Making the Most of Professional Collaborations (Part 2 – with therapists)

2019-08-13T15:04:22+00:00July 31st, 2019|

Are you still humming "It's always better when we're together?" That's the theme of last week's blog post and this week's blog post: how to make the most of your collaborations with other professionals. I love, love, LOVE co-treating with other therapists - speech language pathologists (SLPs), occupational therapists (OTs), physical therapists (PTs) and ABA [...]

Sensational Ideas for Working With Children with Autism (Part 2)

2018-07-25T00:30:44+00:00July 17th, 2013|

Did you catch Part 1 in my series on Music Therapy + Sensory Integration? In it I showcased a video of me utilizing the therapy ball in my music therapy session with a self-contained class of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)! I am using the therapy ball to provide proprioceptive and vestibular input to the children while [...]

Music Therapy Builds Connections

2013-01-16T16:19:09+00:00January 16th, 2013|

Happy Social Media Advocacy Month! What an exciting month it was been so far! Last week, Ben Folds declared it #FollowMTWeek and has been surprising and delighting us with tweets and Facebook posts galore. (He even tweeted and posted THIS BLOG POST to his Facebook page!!) This year, the theme for Social Media Advocacy Month [...]

Favorite Resources for Addressing…Occupational Therapy Goals

2011-08-13T19:19:26+00:00August 13th, 2011|

In my group and individual music therapy sessions at UCP I have the opportunity to co-treat with amazing occupational therapists. We discuss often how their occupational therapy (OT) goals and objectives can be addressed during my sessions. Because of the increasing number of children we see on the autism spectrum, sensory integration and sensory processing disorder [...]

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