Home   Music Therapy   Providers   Clients / Patients   Goals   Interventions   Special Programs   Research   Links   Contact Us         Who Receives Music Therapy? “Music is the universal language of mankind.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow People of all ages, backgrounds, interests, and levels of functioning may receive music therapy. Clients/patients need not possess any musical skills. Following is an A-Z listing of “populations”, diagnoses and facilities in which music therapy is appropriate and beneficial: A Abuse Victims Acute Pain Addiction Aicardi Syndrome AIDS Alcoholism Alzheimer’s Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Aneurysm Anorexia Nervosa Anxiety Disorders Aphasia Apraxia Articulation Disorders Aspergers Asthma At-Risk Children and Adolescents Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Autism B Behavioral Disorders Bereavement Bipolar Disorder Brain Damage Bulimia Burn Victims C Cancer Cardiac Rehabilitation Cardiopulmonary Disease Cerebral Dysfunction Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Vascular Accident/CVA (Stroke) Chemical Dependency Childbirth Chronic Pain Cleft Palate Communication Disorders Community Centers Conduct Disorders Congenital Deformities Correctional Facilities Criminal Offenders D Dementia Depression Developmental Disabilities Diplegia Dissociative Disorders Down’s Syndrome Dysarthria Dyslexia E Eating Disorders Emotionally Disturbed Emphysema Encephalitus Encephalopathy Epilepsy F Family Counseling Fluency Disorders Fragile X Syndrome G Geriatrics Gifted Group Homes H Habilitation Halfway Houses Head Injury Hearing Impaired Heart Disease Hemiplegia HIV Home Health Hospice Hospitals Huntington’s Disease Hydrocephalus Hypertension I Immune Response Impulse Control Disorders Independent Living J Joint Diseases Juvenile Offenders K Kidney Disease Klinefelter’s Syndrome L Labor and Delivery Language Disorders Learning Disabilities Leukemia M Mania Medical Facilities Mental Illness Mental Retardation Mood Disorders Multiple Sclerosis Multiply Handicapped Muscular Dystophy N Neonatal Care Neurofibromatosis Neurological Disorders/Impairments Neurology Nursing Homes O Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Obstetrics Oncology Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Orthopedic Impairments P Palliative Care Paralysis Paraplegia Parkinson’s Disease Pediatrics Perceptual Disorders Personality Disorders Pervasive Developmental Delay (PDD) Phenylketonuria (PKU) Phobias Physically Impaired/Disabled Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Preventative Medicine Psychiatric Facilities Psychiatric/Psychological Disorders Psychoneuroimmunology Psychosis Q Quadriplegia R Recovery Rehabilitation Residential Facilities Respiratory Illnesses Rett’s Syndrome Reumatoidarthritis S Schizophrenia Schools Senior Centers Sensory Disorders Sexual Assault Victims Sleep Disorders Somataform Disorders Special Education Speech Disorders Spina Bifida Spinal Cord Injuries Stress Stroke (CVA) Substance Abuse Surgery T Terminally Ill Tortian Dystonia Tourette Syndrome Transient Ischemic Attach (TIA) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Trisomy 21 U Unipolar Depression Upper Respiratory Illness V Visually Impaired Voice Disorders Violence Victims W Wellness Williams Syndrome X X-Linked Disorders Y Youth At-Risk Youth Programs/Centers Z Zieve’s Syndrome Home | Music Therapy | Providers | Clients/Patients Goals | Interventions | Research | Links | Contact Us Copyright © 2006 Valley Music Therapy Website and logo designed by Pertinent Arts www.pertinentarts.com