Music therapy can address needs in a wide variety of non-musical goal areas. Listed below are just a few examples of goals we address in our music therapy sessions each week.

• Emotional Regulation: Learning to identify one’s own emotions and the emotions of others.
• Coping Skills: Developing positive coping tools to relieve stress, anxiety, and mood disruption.
• Executive Functioning: Incorporating organization skills, memory support, and cognitive tasks into musical experiences.
• Communication Skills: Encouraging verbal and non-verbal communication through reciprocal play.
• Sensory Integration: Experiencing new sensory input through auditory and tactile experiences.
• Social Skills: Learning greetings, goodbyes, and appropriate social boundaries.
• Daily Living Skills: Developing routines for daily living skills including hand washing, teeth brushing, and dressing.