by Mary | Jan 14, 2014 | advocacy, music therapy
January is music therapy social media advocacy month! #mtadvocacy This year the theme for the month is “We are..” are it relates to our identify as a distinct and unique profession. When I sat down to brainstorm ways I could meaningfully contribute to...
by Mary | Jan 13, 2014 | advocacy, music therapy
January is social media advocacy month in the profession of music therapy. Throughout the month, music therapy bloggers and podcasters will be sharing their tips, thoughts, and ideas on advocacy, on being an advocate, and on being a music therapist. Click here for a...
by Mary | Jan 1, 2014 | goals, marketing, small business
A brand new year. A brand new start. Welcome to 2014! Back in August I was so excited to get my blog off the ground. I had a nice groove going and then wham, school started! It turns out that two full-time jobs (three if you count my 18 month old – which I...
by Mary | Aug 30, 2013 | free resources, math skills, music therapy
So I have a confession to make. I love Pinterest! While I don’t have thousands of pins (yet), I could scroll through it for hours (these days a rare occurrence!). My favorite categories are music therapy, speech therapy, quotes, crafts, and those...
by Mary | Aug 19, 2013 | cogntive skills, free resources, language skills, music therapy
Today’s project was to come up with a song to succinctly explain the concept of a verb. My client has tackled “nouns,” and it is time to move on. I don’t like to reinvent the wheel but a quick YouTube and Google search did not turn up any...
by Mary | Aug 16, 2013 | goals, marketing, small business
A few weeks ago, I mentioned a social group experiment that I decided to participate in called the START experiment. The experiment is based on Jon Acuff’s new book START. Basically, as a group, we are “punching fear in the face” and taking steps...
by Mary | Aug 13, 2013 | learning moment, music therapy
Is there really only a week left until school starts? That can’t be true! That being said, I am looking forward to resuming work with all the students who receive music therapy services in the school setting. I have missed them, though I have also thoroughly...
by Mary | Aug 8, 2013 | Autism, free resources, music therapy
I have recently been working on associative matching with one of my music therapy clients. What items go together? Shoes & socks, table & chair, toothpaste & toothbrush to name a few. My student has had success with this concept by using a customized...
by Mary | Aug 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
I can’t believe that summer is in its final few weeks. My family and I have enjoyed spending time together, and I have loved actually having time to be crafty and surf pinterest at my leisure! I have a few more projects to (hopefully) finish up, but the time...
by Mary | Jul 17, 2013 | small business, technology
If you haven’t heard of Jon Acuff, check out his blog. I loved his book Quitter and am in the process of reading his newest book START. For the next 21 days I will be participating in the START Experiment – we are already 3 days into the project. The...
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