by Mary Altom | Apr 3, 2014 | Autism, free resources, social skills
It is very important that our clients, children, and/or students learn to develop appropriate social skills. This is an area that can particularly challenging, especially when those middle and high school years begin to roll around! I was recently asked to write a...
by Mary Altom | Mar 27, 2014 | Autism, cogntive skills, free resources, music therapy
Meet my friend Letter Monster! He is a very friendly monster really. He has a big smile on his face and as long as you feed him letters of the alphabet, he will happy and content. I love pinterest, and I am always on the lookout for song and music activity...
by Mary Altom | Mar 17, 2014 | Autism, cogntive skills, free resources, math skills, music therapy
Have you (or your children!) seen this adorable show on PBS? We spent last week (our Spring Break) at Navarre Beach in Florida (between Pensacola and Destin if you need a reference). The weather was definitely less than stellar. In fact, it was fairly cold (35-60...
by Mary Altom | 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 Altom | 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 Altom | 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...
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