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the power of play'at Winchester University.Key Changes Annual Conference '11: Music Therapy - the power of play
Held on: Saturday 12th March '11 at: Winchester University.
50 delegates attended this UK-wide music therapy event.
The day began with a presentation from Play Therapist Sarah Hickson explaining the fundamentals of play, and reminding music therapists of close correlations between our two professions. Other presentations throughout the day were from the Key Changes therapy team and from music therapists working further afield, including: Leigh Warren-Thomas (KC) Perspectives on play Christina Lydon (KC) Playing in the Family: a girl with ASD, her mum and new-born sister: ‘I can see my little girl, what she can do, not just focussing on the Autism' (Mum) Amanda Lapping (Greenlaws) Working with an adult with learning disabilities: “I can’t play because I don’t know how it goes.” Mid-morning, the delegate group divided to form 2 groups for our practical workshops, led by Key Changes therapists Susannah Wettone and Beccy Read: Reflecting on play.
Live lunch-time music was provided by: TANT - Celtic Fusion Nu Jazz! – a wonderful and highly appropriate Key Changes Conference tradition.
KEY-NOTE PRESENTER: Dr. Amelia Oldfield, took up the afternoon session, presenting: Play and humour in music therapy with children and their families.
Feedback from delegates: Excellent and inspiring!
Very informative – well worth it. Stimulating. Very interesting and great fun too. Well planned and organised. Full. Thought-provoking. …will take the strategies on board… Useful…varied. Insightful.
The conference programme and some of the summaries of these presentations are attached . More will be added soon.
From the Key Changes Annual Music Therapy Conference 2010: Winchester University, March ‘10
50 delegates attended this UK music therapy event, the focus of which was: Time-limited music therapy. Presentations were from a children’s hospice, a project with bereaved siblings, a skill-sharing project in Belarus, neuro-music therapy, and, from Dr Julie Sutton - keynote speaker, a focus on music, time and trauma.
This wonderful day provided CPD for the Key Changes therapy team and for those music therapists who attended from around the country.
Some comments from delegates included: ‘inspiring..’ ‘well organised…’ ‘thought-provoking…’ ‘clear and well-presented…’ ‘ delicious (refreshments)…’ ‘beautiful space (venue)…’ ‘I’ll be back!’ Delegates’ quotes. If you are interested in reading summaries of this year's conference presentations, please click on the link below.
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