Hi Sal,
I've just seen your post, months on!
I just wanted to wish you well in your studies. Until I retired last year (at 70!) I was a Health Visitor working with families with 0-5 year olds in a very mixed area of inner London,
I found the help music therapy gave to several children, mothers and families made a huge difference. In helping mothers bond with their babies and preventing post natal depression, as well as for babies and children with various physical and developmental problems.
I was so impressed with this that I trained to Walk a Marathon--in a day (see my section in the Exercise forum in Gransnet). This was for an event run by Classic FM to support Nordoff Robbins. The latter train music therapists to work with all age groups so I raised just over £1000 for music therapy with sick and disabled children. I walked the 26 miles from Winchester to Salisbury on 8 Sept '12. It proved quite a challenge--but I did it. It was such a worthwhile cause, I just had to finish!
I found the support from Gransnet forum members invaluable, so you might want to keep us informed of your progress on the course anyway.
Good luck with your training--it is such a worthwhile job and I really admire you for doing this at this exciting time of your life. I"m sure your own experience will make you an even better therapist.
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