We are so excited to welcome the 21 educators from the Toska Music Academy in Iceland.

Yesterday’s seminar session aimed to:

• To introduce participants to the key concepts and benefits of music therapy, particularly in the context of special education.

• To engage participants in interactive activities that demonstrate the therapeutic power of music.

• To prepare participants for practical, hands-on collaboration.

Schedule:

1. Welcome and Introduction

• Facilitators: Imagine Heritage NPO Team

• Content:

• Overview of the workshop’s objectives and schedule.

2. Welcome Speach & open dialogue

• Facilitator: Despina Matthaiopoulou – – Music Educator, Author, and professor of Music Education at Aegean College and Ph. Nakas Conservatory

3. “Come together” Session – icebreaker game

• Presenter: Olympia Agalianou, Movement and Music Education Department of

Early Childhood Education School of Education at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

• Content:

• A first contact with others non-verbally through sound and body movement as a

means of communication.

• Investigating the composition of the group and its desires.

Imagine Heritage Educational Program for Toska School Academy Educators Interactive Session: “Leading and following”

• Presenter: Olympia Agalianou, Movement and Music Education Department of

Early Childhood Education School of Education at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens