Last week I facilitated a music experience where the teens in my group wrote and performed original raps using the line "I know I can ____________." I just had to share with you the powerful lyrics that were written by one of the group members who is on the autism spectrum (shared with client permission): [...]
A few months ago (November to be exact!) I received a phone call from AmericaTeve, a Miami-based Spanish language news station. They were presenting a series on autism and wanted to close that series with a piece on autism and music therapy. They asked if they could come interview me and videotape me working with a client during a [...]
Things sure have been busy around here! My baby is now 10 months old and is cruising all over the place like a champ. It's a lot to keep up with, but she is just so much fun I can hardly stand it! {Check out my guest blog post over at Listen & [...]
For the past three weeks a client of mine has come into our session room and turned off the light. He'll turn it off, then turn it on. Then he'll play with the dimmer and make the light brighter...then darker. Then he'll turn the light off again. Each time he did this I would respond by turning the light on and [...]
For as long as I can remember, whenever someone's asked for a resource when it comes to children's music I've heard people recommend Laurie Berkner. To be really honest, I never paid much attention to it. First, because at the time I didn't have a baby of my own. And second, because I write [...]
It's March already?! I feel like I say that every month, but this month I really cannot believe it! Here at Wholesome Harmonies we are keeping busy! Allison's schedule is filling up quickly with music therapy sessions and music lessons and we had a fantastic time co-facilitating music therapy sessions at Beyond the Spectrum Autism [...]
I had the realization on Sunday that I am living my dream. I really am. I'm a music therapist in Miami. I have a career I am passionate about and I live in a city filled with palm trees and sunshine. It all kind of hit me on Sunday as I was driving to the [...]
Hello hello! I hope you've been enjoying the blog here the past few weeks where I've been sharing some of my session faves. {If you haven't had a change to watch the videos, catch up here.} Today I want to share about an upcoming event here in Miami for children with autism and their families: [...]
I hope you've been enjoying my session faves video series! I've really been enjoying putting these videos together. :) If you haven't already, be sure to check out the first video here and second video here (this one will enhance the musical quality of your sessions, I'm sure of it!) This next session fave is a [...]
We're back with the second installment of the video series on my Session Faves! Click here to watch the first video & I'd love to hear in the comments if you use this one too! Now on to session fave #2 ~ it is my FAVORITE tool that not only enhances the musical quality of my [...]
