Continuing Education Module

Course List

• Introduction to Music Therapy

1. 1. What Is Music Therapy?
   2. The Origins and Development of Music Therapy
   3. The Effects of Music on the Mental, Emotional, and Physical Levels
   4. Areas of Application for Music Therapy
   5. Music Therapy and Other Therapies
      
      

• Children’s Music Therapy

• 1. Definition of Children’s Music Therapy
  2. Origins and Development of Children’s Music Therapy
  3. Components of Children’s Music Therapy
  4. Music in Child Development
  5. The Effects of Music in Children’s Music Therapy
     
     
• Practical Implementation of Children’s Music Therapy

1. 1. Goals of a Music Therapy Session
   2. Content of a Music Therapy Session
   3. Teaching Songs
   4. Rhythmic Movement Sequences
   5. Sound Experiments with Instruments
   6. Song Stories
   7. Listening to and Interpreting Music
   8. Examples of Suitable Musical Works
   9. Suggestions for the Structure of an Advanced Therapy Session
      
      

• Introduction to Working with Easy-to-Play Instruments

1. 1. Use of Orff Instruments
   2. Classic Orff Instruments
   3. Instructions for Stick Games
   4. Basic Rules for Using Orff Instruments
   5. Areas of Application for Orff Music Therapy
   6. Goals of Orff Music Therapy
   7. Basic Principles of Orff Music Therapy
   8. Examples of Therapeutic Exercises for Children, Adolescents, and Adults
   9. Hands-On Experience: Singing and Playing with Orff Instruments
      
      

• Tools for Children’s Music Therapy

This course is divided into different therapeutic areas.
For each therapeutic area, you will find various music therapy interactions and examples for structuring a music therapy session.

• Music Therapy for Auditory Perception Disorders
      
  1. Definition: Auditory Perception Disorder
  2. How do auditory perception disorders manifest?
  3. Diagnosis of auditory perception disorders
  4. Prevalence of auditory perception disorders
  5. Support options through music therapy
  6. What the therapist should keep in mind
  7. Music therapy exercises and examples
     
     
•  Music Therapy with Traumatized Children:
  
  
  

1. 1. The Clinical Picture of Trauma
   2. Definition
   3. Forms of Trauma
   4. Symptoms of Trauma
   5. Consequences of Trauma
   6. Treatment Approaches Using Music Therapy
   7. What the Therapist Should Keep in Mind
   8. Music Therapy Exercises
   9. Lesson Plan
      
      

• Music Therapy with Children on the Autism Spectrum
     

1. 1. Definitions of Autism
   2. Symptoms and Clinical Picture of Autism Spectrum Disorders
   3. Causes of Autism
   4. Music Therapy for Autism
   5. What the Therapist Should Keep in Mind
   6. Therapy Examples
   7. Music Therapy Exercises
      
      

•  Music Therapy with Children with Intellectual Disabilities
  
  
  1. Definition of Intellectual Disability
  2. Practice of Music Therapy with Children with Intellectual Disabilities
  3. Areas of Development for Children with Intellectual Disabilities
  4. Music Therapy Exercises
  5. Music Therapy with Children with Severe Multiple Disabilities
  6. What the Therapist Should Keep in Mind
  7. Music Therapy Improvisation Techniques with Exercises
  8. Practical Examples
  9. Music-Based Communication   
     
     

• Music Therapy with Anxious, Insecure Children

    Individual Sessions
     – “Getting to Know Each Other”
     – “My Strengths and My Fear”
     – “My Goal!”

    2. Group Sessions
     – “The Group and Me”
     – “My Garden of Life”
     – “Encountering One Another”
     – “The Garden of Emotions”
     – “Showing Joy”
     – “Saying NO / Setting Boundaries”
     – “Courage and Curiosity”
     – “Expressing Anger and Frustration”
     – “Saying Goodbye and Celebrating Successes!”

    3. Parent Training
     – “Parents’ Night”
     -   Individual training for parents

    4. Materials

• Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology

1. 1. Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology
   2. Theories of Development
   3. Development Across Different Age Stages
   4. Cognitive Abilities and Functions
   5. Emotions
   6. Child-Rearing and Development Through the First Year of Life
   7. The First Year of Life
   8. Development and Child-Rearing from Early Childhood Through Adolescence
   9. From Adolescence to Adulthood
      
      

• Module Exam
  
  
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