MELANIE VOIGT

Melanie Voigt, Ph.D./Univ. Texas in Music Education; music therapy training with Gertrud Orff; Head of the Music Therapy Department, Kinderzentrum München; Head of Training Courses in Orff-Music Therapy; Lecturer in Orff Music Therapy at the Fachhochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt; Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapeutin; Publications regarding Orff Music Therapy in English and German.

Presentation:
DISCOVERING COMPETENCIES: DEVELOPMENTAL MUSIC THERAPY WITH CHILDREN WITH A GENETIC SYNDROME

Children with genetic syndromes often show multiple problems in development. Using developmental music therapy, we often work with these children with in the area of interactive competencies. This paper will discuss this type of therapeutic approach using an example of music therapy over time with a girl with Rett Syndrome.