Thus immediate intrinsic reinforcement may not exists for the child and family to engage in a routine long-term health care regimen. These interventions are easily adaptable for use at home. Postural drainage and deep breathing exercises, designed to prevent fluid build-up in the lungs, can also be combined with music therapy interventions. In educational and vocational settings, music involvement can be made contingent upon successful participation or progress in work or school. The lyrics within music may be used to prompt both academic and non-academic responses.
Music therapy is an effective means of promoting social interaction.
Music is capable of drawing clients into an activity and encourages participation, regardless of skill level. Music may also be used as an activity to fill leisure time and to improve quality of life and self-esteem through aesthetic enjoyment. Music, painting, drawing, photography, film, and television provide young people with a range of learning experiences that fit their individual needs. Children can achieve intellectual, emotional, aesthetic, physical and spiritual growth through the arts. Since arts activities are so varied, and the types of growth which result are so diverse, emotionally and physically handicapped children often excel when they work in an art medium which fits their personal capabilities.