Use of methods of music therapy and art therapy in the care of children with physical and multiple disabilities.

The topic of this bachelor thesis is the methods of music therapy and art therapy, which are used in the care of children with physical and combined disabilities. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the historical development of music therapy and art therapy. Furthermore, the individual methods of work used in the above-mentioned therapies, which are currently applied, are characterized. Within each therapy, one method used in the treatment of children is described in more detail below. The theoretical part further characterizes a child with a physical and combined disability, and in connection with this describes the care that is provided to these children. The practical part defines the goals and research questions of the work and describes its methodological side. The results of the research survey, which took place at the ARPIDA center in České Budějovice, are interpreted here through observation of therapeutic sessions and interviews with therapists. Within music therapy, it is a description of the structure of a group therapeutic meeting, the principles of working with children with physical or combined disabilities and their subsequent implementation in practice, which is described on the example of one therapeutic thematic unit. I also work with a harmonizing bed, which is another method of music therapy, but individual, the method of music therapy for children with physical or combined disabilities. In the field of art therapy, there are examples of specific aids used in the therapy of children with physical or combined disabilities and there are also described individual art therapy techniques that are used in working with children