US: Want to Help Foster Youth Heal? Try Guitar Lessons, Rhianna or Meek Mill
Imprint – April 26, 2023
Foster parents are called on to make sure the kids in their homes receive talk therapy, cognitive therapy and family therapy. But experts who treat trauma in kids removed from their homes say there’s another modality that can be highly effective – bringing out a child’s love of rap, pop or rock ‘n’ roll. “Music helps you get through the day; if you are down or if you are happy, music gives you a train of thought, it helps you think better,” a then-17-year-old foster youth identified as Steve told music therapy researchers for a 2012 study.
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