Awakening musical facilitators: a creative music-centered training program for community healthcare workers. (1st June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: dos Santos, Andeline; Lotter, Carol
• Is Part Of: Nordic journal of music therapy. Volume 25(2016)Supplement 1
• Page Start: 100
• Page End: 100
• Publication Date: 2016-06-01
• Subjects: Music therapy -- training -- community-care workers -- improvisation -- resource-oriented; Music therapy -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals; Music Therapy -- Periodicals; 615.85154
• DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2016.1180107
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0809-8131

Abstract

Abstract : Introduction : As registered music therapists in South Africa, we have developed a training program to equip community healthcare workers to utilize the arts in their work. Music affords potential in counselling due to its creative and communicative nature, possibilities for expressing the full range of human emotions, its projective qualities, opportunities it offers to re-compose meanings, and the way in which people engage with it in a holistic manner. Aim : The workshop will highlight the importance of developing innovative interventions for training and support that blend creative thinking with ethically responsible practice. This is crucial when working in complex contexts where psychosocial needs are overwhelming and the numbers of care workers are insufficient. The training courses are run with resource-oriented convictions and with a commitment to collaborative mutual learning. Methods/activities : This workshop will provide a description of the techniques that are experientially presented during this training course, practically guide attendees through some of these techniques, explain the underlying theoretical perspectives, and offer examples from the training courses.