Redkite Music Box

What is the Redkite Music Box program?

Based in the practices of music therapy, Redkite Music Box is a collection of resources for children and teenagers that can help them reflect on, process, and express their feelings through music. It also includes resources for parents and carers to improve their own emotional wellbeing and connect with their child.

Using creativity, movement, self-expression, and listening, children and teenagers will be able to explore how they’re feeling in a positive way that can help them better cope with the challenges that cancer is causing in their lives.

The Redkite Music Box program was developed by Verena Clemencic-Jones, one of Redkite’s pioneering Registered Music Therapists, in consultation with Redkite’s National Social Work and Music Therapy teams.

Some of the activities include:

• Creative singing and dancing
• Body percussion
• How to write a song
• How to make a drum
• Ukelele tips and tricks

What will I/my children gain from the program?

Through a series of online modules, you will gain information and access to activities to help you and your children work through some of the big emotions that can come up throughout the cancer experience, such as but not limited to; anxiety, fear, stress, overwhelm and sadness.

The program can help parents and carers to: 

Teenagers can gain the same benefits from the program through doing the activities on their own or with their parents and carers.