MUSIC WITH ERIN

This past academic year I have worked alongside the Harris Trust to develop an 8 week programme introducing songwriting as a therapeutic and positive skill to maintain wellbeing and embrace creativity.

We have completed our first block and seen some positive outcomes. The block consisted of two groupsof second and third year pupils, most of which diagnosed or seeking diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and/or ADHD.

For the initial block I encouraged each pupil to use their imagination to come up with an original idea to base their songs on. The pupils came up with some fantastic ideas including; a new superhero, sirens, disasters impacting our world and films. Over these 8 weeks most pupils completed one song with one pupil completing 4 by the end of the block. Five of these pupils have decided to come back for the second block to further develop their new skill.