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Music Therapy Programs

 

PhotoMusic Therapy services are provided to clients at locations throughout Northeast Ohio. In addition to the University Circle location, clients are seen through contracts with various social service, medical and educational agencies.

Individuals who benefit from music therapy have needs encompassing a wide range of life’s challenges. Among them are children, adolescents and adults with:

  • Physical and developmental disabilities
  • Behavioral and social disorders
  • Learning disabilities
  • Language delays
  • Autism spectrum disorders
  • Asperger Syndrome

GraphicMusic therapy is also used effectively to address issues relating to:

  • Serious illness
  • Cognitive and psychosocial dysfunctions.

Music can elicit interaction from individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease. Music assisted relaxation, song writing and improvisation are used to provide comfort and distraction from pain for patients who are terminally ill. Adapted music instruction is tailored by the music therapist to give support and success for individuals diagnosed with with mental illness.

Young children

PhotoMusic therapy provides a vehicle for self-expression, improved social, speech and language skills and enhanced motor, play and cognitive development for children with special needs. Music experiences build on the strengths and interests of each child and may include singing, movement, song-writing, dramatization, improvisation, listening and instrument playing. Parents participate as active partners and may receive coaching in activities for home use.

Elementary age children

Music therapy is a creative approach used to elicit and reinforce the learning process. Task-orientation, auditory and visual sequencing and symbol recognition are addressed in age-appropriate Graphic music experiences. Instruction is tailored to individual needs to increase the opportunity for success at each stage of development. Adapted instruction is offered on piano, guitar, drums and other instruments.

Adolescents and adults

Music is a powerful motivational tool that complements other forms of therapy. It can be the means to encourage responses from individuals who have difficulty verbalizing and the starting point for fulfilling relationships. Because music plays a significant role in adolescent culture, it may become the tool to open more effective and valuable communication. Music, combined with structured interventions, can increase response level and foster control, independence and recall.

Partner and group sessions

Geared to participants' individual needs, partner and group sessions are structured to provide opportunities to learn and practice social skills. For younger children or individuals with limited language, objectives may include remaining with the group, increasing attention to peers, sharing and turn-taking. Partner and group sessions for older clients may address skills such as group decision-making, problem solving, negotiation and on-topic conversation.

Motivating musical experiences are designed to encourage group cohesiveness. Young children enjoy songs that teach and reinforce new or developing skills. Engaging movement and instrument play facilitate peer interaction. Ensembles, designed for older children, teens and adults, provide the exciting experience of playing in a band

To request an assessment

GraphicAn assessment is required prior to registration. Call the Music Therapy department at (216) 421-5806 ext. 201 for more information.

Service contracts

The Settlement contracts with various social service, medical and educational agencies to provide music therapy services throughout Northeast Ohio. Contractual therapy services and consultations are tailored to the specific needs of an agency on a full or part-time basis. Service contracts include placement of qualified staff, supervision, documentation, program evaluation, special equipment and selected instruments. To request a consultation for an agency contractual service agreement, call Ronna Kaplan, Director of Music Therapy at (216) 421-5806, ext. 200.

Contract agencies

  • Alpha Houses I, II & III of Northeast Care

  • Beech Brook Treatment Center for Children

  • Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation

  • Cleveland Clinic Department of Palliative Medicine

  • Cleveland Clinic Home Care Services, Division of Hospice of The Cleveland Clinic

  • Euclid Board of Education

  • Help Me Grow of Cuyahoga County

  • MetroHealth Medical Center (Comprehensive Burn Center)

  • Salvation Army Harbor Light Complex

  • Salvation Army West Park Corps

  • Shaker Heights Board of Education

  • South Euclid/Lyndhurst Board of Education

  • United Cerebral Palsy Association

  • Western Reserve Speech and Language Partners

The Cleveland Music School Settlement
University Circle
11125 Magnolia Drive
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
(216) 421-5806, ext. 201
Fax (216) 421-5813

 
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