List of activities

A 6-week field project providing training to a group of early years practitioners at Waterway’s Children’s Centre (Greenwich), delivered in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. The project introduced music into the care and development opportunities of the young children accessing the centre.

A 6-week project providing training to staff at The Fields, a residential centre, to introduce music into the care and activities they were providing for adults with learning disabilities who residing at the centre. Part of Bringing It All Back Home.

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The 5th delivery of our Interactive Music-Making structured training for early years practitioners in London. Hosted for the first time by Clyde Early Childhood Centre and delivered in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, the course comprised a series of 12 weekly seminars and a practical assignment, evidencing their learning with a Practice Portfolio and the option to complete a written assignment.

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We attended a conference held by Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Our contribution was a roundtable alongside people from other organisations, where we considered together “What is the relevance of skill-sharing to music therapists working in the field of dementia care?”

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We convened our first CPD event for early years practitioners who had graduated from the Interactive Music-Making programme. An opportunity to share successes, pool ideas and troubleshoot.

We undertook a full review of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Music Therapy Service’s Under 5s provision, to inform both local delivery but also capacity for the Oxleas team to support graduates from our own Interactive Music-Making programme.

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We delivered a series of guest lectures to undergraduates on the Early Years programme at the University of Greenwich, entitled “Music Therapy and Interactive Music-Making in the Early Years: An Introduction”.

We enlisted the help of our Structured training: Early years graduates to co-create a short film showcasing the impact of the training course for early years practitioners and the ways in which they are then able to use Interactive Music-Making to help young children achieve their potential.

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The 4th delivery of our Interactive Music-Making structured training for early years practitioners in London. Accredited by the University of Greenwich and delivered in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, the course comprised a series of 12 weekly seminars, a practical assignment and a written assignment.

A 2-year research project to identify the potential role for Music as Therapy International here in the UK. This ultimately led to the launch of our Bringing It All Back Home Programme in 2016.

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