Music Therapy within the Educational Center - The Educational Center at Schneider Children's is an integral member of multidisciplinary medical teams and works under the aegis of Israel's Ministry of Education. The staff comprises over 40 professionals, amongst whom are special education teachers, medical clowns, and music and art therapists – both from the Jewish and Arab sectors of the population. Listening to music distracts from the pain, soothes and joyous, and thus strengthens the body's resources towards and following medical treatment, surgery or hospitalization. The treatment takes place individually or in groups, alongside the child's bed or in the educational activity room. It combines listening, singing, improvisation, composing and playing. When necessary, music therapy is also performed during medical treatment, such as dialysis. The program is implemented by a certified music therapist and two musicians who transfer the musical instruments to the various departments.