Advocating for Music Therapy in 2014

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...

New Year, New Goals. Happy 2014!

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...

Verbs

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...

Facebook and Punching Fear in the Face

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...

An Unexpected Adjustment

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...

They Go Together

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...

Summer is Winding Down

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...

START!

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...