Research has offered the theory that music can be effective, when used in conjunction with a treatment plan, to improve behavioral and attention issues in children with epilepsy. For children who have epilepsy, and experience complex partial seizures, some exhibit difficulties controlling their behavior and remaining focused on activities. (Semrud-Clikeman M; Wical B, 1999) Sumrund and Wical understood that epileptic children may have a predisposition to attention and behavioral issues, more so than children who do not have epilepsy. In a cross-sectional study performed at the Neurological Clinic at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health with 100 epileptic children ages 6-10, 57% of the children presented with behavioral problems and 32% of them were moderate to severe. (Piyasil V; Sriudomkajorn S; Suwanpairat J, 2008)
For adolescents dealing with epilepsy, education and social situations can be difficult. Low self-worth is a harsh consequence of the unexpectedness surrounding seizures and is detrimental to their lives. (Collins S, 2011) Without support, children can develop depression and become lonely if they feel that their peers are uneasy because of their medical issues. By treating with music therapy to facilitate greater focus and control, as well as reduce the episodes of epileptic seizures, the patients may improve with their depression more effectively while living more productive and socially connected lives.
Historically, music has been revealed to be effective in modifying the mood, behavior and health of people in an encouraging manner. The first time music therapy was mentioned in the US as a treatment was in an unsigned 1789 article in Columbian Magazine; however it has been noted throughout history as ...
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This paper will examine a 10-session theoretical group therapy intervention. The population served will be adults who have endured childhood trauma and who deal with mental health issues resulting from those traumatic experience(s). The purpose is to intervene with music therapy to aid in the abatement of most mental health symptoms excluding personality disorders and psychosis.
While Music Therapy has gained wide-spread acclaim for its effectiveness and garnered increasing attention in the fields of Medicine and Psychology, it has not quite effervesced into the level of popularity proportional to how effective it has actually proven to be. For the purposes of this paper, the focus will be restricted to Special Education. Specifically, what will be examined is the effect that underfunding of Special Education has on the children themselves and their ability to socialize and assimilate into society as functional members. Due to the nature of Special Education, the challenges it poses to teachers, parents, other students, and society at large are significant. This population represents neurological, physiological, and
Music therapy works because of its three fundamentals: the application of systematic thinking through music theory, the creation of an individualized treatment plan, as well as the patie...
There are over 3 million people who suffer from epilepsy in the United States alone, with most of them being diagnosed by the time they are twenty-five years old. e.g. (Epilepsy Foundation, 2014). More interesting than the seizures and epilepsy itself, are the effects that it has on the brain, the emotional side effects from continuous seizures, and the medication that is given to maintain stabilization in the brain.... ... middle of paper ... ...
B., Gfeller, K. E., & Thaut, M. H. (2008). An Introduction to Music Therapy: Theory and
There have been many studies done to find how music influences a child’s development. The College Entrance Examination Board discovered that students who took music appreciation classes had higher verbal and math scores than those who did not take the classes. (Stephens 2003) The U.S. Department of Education found that in 25,000 secondary schools, students who were highly involved in the music program did much better in math than any other students. (Stephens 2003) These studies and more have found that involvement in music increases chi...
Epilepsy is a very common neurological disorder. Some reports estimate that five in one-thousand people suffer from this problem. Throughout history, people with epilepsy have been shunned or considered inferior. Even today, ignorance leads many people to treat the epileptic as "abnormal" or "retarded". Although the etiology of epilepsy is still not fully understood, it is quite treatable due to advances in modern medicine.
Music is everywhere we go; we listen to it in the car, while doing work, and there are even people who pay to listen or watch an artist perform live. Yes, life goes on without music, but music has such an impact on our lives. Life is a rollercoaster of emotions and we have music to fit our emotions to be just as we feel. Music has a great deal of importance of many people. It can have a meaning that they cannot explain to others and are able to connect with the song. By doing so experts are able to help patients overcome many sicknesses with the help of music. Music therapy is capable of being an advantage for many individual patients, it can encourage responses from patients that other methods of therapy cannot get from them. Also, it improves the patients in distinctive ways other than for an illness.
British Psychological Society (BPS) (2013) Making music may improve young children's behavior. Available at: http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=134087&CultureCode=en (Accessed: 17 January 2014).
The idea of the Mozart effect began in 1993 with a study conducted by Rauscher, Shaw & Ky. This study involved 36 university students taking three different IQ spatial reasoning tasks and for each test used either Mozart’s sonata for two pianos in D major and relaxation music was played, silence was also used. The results of this experiment showed that students who had listened to the music of Mozart had better results for the spacial reasoning tests in comparison to silence or relaxation music. The results also showed that the impact of Mozart’s music was only temporary and only lasted for 10-15 minutes. Overall this study was very basic and had numerous flaws such as the sample size and also the variety of tests used to look at the impact of music (Rauscher, Shaw & Ky, 1993). In 1997 Don Campbell’s book The Mozart effect popularised the claim that music makes children smarter. This book created a public interest in music and brain development. The book uses Rauscher’s experiment as an example of what Mozart’s music can do which in this experiment shows a temporary increase in spatial reasoning, this however was misinterpreted by the public as an increase in IQ. The popularisation of the...
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Keikha, Aleme, Hosein Jenabadi, and Habibullah Mirshekar. "The Effect's Of Music On Increasing Motor Skills And Auditory Memory In Mental Retarded Children Aged 15-10 With 65-75IQ (Case Study)." Modern Applied Science 6.4 (2012): 106-111.
This authors of this article wrote with an interest in informing parents and pediatricians of the large impact that music, music videos, and song lyrics can have on the lives of their children and patients. They discussed a wide variety of the different aspects in the lives of youth that music and music media can influence. These include aspects such as behavior such as drug use and promiscuity, emotions, grades, and interactions. They also discuss research from a large number of studies that have been performed on the subject of the influence of music on actions. The idea that music can affect a listener so strongly relates directly to the effect of music on the brain, so it will be useful to argue the aspect of music impacting actions. Direct quotes and some paraphrasing will be used to convey this aspect to the reader and help to prove the point of the thesis.
In order to understand why the use of music therapy is growing, one must know what exactly music therapy is. Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. Music therapy also provides avenues for communicati...