Music Therapy at Wee Care

Wee Care Developmental Centre is the first pre-school in Nova Scotia to have a music program! Music Therapy at Wee Care includes one-on-one as well as group sessions. Many of these sessions are taking place in collaboration with the physiotherapy services offered at Wee Care.

What is music therapy?

Music therapy is the skillful use of music by an Accredited Music Therapist to promote, maintain, and restore mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health

"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo

Who is a music therapist?

A music therapist is a musician capable of playing several instruments in a variety of styles. A music therapist designs a treatment program for each individual that will meet specific objectives in order to improve and enrich quality of life.

"The music therapist is a facilitator, a partner, a mirror, a one man band,…a KALEIDOSCOPE of the light that music brings." - CAMT

Goals in Music Therapy

• To motivate movement
• To assist in the development of motor skills
• To improve quality of life
• To facilitate social interaction and communication
• To encourage self expression
• To promote relaxation
• To build self-confidence

Techniques in Music Therapy

• Singing and playing instruments
• Movement to music
• Improvisation
• Relaxation in music
• Song-writing

" Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable." - Leonard Bernstein