will talk when he will feel
secure,accepted,in the rigth moment for him.Never by
in a hurry with this patients. Techniques: Musical
dialogue, etc.