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 [...]
Wednesday December 14th was our holiday spectacular show at United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Miami! We had a fabulous turnout from the families and the children sang so well! Here was the lineup for the show... "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Alex's class - children ages 4 - 6 with severe & profound intellectual disability [...]
Friday was a fantastic day - we took a group of our best singers around UCP to Christmas carol! This was a first time event, so yay! I emailed all the employees who have offices in UCP (i.e. Human Resources, Nursing, etc.) and asked them to leave their doors open so the children could serenade them [...]
In light of the excitement surrounding my recent project Rockin' and Readin' at the Library and Rockin' and Readin' at the Library PLUS I thought I'd continue with my theme of early literacy skills, reading, and books. Today's Book 'n Song post is about a book called "My First Book of The Body" by Chuck [...]
Since creating my website the past summer, I have been working on adding more and more pictures and videos to my site. I have my 'Music Therapy in Action!' page, as well as blog posts such as "Where Did the Fish Go?" and "How Are You?" that include videos of various music therapy interventions. I feel [...]
Since writing my original post on Rockin' and Readin' at the Library, a program where I offer music sessions for babies, toddlers, and children at local libraries, I have gotten tons of emails! The majority of these emails are from other music therapists who are interested in starting up similar programs in their area. Yay!! [...]
I am very pleased to announce that Rockin' and Readin' at the Library is back!! I started the program last year with my colleague and friend, Amber Ewers. The program will begin running in December and we will be providing music therapy sessions at various library branches throughout Miami-Dade County. Yahoo! The sessions will focus on early [...]
