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Calgary Teen with cerebral palsy writes Remembrance Day Song: "It's phenomenal!"
2019
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Gil Tucker
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English
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Global News

Article and video showcase work by music therapist Laurie Perez with a teenage student with cerebral palsy, demonstrating the use of song writing in a school setting with children with disabilities

Discover the Power of Music Therapy
2012
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English
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English
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Shaw TV Calgary

In this video produced by Shaw TV, Jennifer Buchanan of JB Music Therapy in Calgary demonstrates the effectiveness and impact of music therapy on a 97 year old war veteran who has cognitive impairments due to dementia.

How music therapy can help anxious children
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Dr. Elizabeth Coombes
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English
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The Conversation

This article describes the ways music therapy has been applied to help children cope with anxiety related disorders

How music therapy is helping psychiatric patients heal at UofL Health
2021
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English
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English
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UofL Health

UofL Health (Louisville, Kentucky) is integrating music therapy into its care plan for inpatient psychiatric patients at UofL Hospital. This video introduces you to Katelyn Farris, the music therapist who is helping patients relax and recover through the soothing sounds of music.

Innovative music therapy in Calgary hopes to help people walk again
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Jil Croteau
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English
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Global News

Music therapy is being used in Calgary to help individuals with neurological conditions work towards their goals

Los beneficios de la musicoterapia
2015
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Spanish
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Spanish
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Telemadrid

This video (in Spanish) presents a child with a neurologic disorder who received music therapy services in Spain. It includes interviews from the child's mother, the music therapist, and a music therapy student.

Music class provides therapy for children with vision loss
2020
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TMJ4 News, Milwaukee, USA
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English

This news report describes the impact of music therapy on children with visual impairment. A parent speaks about the changes they have seen on their child, and their hopes for the future. 

Music as medicine at the Montreal Children's Hospital
2021
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Hayley Juhl
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English
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Montreal Gazette

 Three therapists use instruments and voices — and parents — to reach kids "where they're at" and promote healing and a feeling of safety. Music therapists at the Montreal Children’s Hospital (Pascal Comeau, Julien Peyrin and Christelle Jacquet) sing and use instruments to help children get in touch with their emotions and find calm when undergoing procedures.

A Music Therapist seeks to tap into long-lost memories
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Claudia Lopez Lloreda
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English
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Science News

Music therapy is often used to improve well-being. A new study hints that for people with dementia, listening to music can induce lingering emotions even if they don't remember listening.

Music therapy for students who are both deaf and blind truly works, teacher says
2016
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KSL news, Utah, USA
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English

Music therapy allows children with visual impairment to reach their goals and develop their motor, cognitive and communications skills. Children who are part of the group explain why they enjoy music therapy. 

Music therapy: ‘Her face just lights up when she hears it’
2022
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English
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English
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BBC News Northern Ireland

Watch the music therapy journey of a young girl with cerebral palsy and blindness. Her mother tells the changes she witnesses in her daugther during music therapy sessions. Also, this video explains how music therapy is provided in Northen Ireland. The Royal National Institute for the Blind advocates for more music therary access for children in this country. 

Music Therapy program at Calgary's Foothills hospital Expanded
2018
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Carolyn Kury de Castilla
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English
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Global News

Music is now being used as medicine at the Foothills Medical Centre intensive care unit in Calgary, helping everyone from palliative care patients to stroke victims.