music therapy: your piece of the intergenerational puzzle
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Music Therapy:
YOUR Piece in the
Intergenerational Puzzle
Melita Belgrave, Ph.D., MT-BC,
JoAnn Jordan, MT-BC
Importance of
intergenerational programs
For older adults
For children
For parents
For the facility
Why music (therapy)?
Music is a familiar structure for both
generations
Music therapists can meet
multigenerational needs within an
invention
Great way to get $$ without stretching
resources of participants
Warning signs
You lack time to prepare and to be
intentional
Behavioral issues of participants are a
concern
Responsibility rest fully on you
Our Stories
Is it worth it?
Issues of joint preschool and older adult
groups
Smells
Sounds
Equipment
Auditory issues
Bridge building
Setting responsibilities
Who is responsible to:
Gather participants
Set-up room
Prepare materials
Clean-up
Serve as door monitor
Data
Yes, no, maybe?
Why?
Who to evaluate?
What to evaluate?
When and how?
Why evaluate?
Program effectiveness
Who benefited and how
Future recruitment
Contribute to literature
Cost
Program development
Who should you evaluate?
Younger Participants
Older Participants
Facility Staff Executive Director vs. Lifestyle Director
Classroom Teachers Homeroom Teacher vs. Music Teacher
Family Members Both Generations
What should you evaluate?
Primary and Secondary Objectives
Improve cross-age attitudes
Improve cross-age interactions
Improve younger persons’ benefits
Prosocial behavior, willingness to work in gerontology
related field
Improve older persons’ benefits
Psychosocial well-being, fine motor skills, gross motor skills,
attending/engagement
When or how to evaluate?
When
Pre/Post Measures
During IG Sessions
Weekly Post
Session
How
Survey
Observation
Interview
How do you
measure success?
Interviews parents, older adults
Videos
Marketing of facility
Performance/group share
Misc. items
Background check sometimes required
Plan for interruptions
Resources
Music Together/Kindermusik
“Musical Bridges: Intergenerational Music Programs” by Joan Shaw, Carney Mathey
Blog posts
“Sparking Lives with Themes and Music: Intergenerational Edition” by JoAnnJordan
“Music therapy and Geriatric Populations” by Melita Belgrave, Alice-Ann Darrow, Darcy Walworth, and Natalie Wlodarczyk
Flexing your
song muscle
Create visuals of
adult songs to help
cue singing
Use sing-able books
Use partner songs
Use familiar songs to
teach academic
skills
Ask the older adults what songs they think would work
Ask children which songs they like
Ask parents what songs the children continued to sing during the week
Example: The Garden
Example session:
Preschool Program
Older Generations Serving
Younger Generations
Academic Learning Reading readiness Sight word recognition Colors Counting Opposites
Social Skills Sharing Cooperating
Older adult serves as mentor/teacher
Younger person serves as learner
Preschool Program
Promoting participation
and engagement
of both generations
Hello song
Familiar songs for young
Familiar songs for old
Novel experiences
Include plans for structured interaction
Goodbye
Developing empathy and
creating support systems
Social skills
Asking all ages questions
Reminding older adults of
developmental mile posts
Educating children about
some limitations
Are you ready?
Taking the next step
Music Therapy:
YOUR Piece
in the Intergenerational Puzzle
Contact us:
Melita Belgrave - [email protected]
JoAnn Jordan – [email protected]