Music & Occupational Therapy Applications
Interactively assisting special needs individuals with music
Beamz is an innovative and fun musical instrument that enables special needs kids and individuals of all ages to interactively create and play music. It is a great tool in a variety of special needs and rehabilitation applications, most notably including physical and recreational therapy with children and senior citizens, building inspiration without discouragement.
Music Appreciation DVD
The Beamz music appreciation series provides kids and adults that have limited or no musical background with a great introduction to music and music appreciation. The series includes the Beamz Player software and a range of fun and educational songs and video songs that interactively introduce a variety of musical information and experiences. The series can be used on a stand-alone basis with a PC (using a mouse or keyboard) or on a smart board, or with the Beamz interactive laser controller.
Laser Band
What if all you needed to play beautiful music was the desire to play? The Laser Band will allow children and adults with even severe physical and cognitive challenges to create, record, and experience the joy of playing music. It provides broad therapeutic opportunities while children and adults take pleasure in playing fantastic music ranging from classical to rock! With no prior knowledge of music required, Laser Band allows children and adults with special needs a world of musical opportunities by using small arm and hand movements to break low intensity laser beams. You simply have to try it to believe what you can accomplish! Just connect the Laser Band to your personal computer with the USB cable included in the box, download the software, and begin playing!
Bonus Bundle
Videos
A Music Therapist’s Perspective of the The Beamz Interactive Musical System:
“I have been using The Beamz Interactive Music System for almost a year in a neurologic rehabilitation setting, specifically with T.B.I. The Beamz is an effective and beneficial therapeutic tool that the clients respond to with enthusiasm and energy. In a group setting, I work with a variety of clients who have distinctly different motor and cognitive capacities. The Beamz is definitely a motivating factor that stimulates simultaneous motor function, hand-eye coordination and cognitive short-term memory recall. I have had physical and occupational therapists alike comment that they have observed clients proficiently using The Beamz who were unable to reach a certain distance and remember a basic shopping list. By engaging in music making with The Beamz, these individuals demonstrate heightened range of motion and sequencing instruments, exercising the same motor and memory function that they were unable to previously perform. Also, clients who do not have a rapport outside of music class displayed camaraderie, engaged in teamwork and even shared smiles when playing The Beamz together, as explained in Intervention #2: Beamz: A Team Player.
In an individual setting, I am able to take concrete data on cognitive functioning by facilitating a memory exercise and calculating the amount of times that the client is able to identify what instrument the different light beams represent. I execute this by letting the client explore the different beam instruments over the musical form once or twice. I use mnemonics to assist the client in recalling what beam represents certain instruments. After the client has had the opportunity to play and become familiarized, I instruct them to take solos on certain instruments throughout the song. The client is challenged to recall where the different instruments are. I strongly believe that every music therapist should have at least one Beamz unit in their instrument collection. These are easily adaptable for use with any population.”
~Rebecca Vaudreuil NMT, NICU-MT, MT-BC
“If you put the Beamz in a room with people playing conventional instruments, the audience would all gravitate to the Beamz. The Beamz System is the world’s best recreational instrument. The results are instantly impressive and instantly completely enjoyable …” – Barry Bittman, CEO, Yamaha Institute of Health and Wellness
