A unique child: Music therapy - Scaling up

Nursery World, 20 March 2008

A study has measured the effects of music therapy on children's emotional well-being, reports Karen Faux.

A research project carried out at Coram is demonstrating the extent to which music therapy can assist vulnerable children in developing their confidence, self-esteem and social interaction skills.The project was led by Tiffany Drake, who has been developing music therapy at Coram since 2002. She says, 'While there has been a lot of research carried out around music therapy, no standardised tools exist. For this project I drew on tools from other studies to develop new tools specifically for this study, and I hope...

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