Using Music Therapy to Help NICU Babies
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Grades: 3 - 8
Video Description: New July 2022! Emily Pivovarnik is a trained music therapist who works with babies in neonatal intensive care to help them eat better, regulate their stress levels and adjust to stimulation. As part of her work, Pivovarnik is starting a research project to look at the long-term effects of a specific music therapy intervention called multimodal neurological enhancement, or MNE. This therapy combines music, gentle touch and rocking to help a baby’s brain develop.
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Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Have students write the lyrics for songs to be sung to babies in neonatal units. What do they think the babies would like to hear?
*Story videos employ a narrative form to highlight a topic, location, or practitioner in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
