At Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida, we offer both music and art therapy. These therapies are evidence-based health services in which music and art are used within a therapeutic relationship to support children’s mental and physical well-being. Each Creative Arts Therapy session is tailored to your child’s interests and is always meant to improve their experience in the hospital.
You can request a Creative Arts Therapy visit through your nurse, physician, child life specialist or patient care technician.
Do I have to pay for music or art therapy?
Our Creative Arts Therapy services are free to you and your child.
Who provides the instruments or art supplies?
Our music therapists and art therapist have a variety of instruments and art supplies available for your child to explore.
When will a Creative Arts Therapist visit my child?
We have Creative Arts Therapists on staff Monday–Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
How often will a Creative Arts Therapist visit my child?
Frequency of visits will depend on your child’s needs, goals and treatments in the hospital.
If you would like to support Creative Arts Therapy at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida please consider donating an item from our Amazon Wishlist.
Supervisor of Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy
(407) 567-42481
jenna.read@nemours.org
Board-Certified Music Therapist
(407) 567-3320
nicole.kirby@nemours.org
Board-Certified Art Therapist
(407) 567-5382
kelly.burns@nemours.org
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