As both the carer of an NDIS participant and an RMT, I’m writing to urge the NDIS to reinstate Music Therapy funding under the Capacity Building – Improved Daily Living category at rates consistent with other Allied Health professionals. Here is our family’s experience to support the significant benefits of Music Therapy.
Join us for some awesome live music by THE PHELAN GOOD DUO from Sound Expression, as they present their debut gig at The Dining and Co North Ryde!
We’ve improved the way we write our goals and objectives AND created an online library for our therapists! We’d like to update you on our latest Quality Improvement Project, that we’ve been diligently enhancing. Our new Evaluation system addresses the Music Therapy goals and objectives that we formulate for each individual client and incorporates neurodiverse-affirming […]
We were honoured to have recently volunteered our time to work with the National Centre for Childhood Grief (NCCG, formerly A Friend’s Place) on a project with their Kids Group. This group of bereaved children, who have experienced the loss of a parent or sibling, worked together with their counsellors and with Grace Elliott and […]
Many thanks to Rocky Biasi from Human Connections for his incredible Professional Development Workshop for our team called ‘The Accidental Counsellor’. Working in a helping profession like ours, we are often faced with scenarios where we need to respond appropriately when clients and families open up to us about a range of difficulties and stressors […]
We were honoured to have Associate Professor Grace Thompson, Head of Music Therapy at Melbourne University conduct a Professional Development seminar for our Sound Expression team this month. We delved deeply into discussions on humanism, post-humanism; ableism and post-ableism. It was a fantastic discussion and very valuable for our team as we look to embrace […]
This month we welcome Damian into our Sound Expression team! Damian has been volunteering at Sound Expression since mid last year. He is now joining us officially as a Music Therapy Assistant whilst studying the Master of Music Therapy course. Damian has a Bachelor of Music and a dual diploma in Audio Production and Music […]
As part of World Music Therapy week 2023 (10 – 15 April) – we hear from Zeb’s mum about her experience of music therapy with Zeb!