List of activities

This 6-week project was delivered in response to a request from the non-governmental organisation Asociatia Down Oradea Romania so that they might incorporate music into their work with children and adults with Down Syndrome who attended their Day Centre ‘Iedera’ in Oradea.

We returned to spend one week with our partners at Centru de Art-Terapie ‘Eliza Ionescu and Centru de Recuperare si Educatie Speciala ‘Speranta’ (Timisoara) and Centrul de Zi ‘Sf. Maria’ (Cluj) to support their continued use of music following our introductory training the previous year. Sharing successes, developing practice and trouble shooting!

Provision of a series of lectures across one week, introducing pyschology undergraduates at the Universitatea de Vest (Timisoara) to the clinical practice of music therapy.

This 6-week project was the first project which trained local staff to use music with both children and adults with learning disabilities who were attending the parent-led non-governmental Centru de Zi ‘Sf. Maria’.

This 6-week project was delivered to staff working with children at two non-governmental day centres in Timisoara: Centru de Art-Terapie ‘Eliza Ionescu and Centru de Recuperare si Educatie Speciala ‘Speranta’

We returned to spend one week with our partners in Centru de Plasament ‘Orizont, Centru de Plasament ‘Cristina’ and Centru de Plasament ‘Agigea’ (Constanta) and at Fundatia de Sprijin Comunitar (Bacau) to support their continued use of music following our introductory training the previous year. Sharing successes, developing practice and troubleshooting.

Working across three care settings for children and young people in Constanta, this 6 week project saw staff introduced to ways of using music with children and young people at Centru de Plasament ‘Orizont, Centru de Plasament ‘Cristina’ and Centru de Plasament ‘Agigea’.

Working with Fundatia de Sprijin Comunitar (FSC) and the Relief Fund for Romania, we spent 6 weeks with FSC staff introducing them to ways they could use music in 3 care settings in and around Bacau: Gradinita Speciala, Camin Spital de Neuropsihiatrie Raciuni and Leagan No.2.

Promoting the role of music for people with additional needs through the provision ofMusic Workshops for participants at the Prin Arta pentru Toti Conference, Valea Budului.

We returned to our partners at the Camin Spital pentru Copii Irecuperabil, Ungureni to assess the extent to which our introductory training project had had a sustainable impact for the staff and children; we undertook visits at over 20 different care settings across Romania to assess the level of demand for the training we were offering.