diversional therapy?
Diversional therapy is a client centred practice that recognises that leisure and recreational experiences are the right of all individuals. Diversional therapists assist their clients with special needs to participate fully in these activities. Whilst some music therapy programs may aim to assist clients with their leisure and recreational skills, music therapists are trained to assess clients’ strengths and weaknesses across all areas of life including social, communication, emotional, and physical skills. Unlike diversional therapy, the therapeutic process employed by music therapists may not necessarily be activity-based, but will be specifically designed to assist individual clients achieve particular therapeutic benefits related directly to their assessed need areas. In Australia, Diversional Therapists are trained at Diploma level and above, in courses accredited by DTAANC.
