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For children who have severe and profound disabilities, music not only offers a unique channel of self-expression, it also enables them to share their thoughts and feelings with the people around them and the wider world.

SamuelFor AMBER's children, music also:
    promotes learning and development
    helps with socialising
    improves concentration
    improves mobility skills

    helps in acquiring the skills to
     communicate confidently with others 

    teaches basic concepts, such as the
     difference between left and right

    helps to express emotion without words

    boosts confidence

    provides great pleasure and fulfilment

 

“Music is particularly important for children with complex needs.
For some it may be their main way of accessing their cultural heritage.
For others it may provide an important – perhaps the only –
channel of communication.” Dr Adam Ockelford