Sound Therapy

If you’re looking for ideas to extend a sensory room this is the first of a series of short films showing how we use Soundbeam in our work with people with profound disabilities. We include switches for those who can use their hands - they encourage manipulation and introduce the idea of making something happen.
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Here’s a glimpse of the work that goes into making the Music Gym happen every Friday in Hastings. The backing track is one of Tom’s - Don’t Bring Shame on the Family - but as the slideshow ends before the vocals start the title won’t make any sense….
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For a long time we’ve wanted to enable others to use our methods to engage people with profound disabilities in meaningful activities. Now we can do that, through our offshoot organisation - Responsive Environments Ltd.

I had a rare opportunity last week to try out the Music gym, as I’m usually in the cafe area, explaining it to someone instead. I’d forgotten just how much fun it is.

At Decoda we don’t claim to be authorities but we are observant. We’ve seen the impact of what we do on people with ASD (autistic spectrum disorder) though we can’t necessarily explain it.

The Short White Pulse film demonstrates the possibilities of using video effects to create images. The software is fascinating but we needed to be able to use it in our work with people with profound disabilities.
We’ve done this by setting up the shadow wall as part of the Music Gym - a magical feature that […]

This film demonstrates the use of video effects to create images by movement. It’s a basic example of the software we’re using in the Music Gym, to enable people with profound disabilities to make something happen, to move to the music they’re creating and to have a lot of fun at the same time.
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“So it’s music therapy that you’re doing?”
Almost every conversation we’ve had about Decoda in the past three years has contained that remark. Anyone not in the business isn’t interested in the fact that to call yourself a music therapist you must be a trained professional. We’re using music, our work is clearly beneficial therefore, in […]