Music For Wellness International Outreach

International Music for Wellness in India and Cambodia

Incredible India 2012

In February 2012 Resounding Joy will be taking a group of 13 Music Therapists and Joy Givers to India to experience the use of music therapy in palliative care while partaking in the rich traditions of the Indian Culture.

Incredible India is a once in a lifetime music therapy experience in which participants will spread wellness through music across India while receiving the benefits of professional outreach, cultural-music exchange, and sacred site seeing.

Voyage Breakdown:

• Feb 13-22 Chennai/Vellore - Christian Medical Hospital/Palliative Care Hands on experience in India's leading medical hub spot.
• Feb 22-25 Delhi Outreach - St. Stephen's Hospital and CanSupport Offer support for people diagnosed with cancer.
• Feb 2-Mar 3 Optional Tour - to include the Taj Mahal, Agra, and other surprises.

Board Certified Music Therapist may opt to receive 45 Continuing Music Therapy Education Credits (CMTEs).

Cambodia Outreach

Music Therapy at Angkor Hospital for Children

Purpose: To Provide Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Music Therapy to 20 Pediatric Heart Surgery Patients at the at the Angkor Hospital for Children, in Cambodia.

Noelle Pederson, Resounding Joy Director of Education and Training and Alex Bashor, Director of Healing Sounds Music Therapy in Los Angeles, accompanied a San Diego based medical team composed of cardiac surgeons, surgical staff, and nurses on a 10-day pro bono medical mission at Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia. Together the team successfully performed 20 operations on children with heart defects with each music therapist donated nearly 60 hours of services, including:

• Direct Patient Contact
• Documentation of Music Therapy Practices
• Audio/Video Recording
• Planning and Consultation with Cardiac Team and Angkor Hospital for Children Staff

Variety Children's Lifeline (link), a Solana Beach non-profit organization that provides medical aid to children with treatable heart conditions in developing countries. Variety Children's Lifeline sponsored the physicians' portion of the outreach. Leading the medical team from Rady Children's Hospital was cardiologist Dr. Paul Grossfeld, a strong believer in the power of music therapy.

Healing Hearts with Music is the first international outreach developed by Resounding Joy, Inc. Private funding permitted the two board-certified music therapists to provide both pre-operative and post-operative music therapy techniques to reduce anxiety and pain experienced by the Cambodian children undergoing the cardiac surgeries.

Read more details about this outreach as published in the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) Fall 2009 Imagine Early Childhood Newsletter.
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