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Music therapist puts together CD of patients’, caregivers’ songs

WCMT — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:50:09 +0000

Gundersen Lutheran music therapist Amy Schaack is releasing a 27-song CD written by the hosptial’s patients and caregivers, including Harland Thorson of Onalaska, who is currently fighting lung cancer.

Treating Stress, Speech Disorders With Music

WCMT — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:04:31 +0000

More and more hospitals and clinics now offer music therapy as a supplementary treatment for everything from anxiety to Alzheimer’s, but its efficacy varies for different conditions. Neurologist Oliver Sacks and several music therapists discuss the science and practice of music therapy. Click here to visit the website and listen to the ‘Science Friday’ with Ira Flatow podcast.

Ben Folds Supports Music Therapy!

WCMT — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:07:13 +0000

Ben Folds made an appearance at the 2011 National Music Therapy Conference in Atlanta, GA to show his support for music therapy.

Gabby Giffords & Mark Kelly: Courage and Hope

WCMT — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:59:38 +0000

Congresswoman Giffords and her husband share their story with Diane Sawyer. To read more click on this link to learn more about this 20/20 story and the amazing power of music therapy!

Dementia patients respond to UW-Eau Claire music therapy

WCMT — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:48:04 +0000

Lee Anna Rasar’s lifelong love of music shows, particularly as her fingers fly across the keys, unleashing favorite melodies for Syverson Lutheran Home residents who gather around her at the piano every week.

For roughly 20 years, the UW-Eau Claire music therapy instructor and her students have been visiting Syverson, applying lessons learned in “Therapeutic Application of Dance and Movement,” and “Clinical Application of Percussion Techniques,” both courses currently offered at UW-Eau Claire.

“It’s been a wonderful win-win collaboration between Syverson and the university,” observed Rasar, who said the program benefits Syverson residents, UW-Eau Claire students and research efforts.”

To read more, comment and watch a video clip – click here

Music Therapy Hitting Right Notes for Patients – CBS News Video

WCMT — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:23:18 +0000

CBS News video: Music therapy hitting right notes for patients – A new study finds music therapy promotes reaction and helps ease pain in critical care patients. Michelle Miller reports. To read more, click the link below.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7384199n

United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Dane County looking for volunteers

WCMT — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:47:16 +0000

United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Dane County are currently recruiting groups and individuals to staff beverage booths at the Taste of Madison held on theCapitol Square over Labor Day weekend (September 3^rd and 4^th). There are open position both days. Please help us in supporting a great cause.

For more information, please visit: http://affnet.ucp.org/ucp_localsub.cfm/152/9882/13295/13295-11926

Tell Me a Story: Music Therapy Helps 12-year-old Leukemia Patient

WCMT — Thu, 12 May 2011 02:36:18 +0000

Music therapist Brian Schreck talks to 12 year old patient Christopher “Critter” Smith about communicating through music at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Click the link below to learn more about their story.

www.cincinnatichildrens.org/critter-yh

Music Therapy in the Movies – “The Music Never Stopped”

WCMT — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:37:32 +0000

“The Music Never Stopped,” a motion picture that features music therapy is being screened in several select cities. Visit http://themusicneverstopped-movie.com to find out more.

“The Music Never Stopped,” based on the case study “The Last Hippie” by Dr. Oliver Sacks, M.D. (“Awakenings”), chronicles the journey of a father and son adjusting to cerebral trauma and a lifetime of missed opportunities. Through the music that embodied the generation gap of the 1960s, the film weaves the heartwarming progress of Henry and Gabriel’s relationship.

In 1967, after his father Henry Sawyer (J.K. Simmons) forbids him to see a Grateful Dead concert, prodigal son Gabriel Sawyer (Lou Taylor Pucci) runs away from home. Nearly twenty years later, Henry, a straight-laced engineer and lover of big band music, is shocked to learn that his estranged son requires major surgery to remove a previously neglected brain tumor.

After the operation, the extent of Gabriel’s condition is made clear: the tumor damaged the part of his brain that facilitates the creation of new memories. For Gabriel, past, present, and future become indistinguishable, and he lives fixed in the era of Vietnam, acid trips, and psychedelic music. Determined not to let their son slip away from them again, Henry and wife Helen (Cara Seymour) vow to connect with Gabriel, who is barely able to communicate effectively. Unhappy with Gabriel’s lack of progress, Henry does his own research on brain injuries, which leads him to Dr. Dianne Daly (Julia Ormond). She is a music therapist who has used her methods to make significant progress with patients who have brain tumors. Dr. Daly is modeled after AMTA-member, Dr. Connie Tomaino of Beth Abraham Medical Center in New York.

As Diane works with Gabriel, she realizes that he is most responsive to the music of the Rock and Roll era – The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and particularly the Grateful Dead. Even though he is unaware that the era of his music has long passed, the effect is remarkable, and he begins to be able to have conversations and express himself. Tell your family, friends, administrators about this powerful movie.

Music Therapy Helps Giffords Heal

WCMT — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:11:20 +0000

What the video link below - U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords rehab using music therapy at TIRR.

http://www.click2houston.com/health/26967148/detail.html#video