... is the backbone of a Music Therapist, especially one in a medical setting. The way the Music Therapists (MT) work here is by talking to the Child Life Specialist (CLS) on the floor and they tell us who music therapy would be good for today and a little about them (family present, procedures they have had done recently, etc). Some days you could have six kids to see on a floor and you get there and they are ALL asleep! So then you go to another floor and see a few kids there, then head back up to the floor you started on to see if any kids are awake. If not then you try again later! I had planned an intervention for a patient (pt) I had seen last week, but found out that she was discharged last night. Such is the life of a medical MT.
Then there is the group session. The one we had today is once a week on a particular floor and all are invited-if they're not in isolation. So one week you might just have siblings because all of the patients are in isolation, or you might just have one, OR you might have a toddler and a 15-year-old. Or like today, you may have a big mix of pts, siblings, and a variety of ages. I got to lead an activity and the hello song and it went great! It went so well that I get to lead the group session by myself next week!! Woohoo, I'm pretty stoked. Stay tuned for a post on the CL inservice on adolescents that I went to today!
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