February 2012

What Do You Do?

February 28, 2012

What do you do? The idea for this song came about when I was working with a child with autism, providing individual music therapy. I found that it was easy for her to learn academic skills (numbers, colors, lettters) because of the rote memorization involved to learn the information. However, when it came to questions about how [...]

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Helpful Hints to Make Your Tax Season Stress-Free

February 21, 2012

Dun dun dun! I said it – taxes. Ug. Could a blog post be more dry? I promise I will keep it short and sweet and give you some useful take home information for your private practice. Let me first clearly state that I am not an accountant, nor do I have any formal training in [...]

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How Pinteresting!

February 16, 2012

The other day my boyfriend asked me what I was doing on the computer. I replied “I’m pinteresting.” Oh boy – I definitely caught the bug! After hearing Rachel See Smith and Michelle Erfurt sing its praises, I finally (reluctantly) gave in to Pinterest. And now I can’t go back. I have discovered so many [...]

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More LOVE-ly Ideas for Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2012

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Over the past few days, I’ve shared a few of my favorite VDay themed interventions. In today’s blog post, I’d like to share the session plan that I used for my adolescent group at the Friendship Circle to celebrate the holiday. 1. Hello Blues Song 2. Valentine’s Day [...]

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Put a Little Love in Your Heart!

February 7, 2012

Love is in the air! I am a big holiday person and now that Valentine’s Day is around the corner, I am excited to be implementing my themed activities for this holiday of love. (Too cheesy?) My previous post was on Valentine’s BINGO, a musical game I use with my adolescent groups. Be sure to [...]

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