Love is in the air! I'll admit that I am a big holiday person. Now that Valentine's Day is around the corner, I'm excited to be implementing my themed activities for this holiday of love. (Too cheesy?) My previous post was about Valentine's BINGO, a musical game I use with my tween and teen clients. Be [...]
I am a BIG fan of using musical games in my music therapy session. I use these games to facilitate social interaction and work on group cohesion with my school-age and teen clients. Today's post is about one of my favorite creations...Valentine's Day BINGO (aka HEART)! Here's how it works: 1. CREATE First, create various [...]
Saturday night was FABULOUS! A group of the Miami Music Therapists gathered at my place for a song swap/idea sharing. This group has gotten together before for a variety of reasons...to jam together, to sing at Open Mic Night, and even just to eat pizza (what could be better than that?) But I think this has been my favorite get-together thus [...]
Paperwork. Ahh one of the great joys of being a music therapist! This blog post is all about goals and objectives and a few things I've learned to make life a little easier in that department. Since my full-time job is in the school setting I work very closely with the teachers and consult the IEPs [...]
Some of my favorite props to use during my music therapy sessions is my homemade rainbow streamers! An intern of mine had shown me the idea a few years ago and now that I'm seeing them buzzing around Pinterest (my newest obsession!) I decided it was time to spread the word to my blog readers. It [...]
Now that the new year is in full swing, I've had some time to think about the goals I have for myself. In my post, Patience, Productivity, and Presence, I talked about those 3 words in more detail and how they will guide me through the new year. Regarding my goals for myself, I'm taking [...]
I am pleased to announce my very first guest blog post! This article is written by Meaghan Gasch, who recently completed her internship at UCP. Here are her thoughts on internship in general and her experiences at UCP... Hello everyone! My name is Meaghan Gasch, and I have just recently graduated from Sam Houston State [...]
Olfactory Stimulation At UCP's Early Beginnings Academy, I work with many children who have a diagnosis of severe and profound intellectual disability. For these children, stimulation of the five senses is very important. In my previous Sense-ational Activity post, I shared a song and activity about providing tactile stimulation. Here's an original song I wrote [...]
Happy New Year everyone!! I cannot believe it is already 2012. I am so excited for what this new year will bring! Through JoAnn Jordan of Music Sparks, I found that Chris Brogan is inviting us all to set three words to guide the year. "Give yourself a word that guides you towards a powerful new opportunity, [...]
I'm baaaaack!! For the past two weeks I've been on hiatus from blogging because I've been traveling for the holidays. My sweetie and I covered 5 states (VA, WV, MD, PA, & NY) in 12 days to see both of our families. It was WONDERFUL, but I am so happy to be back to [...]
