Music Therapy services for kids in Claremont Meadows
Chatterbox is committed to providing the best care for your family. Our music therapists show kindness and compassion. They love working with children and help them realise their full potential.
Our clinics offer a welcoming and supportive environment in which children can express their feelings and make progress. All of our Music Therapists share a passion in working with children and families to achieve their learning goals through music.
Our Music Therapists will empower children and their families with skills that encourage learning. They provide care for children who have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), difficulties in social and play skills, self-regulation, emotional regulation, behaviour, fine and gross motor skills, wellbeing, self-confidence, and self-expression.
How can a music therapist help your child?
Children learn language and emotional information from their environment and experiences during childhood. Music therapy in Claremont Meadows can encourage general development by using music making techniques and playing with music. Activities include singing, song writing and sensory play.
Some goal areas music therapy can target in your child’s lifelong learning include:
- Social skills
- Dealing with emotions
- Handling situations
- Communication
- Attention and focus
- Following instructions
- School readiness
- Making friends
- Fine and gross motor skills
- Self-expression
- Sequencing and memory
- Improved wellbeing
- Motor planning
- Speech and language
- Body awareness and sensory integration
What Does A Music Therapist Do?
Music therapists are musicians and have therapeutic training. They provide music therapy to children who struggle with communication, emotional regulation, motor integration, and social interaction. To create a customised therapy plan, a music therapist will work with you and other therapists to assess your child’s needs and goals.
What To Expect In Your Initial Music Therapy Consultation?
Your Music Therapist will:
- Identify what is going on for your child and why some difficulties or behaviours might be happening
- Provide you with a plan to get your child moving in the right direction immediately
- Create an individualised solution to help you get the results that your family needs
Chatterbox recognises that each child is different. Chatterbox is here for you and your entire family. We will provide ongoing support for your child’s needs.
Our passionate (and fun!) Paediatric Music Therapists collaborate with those most important in your child’s life to adapt and implement individual goals for your child. We will help your child achieve their goals quickly by working as a team.
We believe every child has the right to have access to therapy no matter where they live, so we offer online therapy services as well as services within our clinics in Rosehill, Bella Vista, Oran Park, Penrith & Kingswood, we proudly also offer our music therapy services to local Kingswood residents and surrounding suburbs such as Cambridge Park, Jordan Springs, Werrington, Caddens and Claremont Meadows.
Who will be my child’s music therapist?
We value your child and your family and want to help them reach their full potential. Each time you visit our clinic, you will see the same therapist. This allows your child and your family to get to know the therapist who will guide your child’s health journey. This also means the therapist will become familiar with how your child learns as their skills change and develop.
All our therapists have a Master of Music Therapy degree and are members of the professional body, the Australian Music Therapy Association. Our therapists have worked with children of all abilities and ages.
Our therapists are required to continually update their skills. They are required to attend professional development workshops and conferences in order to keep providing the Chatterbox community with the latest, most research-based therapy.
Music Therapy funding options
There are options available to help you support your child with Music Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy services. For Music Therapy in Claremont Meadows, we can process: National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding for both assessment and therapy in our clinic.
If you have concerns for your child’s development, contact Chatterbox Health to book an assessment.
Kingswood (02) 9623 6362