Key Benefits

In the Hi-Tech world of buttons and gadgets it is very easy to focus on techno-babble and features rather than concentrating on what it is that you are actually seeking to provide.

Ask yourself - What is it that your users really need?

"Almost all children respond to music. Music is an open-sesame and if you can use it carefully & appropriately, you can reach into that child's potential for development."

Dr. Clive Robbins - Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Clinic

Installing a B3 sensory garden design, a bespoke space, a piece of equipment or a mixture is the provision to unlock individual and community potential, a key.

Usage of the B3 facilities
The B3 installations are generally passive, i.e. they require interaction to bring them to life. Equipment sitting unused may be aesthetically pleasing but it is being wasted. Consider carefully the amount of use that you forsee for the equipment and how you may encourage structured or ad-hoc use.

We facilitate purchasers users through the provision of our community site wikwakwok which contains resources provided by bingbangbong as well as access to other users.

There are two levels of access, public registration for practitioners and anyone who wished to discuss the areas of outdoor sensory and soundplay plus a special access for existing customers who have complete access to the site including

• wikwakwokipedia - soundplay resource
• User-specific forum - clients only
• User resources - clients only

Benefits to the Users
Although there can be no guarantees, the field of music therapy is established. I set out some of the potential therapeutic and developmental benefits of engaging in creative sound exploration; the pursuit of development should be fun and the pursuit of pleasure will be developmental.

"Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals of all ages, improving quality of life for persons who are well and meeting the needs of children and adults with disabilities or illnesses. Music therapy interventions can be designed to promote wellness, manage stress, alleviate pain, enhance memory, improve communication, and provide unique opportunities for interaction. Research in music therapy supports the effectiveness of interventions in many areas such as facilitating movement and overall physical rehabilitation, increasing motivation to engage in treatment, providing emotional support for clients and their families, and creating an outlet for expression of feeling.

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Key Developmental Benefits

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Achievable by / achievement for all

• Tuning, unless otherwise specified is pentatonic; every note harmonises with every other note.
• Anyone striking an instrument is met with a pleasant musical tone. Play two or more tones together and you have guaranteed harmony.
• Any number of users playing together will provide harmonic tones. Melody of course, requires co-ordination:

Social interaction

• Teamwork
• Self awareness & awareness of others.
• Non-verbal communication skills such as eye contact and listening
• Turn taking skills.
• Social interaction skills promoting relationship development.
• Community · Emotional expression and communication:
• Exploration & non-verbal expression of feelings, emotions and individuality.

Educational

• key element of DfES Strategy
• Basics of music by exploration
  
• Listening, comprehension and reaction skills
  
• Experiential learning rather than taught
  
• Unlocking individual & group creativity

Cognitive enhancement

• Concentration
  
• Engagement
  
• Memory
  
• Motivation
  
• Choosing
  
• Planning

Physical aspects:

• repetitive movement
  
• fine and gross motor skills,
  
• Hand/eye co-ordination.

Key Pleasure benefits

• It's fun

 

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The above are benefits commonly cited as potential outcomes from engaging in Music therapy - no guarantee is made regarding the effect on individual users