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What is Music Therapy and how does it work?
Music Therapy is the professional field which applies music interventions to target specific (non-musical) goals. Sessions are designed and run by Board-Certified Music Therapists, which can include any form of singing, instrumental playing, or music involvement that exercises a particular skill or goal. Common treatment areas include fine/gross motor, speech, and cognitive learning, behavior, and social/emotional development.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...
“When Sara visits she brings a pleasant, warm feeling to our neighborhood. We really enjoy the time she visits with us.” –Supervisor of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Assisted Living / Participant in group Music Therapy sessions
“We have been to several music groups in the community and this one was the most age appropriate group I have been to.” –Mother of 2 year old / Participant in early childhood education
“We are so pleased with the service, the teacher, and our son’s response to Music Therapy and [adapted] lessons… In a short amount of time our son is reading notes and playing several songs. He loves his piano lessons!” – Kay Holliday, Mother of 10 year old son with Autism / Participant in adapted private piano lessons
“Excellent! I appreciate the fact that [Sara] went above and beyond the expectations. I also appreciated the fact the [she] adapted to the personality types of the busy boys. The boys enjoyed learning to read and write. Thank you for making it a pleasant experience.” – Teresa Goldmann, Mother of 4 year old son / Participant in Early Reading Program
“I love doing music with Sara, she is absolutely wonderful and brings such great things. I look forward to it every week!” –Participant in group Music Therapy sessions
“There is something about Sara that the children love. She knows how to engage them. Even at such a young age, all the children in the class respond so well and so quickly!” –Mother of 9 month old / Participant in early childhood education
“A well renowned vocal coach has recognized the technique and form that my daughters have been learning from private vocal instruction with Sara. They have stood out from the many others in the ensemble.” –Mother of 8 and 10 year old daughters / Participant in private voice lessons
History
MTCSB is an established sole proprietorship of Los Angeles County, by Neurologic Music Therapist Sara M. Dudik, MT-BC, NMT. Sara is a board-certified music therapist and graduate of Chapman University, where she received her bachelors of music therapy and a minor in psychology. Her career has spanned to serve infants through elderly, with a variety of diagnoses, including early childhood development, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Dementia, at-risk youth, developmental disorders, and sever behavioral/emotional disorders. All services are offered at public and private locations, including local schools and studios, private homes, and assisted living facilities and day centers throughout the south bay cities.