Music and Adolescents

Paper Summary:

This paper focuses on the medium of music, and the effect its message can have on American adolescents today. The paper discusses how there is hardly an American teen who does not have a ubiquitous iPod lodged in his/her ears and the medium of music is thus in an unparalleled position to influence American youth.

Outline:
Musical Dangers
Music as Therapy
Music as Expression
Holistic Approach

From the Paper:

"Activities during the music instruction ranged from singing songs solo or in groups and listening to CDs. More advanced students are taught to play a variety of musical instruments. When conducted under ideal conditions and with trained facilitators, such activities provided students with a vehicle for self-expression (Boyer and Lee 2001). This vehicle is particularly significant for younger teens with autism and those whose learning and emotional disabilities make verbal communication difficult. Music can therefore be an invaluable communication method for a teenager struggling with learning disabilities.Similarly, other therapeutic specialists incorporate dance therapy into the disabled students' therapy, a combination of both physical education and music. This helps provide the children with more individually structured programs that are geared to their specific needs. A combination of music and physical education training, for example, may prove beneficial for many children with regressed motor as well as communicative skills (Shapiro and Sayers 2003)."

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