UPPVMD060 Complex Music Therapy 1

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
6/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Irena Johanka Savková, MBA (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PaedDr. Irena Johanka Savková, MBA
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The essence of the course is to obtain theoretical and practical information about the possibility of using music therapy activities, specifically holistic music therapy in practice. The subject is conducted in the experiential form of a workshop, theory is interwoven with the practical part. The theoretical area focuses on the basic starting points, possibilities, directions of music therapy, the effect of music on a person, the characteristics of a specific music therapy direction - Holistic music therapy, its effect on the human organism, forms, used tools, principles, principles. Introducing instruments specific to holistic music therapy. The practical part focuses on one's own experience - introduction to instruments of natural tuning, creation of rhythm, practical use of instruments within the active form of music therapy and music therapy orchestra, and completion of the receptive form of music therapy.
Learning outcomes
Expertise:
- the student is able to define and theoretically define the concept of music therapy
- the student is able to characterize the holistic music therapy approach
- the student knows the basic rules and principles and forms of music therapy
- the student is able to specify the influence of the voice on the human organism
- the student orients himself in interpersonal communication within the framework of music therapy
Professional skills:
- the student manages the basic beats on the djembe
- the student manages the basic creation of rhythm
- the student can play percussion instruments
General qualifications:
- the student can assess and appropriately adapt the space for the music therapy circle
- the student can assess the appropriateness of the form of music therapy activity for a specific group
- the student can evaluate the suitability of individual instruments and their use in the music therapy circle according to the individual needs of the individual
Syllabus
  • 1. Concept, definition, characteristics, goal of music therapy
  • 2. Music therapy approaches – psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, holistic
  • 3. Differences between individual approaches in music therapy
  • 4. Specifics of holistic music therapy, origin, development
  • 5. Untempered, ethnic, natural tuning instruments
  • 6. Basic knowledge of percussion instruments, types
  • 7. Forms of holistic music therapy – individual, group, active, receptive
  • 8. Active form of holistic music therapy – principles, principles, room preparation
  • 9. Receptive form of holistic music therapy – principles, principles, room preparation
  • 10. The influence of the human voice on the organism, the voice, the use of the voice in music therapy
  • 11. Verbal and non-verbal communication within music therapy activities
  • 12. Self-reflection, sharing
Literature
    required literature
  • Náhradní obsah: KANTOR, J., LIPSKÝ, M., WEBER, J. et al. Základy muzikoterapie. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2846-9.
  • Náhradní obsah: MÜLLER, O. a kol. Terapie ve speciální pedagogice. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4172-7.
  • Náhradní obsah: PIPEKOVÁ, J. VÍTKOVÁ, M. (ed.). Terapie ve speciálně pedagogické péči. Brno: Paido, 2001. ISBN 80-7315-010-7.
  • Náhradní obsah: SACKS, O. Musicophilia: příběhy o vlivu hudby na lidský mozek. Praha: Dybbuk, 2015. ISBN 978-807-4381-324.
  • Náhradní obsah: ZELEIOVÁ, J. Psychodynamické aspekty muzikoterapie: hudobnopedagogické a hudobnoterapeutické súvislosti. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis, 2012. ISBN 978-80-8082-492.
    recommended literature
  • Náhradní obsah: CAMPBELL, D. Mozartův efekt. Praha: Eminent, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7281-336-0.
  • Náhradní obsah: HOLZER, L., DRLÍČKOVÁ, S. Celostní muzikoterapie v institucionální výchově: metoda Lubomíra Holzera: expresivní terapeutické metody – cesta ke změně v institucionální výchově. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2012. ISBN 978-80-244-3323-3.
  • Náhradní obsah: MARTINEAU, J. Tajemství hudby: melodie, rytmus, harmonie. Praha: Dokořán, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7363-966-2.
  • Náhradní obsah: MORENO, J. J. Rozehrát svou vnitřní hudbu. Praha: Portál, 2005. ISBN 80-7178-980-1.
Teaching methods (in Czech)
Přednáška, diskuze, brainstorming, skupinová práce, samostatná práce, samostatná příprava.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Zápočet. Písemné zpracování a vytvoření aktivní a receptivní formy celostní muzikoterapie pro člověka/skupinu osob s mentálním postižením. Plnění průběžně zadaných úkolů.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
In course of continuous study, students use the study material, processing it to fulfil selected correspondence assignments which will be discussed in conclusion of the course. At the exam, students demonstrate knowledge of compulsory literature and lectures of the in-person instruction. Students will be able to continuously consult the topics studied individually or in teams, via e-mail, or in consultations upon request.
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