Tag: music therapy
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Sing! Sing! Sing!
Think back, when was the last time you belted out your favorite song? How did that feel for you? What is your relationship to singing songs? Car Singer? Shower Singer? Sing as you work? Sing with others? What is singing as it relates to Music Therapy? Is singing making sounds in pitch and rhythm to…
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Music and the Brain: Stroke Rehab with Neurologic Music Therapy
In March of this year, I received a referral to assess an 83 year old woman who had had a stroke which effected the speech areas in her brain causing global aphasia. Global aphasia is characterized by a severe impairment across all language modalities. Individuals have very poor comprehension, may be nonverbal, or produce verbal stereotypies…
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Seven Ideas to Make the Thanksgiving Holiday Special: Quarantine Edition
Hello! Hello! How Are You? In years past, during the start of the holidays, I would be involved with choir performances for my music therapy groups. Last year, I recall I was very busy leading performances from the Rising Star Choir, The Metro Parks disAbilities Group, and the Peterson’s Choir for Parkinsons. I recall feeling…
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Important Update for August 2020 Going Forward
Since March of 2020 I’ve seen varying social media posts either saying, “What’s Next 2020?” or “Things I’ve Learned in 2020”. The first statement speaks to the fact that 2020 has brought on some unfavorable changes, thrown us into a pandemic, and completely upended what we think of as a “normal” day or week. The…
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Music Therapy Parent Ed Moment: “One Little Owl”
Hello Parents! I have a song to share with you today! I use this song in my work as a Board Certified Music Therapist. Check out this 2 minute video which teaches you the song so you can sing it at your home and lets you know how I use this song in my clinical…