Project Bethlehem - Training Educators and Health Workers in the Therapeutic Use of Music in the West Bank

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  • Elizabeth Coombes University of Wales, Newport

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v11i1.291

Parole chiave:

Music Therapy, Bethlehem, School, Trauma

Abstract

This article describes Project Bethlehem, a music therapy initiative which is taking place   in the West Bank.  It’s aim is to train teachers and health care workers in the therapeutic use of music with children.

The background to the Project is described, and the music therapy work is then detailed with references to the theoretical thinking behind it. An Appendix containing the booklet prepared as a teaching resource for staff involved in the Project is attached to show how the work was developed.

Biografia autore

Elizabeth Coombes, University of Wales, Newport

Elizabeth Coombes was born in Wales, UK and gained a BMus from London University in 1985.  After working as a professional musician, she became a project development worker and tutor for Community Music Wales, an organisation that remains the largest provider of inclusive therapeutic workshops in Wales.In 2000, she qualified as a Music Therapist from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, obtaining a research MA in 2006.Her areas of work include children and young people with mental health/psychological issues and school anxiety/refusal.  She works as a clinician for CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) and the Pupil Referral Service, both in South Wales.  She is also a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wales, Newport teaching on the BA in Creative Therapies in Education. Liz is also Programme Leader of the MA in Music Therapy at the University, a new course which is scheduled for commencement in September 2011.

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Pubblicato

2011-02-16

Come citare

Coombes, E. (2011). Project Bethlehem - Training Educators and Health Workers in the Therapeutic Use of Music in the West Bank. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v11i1.291

Fascicolo

V. 11 N. 1 (2011)

Sezione

Perspectives on Practice

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