Music Therapy and Dementia Dementia, characterized by severe impairment of the person's intellectual capacity, emotional disturbance and personality changes, is caused by a number of different reasons such as the loss of neurons in the brain due to head injury,...
I have had a wonderful summer and am consciously striving to not take these days for granted. Having the opportunity to spend time with my family and friends and going on an incredible Alaskan running cruise ...well it can’t get any better than that. Usually at...
This month JB Music Therapy is highlighting the 10th year of a well-loved music therapist in our company - Shannon Robinson, BMT, MTA.I couldn’t imagine a better way to acknowledge Shannon than to share her beautiful work at the Emily Follensbee School - work that...
She sits in her wheelchair in a small, one bedroom apartment, the sun is barely visible through the closed chocolate brown drapes. I unpack my tools for the day, percussion instruments, plain paper, a variety of art media, a songbook and my guitar. Janis has been...
I had my first “live” music experience in grade 2.Half a school year had passed and the sun started to shine again when Mr. Trudeau walked into my class carrying a guitar case. I had never seen someone make music before with just their voice and a guitar. Mr Trudeau...
It was my 8th week in a community running program. The snow started to fall half way through the short distance run. We had just turned down our last street to the finish when the snow started coming down fast. I stepped off the curb when I felt a slick piece of ice...
As Valentine’s Day approached I explored the theme of love with my clients. A difficult topic for some who feel thrown away by society and for many even their families. Two such young men reside in a long-term care facility. They have no family and their community...
I first witnessed the power of music at the age of 14. My grandfather had recently had a stroke that left him partially paralyzed and unable to speak. He would reside in a long term care facility for the next eight years of life. Earlier in his life my grandfather...