The service focuses upon strengthening aspects of the individual that are not affected by disease or disability. It also creates an awareness of the community resources available. Instruction in a variety of recreational skills. Individual and group recreative programs to be held in the hospital and out in the community. Modification or adaptation of facilities, equipment, transportation and other resources that have potential recreative value for individual patients.
Music therapy uses music as a media to attain improvement of mental and physical health.
Music Therapy serves patients of all ages who require specialized services due to behavioral, social, learning, or physical disabilities. Music is used to improve physical, psychological, cognitive, and social functioning through activities such as lyric discussion, learning an instrument, performing, song writing, relaxation, and music as pain management. The music therapist also works closely with other therapies on the team, supporting and augmenting their treatment goals for individual patients. Melodic Intonation Therapy is used for patients with aphasia and language-apraxic children. Melodic Intonation Therapy was developed in the 1970's as a strategy for recovering some propositional speech in asphasic adults.