One of the ways music therapy has been funded for many of our clients over the past few years is through the Australian Government’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
The NDIS is for eligible Australians who were either born with or acquire a permanent and significant disability. A ‘permanent disability’ means a person’s disability is likely to be lifelong. A ‘significant disability’ means a disability with a large impact on a person’s ability to complete everyday activities.
Music therapy is recognised as a support for “Capacity Building – Improved Daily Living” through the NDIS as it targets improving and building the necessary skills that assist in everyday life.
Music therapy is a research-based practice and deemed as an essential service (particularly during COVID), providing opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to engage in improving their well-being through the naturally social medium of music.
The NDIS recognises music therapy as an effective service and has significantly improved access for the broader community.
This can include, however is not limited to:
- Language and communication skills: improving speech, language and sound processing, and nonverbal communication using a PODD (or Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display), signing, or other
- Gross and fine motor skills: coordination, body awareness, and mobility
- Social skills: turn taking, sharing, waiting
- Mental health support: developing coping resources, supporting healthy self-expression, and exploring and processing thoughts, feelings, and emotions
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