Music Therapy
Areas of practice:
- Autism 
- Early Intervention/Developmental Delays 
- Mental Health – Adult/Adolescent 
- Psychosocial Disability 
- Adult Disability 
Working with goals related to:
Cognition
- Increasing memory 
- Increasing attention: sustained, alternating and selective attention 
- Increasing executive functioning: planning, organisation, inhibition and self monitoring 
- Developing emotional regulation 
- Increasing sensory processing and integration 
- Increasing initiation and motivation 
- Increasing autonomy and community participation 
Capacity Building for Community Participation
- Developing a sense of empowerment 
- Developing a sense of belonging and social connectedness 
- Increasing community participation 
- Developing a sense of purpose 
- Increasing social inclusion 
- Increasing opportunities for choice and agency 
- Developing peer relationships 
Communication
- Developing receptive language 
- Developing expressive language 
- Developing speech articulation and pronunciation 
- Managing stuttering 
- Developing social communication skills; including social understanding, non-verbal communication 
- Decreasing social isolation 
Motor Skills and Mobility
- Increasing gross motor function and control 
- Increasing fine motor function and control 
- Developing proprioception and balance 
- Increasing function of the respiratory system 
- Increasing mobility 
- Increasing physical independence 
Sessions are held in one of three formats
Centre-based
Centre-based sessions are held in an easily accessible, light filled studio space at Keon Park Children’s Hub in Reservoir.
Mobile Service
Inhabit Music Therapy operates as a mobile practice, providing music therapy services to homes, disability day centres, schools and supported accomodation in the Darebin, Moreland, Nillimbuk, Banyule, Moonee Valley, Maribyrnong, Brimbank and Hume districts.
Telehealth
Telehealth is fully-funded by the NDIS. Sessions take place through video-conferencing. The Telehealth format allows for increased continuity of access to music therapy services when face-to-face sessions are not available.