Dr.Chandrakant Sardeshmukh

“MUSIC THERAPY FOR THE YOUNG GENERATION”

ST. PATRICK'S SPECIAL SCHOOL (Adelaide, May 2000)

St. Patrick's Special School is a Catholic co-educational school which provides educational and prevocational training for students with intellectual and multiple disabilities

From the Principal

The visit of Dr. Chandrakant Sardeshmukh to St. Patrick's Special School community on Wednesday, 3rd May was a delight for students and staff alike. All the children have intellectual and multiple disabilities and each and every one of them enjoy music. I dare say this was their first exposure to a sitar and probably a man dressed as he was.

Dr. Chandrakant had a beautiful affinity, almost intimacy with the students and engaged some of them by eye contact as he played. We noticed that some of the more energetic and “troubled” students were entranced by the playing and the music. Several of them talked later about the feelings of happiness and calm that they felt during the music. Some of them likened these feelings to ‘when Dad reads to me', ‘when I'm with my family', when I'm on holidays.

It was privilege and great joy for us and hope we may have more visits in the future.

Childrens' Drawings

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