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Child on pianoFor children who have severe and profound disabilities, music offers a unique channel of self-expression, enabling communication with the people around them and the wider world. Music for them can be everything.

 

What music can do for these children
It can:

 

 promote learning and development

 

 provide a medium of self-expression

 

 improve concentration

 teach basic concepts, such as the difference between left
   and right, or the same and different

 improve mobility skills

 

 help to acquire language skills

 

 help to express emotion without words

 

 boost confidence

 

 help with socializing

 enable children to share their thoughts and feelings with the people
    around them

 help in acquiring the skills to communicate confidently with others

 provide great pleasure and fulfilment