Elevate is THE creative idea subscription designed to help you infuse creativity and FUN into your music therapy sessions with school-age & teen clients with disabilities.

The Holidays & Themes Subscription Package Includes:

Musical Experience Ideas sent straight to your inbox. Each month will target a different skill or goal area, and you’ll receive brand new ideas to spark your creativity, based on the following themes –

• Patriotic
• Outer Space
• Going to the Movies
• Halloween
• Friendship
• Winter

Creativity Worksheets that prompt you to plan out goals, objectives, and musical experiences to work on the skill or goal area with your own unique clients.

Instructor Support – you’ll have email access to ask me questions and get support, as needed.

6 months access

10 continuing ed credits – CMTEs are pre-approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) or professional development credits are approved for music educators.

Elevate is usually $140 per package. But now through August 31st, each individual package will be on sale for half off – only $70. That’s $70 for the six months of email ideas, Creativity Worksheets, instructor support, and 10 CMTE credits.

You can also purchase the ​Combo Pack 1​, which includes both the Teen 1 & Attention 1 Packages + 20 CMTEs. That’s double the ideas and double the CMTEs for only $135.

Or, the ​Combo Pack 2​, which includes both the Teen 2 & Attention 2 Packages. Same deal – 20 CMTEs for $135.

These Combo Packs are the most popular options by far :)

PLUS, I’m including some bonus material for ya ⬇️ only available now through August 31st. 

“Keeping Things Cool For Your Teen Clients” has tips on where to find the latest music, how to keep experiences age appropriate AND cool, and how to use client preferred music that may seem – ahem, not so therapeutic.

You might be feeling like you need a little kick start to your creativity. Or, like you need some fresh ideas for your middle and high school-aged clients. Whatever the need, I’ve got you covered!

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The Elevate Subscription is the same as the Pro Email Idea portion of Tune In To Teens and Attention & Perception E-Courses, however you do not need to have taken those courses to join Elevate.

Here’s what others are saying about Elevate and the creative resources offered by Wholesome Harmonies –

Bri Walstra, MT-BC had this to say about Elevate:

“I thought the email portion was helpful! I actually really like the creativity worksheets because it forces me to sit down and think about the six ways to adapt one intervention. I think as music therapists we often get so busy and we read about intervention ideas but never figure out how we can implement them best.”

Ashley Lewis, MT-BC shared this with me:

“I, of course love your resources and I think you are brilliant. Your work needs to be celebrated and I’ve told my friends about your website and how awesome your resources are.

The support I get from your resources makes my planning so much easier and less stressful. I am huge fan of yours and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next bc I will be buying it! I can’t wait for the next E-Book, keep crushing it over there!!”

And, Michelle Nettle, MT-BC had this to say:

“I hope you keep creating more E-Books and CMTE online courses. I love all the ones you currently have available. You are great and your ideas and presentation are so creative and also easy to implement, as you do a great job of “breaking” all the interventions down. Thank you and please keep creating!”

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Elevate is THE email idea subscription designed to help you infuse creativity and FUN into your music therapy sessions with school-age & teen clients with autism & related disabilities.

The Combo pack includes the Round 2 Teen Package and the Round 2 Attention Package. The ideas are all NEW and DIFFERENT from the first Teen and Attention Elevate Packages.

The Round 2 Combo Pack Includes:

• Musical Experience Ideas sent straight to your email every month
• Creativity Worksheets
• Instructor Support
• 6 months access
• 20 CMTE credits (pre-approved by CBMT) – CMTEs are pre-approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) or professional development credits are approved for music educators.

The Elevate Combo Pack 2 is usually $270 per package. But now through August 31st, the Combo Pack 2 is on sale for half off – only $135. That’s $135 for the six months of email ideas, Creativity Worksheets, instructor support, and 20 pre-approved continuing ed credits.

You can also purchase the ​Combo Pack 1​, which includes both the Teen 1 & Attention 1 Packages + 20 CMTEs. That’s double the ideas and double the CMTEs for only $135.

These Combo Packs are the most popular options by far :)

PLUS, I’m including some bonus material for ya ⬇️ only available now through August 31st. 

“Keeping Things Cool For Your Teen Clients” has tips on where to find the latest music, how to keep experiences age appropriate AND cool, and how to use client preferred music that may seem – ahem, not so therapeutic.

The Elevate Subscription is the same as the Pro Email Idea portion of Tune In To Teens and Attention & Perception E-Courses, however you do not need to have taken those courses to join Elevate.

Here’s what others are saying about Elevate and the creative resources offered by Wholesome Harmonies –

Bri Walstra, MT-BC had this to say about Elevate:

“I thought the email portion was helpful! I actually really like the creativity worksheets because it forces me to sit down and think about the six ways to adapt one intervention. I think as music therapists we often get so busy and we read about intervention ideas but never figure out how we can implement them best.”

Ashley Lewis, MT-BC shared this with me:

“I, of course love your resources and I think you are brilliant. Your work needs to be celebrated and I’ve told my friends about your website and how awesome your resources are.

The support I get from your resources makes my planning so much easier and less stressful. I am huge fan of yours and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next bc I will be buying it! I can’t wait for the next E-Book, keep crushing it over there!!”

And, Michelle Nettle, MT-BC had this to say:

“I hope you keep creating more E-Books and CMTE online courses. I love all the ones you currently have available. You are great and your ideas and presentation are so creative and also easy to implement, as you do a great job of “breaking” all the interventions down. Thank you and please keep creating!”

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Elevate is THE creative idea subscription designed to help you infuse creativity and FUN into your music therapy sessions with school-age & teen clients with disabilities.

The Round 2 Teen Subscription Package Includes:

Musical Experience Ideas sent straight to your inbox. Each month will target a different skill or goal area, and you’ll receive brand new ideas to spark your creativity.

• The Soundtrack of Your Life (this one is always a crowd favorite)
• Song Exploration & Discussion (multiple examples and ideas for extension are given)
• Accordion Poetry & Songwriting (this one is so cool)
• Creative Movement Cards
• Auditory Perception Training with Pop Songs (THIS is where you can easily incorporate any and all of your clients’ favorite songs to engage them)
• Rap Writing & Rapping (step by step instructions are included to walk you through the process, as well as ideas to get the creativity flowing)

Creativity Worksheets that prompt you to plan out goals, objectives, and musical experiences to work on the skill or goal area with your own unique clients.

Instructor Support – you’ll have email access to ask me questions and get support, as needed.

6 months access

10 continuing ed credits – CMTEs are pre-approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) or professional development credits are approved for music educators.

Elevate is usually $140 per package. But now through August 31st, each individual package will be on sale for half off – only $70. That’s $70 for the six months of email ideas, Creativity Worksheets, instructor support, and 10 CMTE credits.

You can also purchase the ​Combo Pack 1​, which includes both the Teen 1 & Attention 1 Packages + 20 CMTEs. That’s double the ideas and double the CMTEs for only $135.

Or, the ​Combo Pack 2​, which includes both the Teen 2 & Attention 2 Packages. Same deal – 20 CMTEs for $135.

These Combo Packs are the most popular options by far :)

PLUS, I’m including some bonus material for ya ⬇️ only available now through August 31st. 

“Keeping Things Cool For Your Teen Clients” has tips on where to find the latest music, how to keep experiences age appropriate AND cool, and how to use client preferred music that may seem – ahem, not so therapeutic.

You might be feeling like you need a little kick start to your creativity. Or, like you need some fresh ideas for your middle and high school-aged clients. Whatever the need, I’ve got you covered!

The Elevate Subscription is the same as the Pro Email Idea portion of Tune In To Teens and Attention & Perception E-Courses, however you do not need to have taken those courses to join Elevate.

Here’s what others are saying about Elevate and the creative resources offered by Wholesome Harmonies –

Bri Walstra, MT-BC had this to say about Elevate:

“I thought the email portion was helpful! I actually really like the creativity worksheets because it forces me to sit down and think about the six ways to adapt one intervention. I think as music therapists we often get so busy and we read about intervention ideas but never figure out how we can implement them best.”

Ashley Lewis, MT-BC shared this with me:

“I, of course love your resources and I think you are brilliant. Your work needs to be celebrated and I’ve told my friends about your website and how awesome your resources are.

The support I get from your resources makes my planning so much easier and less stressful. I am huge fan of yours and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next bc I will be buying it! I can’t wait for the next E-Book, keep crushing it over there!!”

And, Michelle Nettle, MT-BC had this to say:

“I hope you keep creating more E-Books and CMTE online courses. I love all the ones you currently have available. You are great and your ideas and presentation are so creative and also easy to implement, as you do a great job of “breaking” all the interventions down. Thank you and please keep creating!”

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Elevate is THE email idea subscription designed to help you infuse creativity and fun into your music therapy sessions with school-age & teen clients with autism & related disabilities.

The Combo Pack includes the popular Teen Package and the Attention Package.

The Combo Pack Includes:

• Musical Experience Ideas sent straight to your inbox every month
• Creativity Worksheets
• Instructor Support
• 6 months access
• 20 continuing ed credits – CMTEs are pre-approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) or professional development credits are approved for music educators.

The Elevate Combo Pack is usually $270 per package. But now through August 31st, the Combo Pack is on sale for half off – only $135. That’s $135 for the six months of email ideas, Creativity Worksheets, instructor support, and 20 pre-approved continuing ed credits.

You can also purchase the ​Combo Pack 2​, which includes both the Teen 2 & Attention 2 Packages + 20 CMTEs. That’s double the ideas and double the CMTEs for only $135.

These Combo Packs are the most popular options by far :)

PLUS, I’m including some bonus material for ya ⬇️ only available now through August 31st. 

“Keeping Things Cool For Your Teen Clients” has tips on where to find the latest music, how to keep experiences age appropriate AND cool, and how to use client preferred music that may seem – ahem, not so therapeutic.

The Elevate Subscription is the same as the Pro Email Idea portion of Tune In To Teens and Attention & Perception E-Courses, however you do not need to have taken those courses to join Elevate.

Here’s what others are saying about Elevate and the creative resources offered by Wholesome Harmonies –

Bri Walstra, MT-BC had this to say about Elevate:

“I thought the email portion was helpful! I actually really like the creativity worksheets because it forces me to sit down and think about the six ways to adapt one intervention. I think as music therapists we often get so busy and we read about intervention ideas but never figure out how we can implement them best.”

Ashley Lewis, MT-BC shared this with me:

“I, of course love your resources and I think you are brilliant. Your work needs to be celebrated and I’ve told my friends about your website and how awesome your resources are.

The support I get from your resources makes my planning so much easier and less stressful. I am huge fan of yours and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next bc I will be buying it! I can’t wait for the next E-Book, keep crushing it over there!!”

And, Michelle Nettle, MT-BC had this to say:

“I hope you keep creating more E-Books and CMTE online courses. I love all the ones you currently have available. You are great and your ideas and presentation are so creative and also easy to implement, as you do a great job of “breaking” all the interventions down. Thank you and please keep creating!”

Add to cart

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Elevate is THE creative idea subscription designed to help you infuse creativity and FUN into your music therapy sessions with school-age & teen clients with disabilities.

The Teen Subscription Package Includes:

Musical Experience Ideas sent straight to your inbox. Each month will target a different skill or goal area, and you’ll receive brand new ideas to spark your creativity.

• Icebreaker Rap Package
• Music & Art Experiences
• Ideas for Song Discussion
• New Musical Game Ideas
• Pop Song Rhythm Games
• Rapping & GarageBand Ideas
• Musical experiences that incorporate current pop songs

Creativity Worksheets that prompt you to plan out goals, objectives, and musical experiences to work on the skill or goal area with your own unique clients.

Instructor Support – you’ll have email access to ask me questions and get support, as needed.

6 months access

10 continuing ed credits – CMTEs are pre-approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) or professional development credits are approved for music educators.

Elevate is usually $140 per package. But now through August 31st, each individual package will be on sale for half off – only $70. That’s $70 for the six months of email ideas, Creativity Worksheets, instructor support, and 10 CMTE credits.

You can also purchase the ​Combo Pack 1​, which includes both the Teen 1 & Attention 1 Packages + 20 CMTEs. That’s double the ideas and double the CMTEs for only $135.

Or, the ​Combo Pack 2​, which includes both the Teen 2 & Attention 2 Packages. Same deal – 20 CMTEs for $135.

These Combo Packs are the most popular options by far :)

PLUS, I’m including some bonus material for ya ⬇️ only available now through August 31st. 

“Keeping Things Cool For Your Teen Clients” has tips on where to find the latest music, how to keep experiences age appropriate AND cool, and how to use client preferred music that may seem – ahem, not so therapeutic.

You might be feeling like you need a little kick start to your creativity. Or, like you need some fresh ideas for your middle and high school-aged clients. Whatever the need, I’ve got you covered!

Here’s what others are saying about Elevate and the creative resources offered by Wholesome Harmonies –

Bri Walstra, MT-BC had this to say about Elevate:

“I thought the email portion was helpful! I actually really like the creativity worksheets because it forces me to sit down and think about the six ways to adapt one intervention. I think as music therapists we often get so busy and we read about intervention ideas but never figure out how we can implement them best.”

Ashley Lewis, MT-BC shared this with me:

“I, of course love your resources and I think you are brilliant. Your work needs to be celebrated and I’ve told my friends about your website and how awesome your resources are.

The support I get from your resources makes my planning so much easier and less stressful. I am huge fan of yours and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next bc I will be buying it! I can’t wait for the next E-Book, keep crushing it over there!!”

And, Michelle Nettle, MT-BC had this to say:

“I hope you keep creating more E-Books and CMTE online courses. I love all the ones you currently have available. You are great and your ideas and presentation are so creative and also easy to implement, as you do a great job of “breaking” all the interventions down. Thank you and please keep creating!”

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Elevate is THE creative idea subscription designed to help you infuse creativity and fun into your music therapy sessions with school-age & teen clients with disabilities.

The Teen Subscription Package Includes:

Musical Experience Ideas sent straight to your inbox. Each month will target a different skill or goal area, and you’ll receive brand new ideas to spark your creativity.

• Music That Tells a Story
• Pop Star Movement Combos
• Making a Band
• Pop Song Rhythm Games
• Musical Obstacle Course
• Pop Song Listening Games

Creativity Worksheets that prompt you to plan out goals, objectives, and musical experiences to work on the skill or goal area with your own unique clients.

Instructor Support – you’ll have email access to ask me questions and get support, as needed.

6 months access

10 continuing ed credits – CMTEs are pre-approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) or professional development credits are approved for music educators.

Elevate is usually $140 per package. But now through August 31st, each individual package will be on sale for half off – only $70. That’s $70 for the six months of email ideas, Creativity Worksheets, instructor support, and 10 CMTE credits.

You can also purchase the ​Combo Pack 1​, which includes both the Teen 1 & Attention 1 Packages + 20 CMTEs. That’s double the ideas and double the CMTEs for only $135.

Or, the ​Combo Pack 2​, which includes both the Teen 2 & Attention 2 Packages. Same deal – 20 CMTEs for $135.

These Combo Packs are the most popular options by far :)

PLUS, I’m including some bonus material for ya ⬇️ only available now through August 31st. 

“Keeping Things Cool For Your Teen Clients” has tips on where to find the latest music, how to keep experiences age appropriate AND cool, and how to use client preferred music that may seem – ahem, not so therapeutic.

You might be feeling like you need a little kick start to your creativity. Or, like you need some fresh ideas for your middle and high school-aged clients. Whatever the need, I’ve got you covered!

Here’s what others are saying about Elevate and the creative resources offered by Wholesome Harmonies –

Bri Walstra, MT-BC had this to say about Elevate:

“I thought the email portion was helpful! I actually really like the creativity worksheets because it forces me to sit down and think about the six ways to adapt one intervention. I think as music therapists we often get so busy and we read about intervention ideas but never figure out how we can implement them best.”

Ashley Lewis, MT-BC shared this with me:

“I, of course love your resources and I think you are brilliant. Your work needs to be celebrated and I’ve told my friends about your website and how awesome your resources are.

The support I get from your resources makes my planning so much easier and less stressful. I am huge fan of yours and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next bc I will be buying it! I can’t wait for the next E-Book, keep crushing it over there!!”

And, Michelle Nettle, MT-BC had this to say:

“I hope you keep creating more E-Books and CMTE online courses. I love all the ones you currently have available. You are great and your ideas and presentation are so creative and also easy to implement, as you do a great job of “breaking” all the interventions down. Thank you and please keep creating!”

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Using inspiration from the scents, sights, and sounds of Spring and Summer. I created these Planning Packs to share musical experiences that work well with school-age and teens clients, and are effective in helping you connect (really connect!) with them.

If you’re feeling in a creative rut, or are lacking time when it comes to planning, I’ve got you covered.

In these E-Books, you’ll learn creative musical experiences that are designed for middle and high school students, but can easily be adapted for other populations. 

Each experience and the complementary materials has a Spring or Summer theme, to keep things interesting and engaging for both you and your students.

You’ll learn: musical game ideas, instrument activities, and creative movement experiences; ideas for singing and song discussion, creative movement, and songwriting; how to use listening guides and facilitate Musical I Spy and Finish the Phrase; and how to use mini raps to engage and connect with your teen clients.

Along with the E-Books, you’ll get: beautiful visuals, colorful picture cards, mini musical bios, and lyric sheets. You’ll also get: musical game templates, sample listening guides, a songwriting template, and looped hip hop beat MP4s.

Everything you need to implement the ideas in your sessions right away!

Nell Miller, MT-BC calls the E-Books  “creative and wonderful” and says “I appreciate your ideas. You’ve helped me think of more varied things to try.”

Ashley Lewis, MM, MT-BC says “I of course love your resources and I think you are brilliant. Your visuals are the best I’ve ever seen! I’m a huge fan of yours and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next because I will be buying it.”

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Can’t you just smell the grill and taste the gooey marshmallows?

With this inspiration, I created the Summer Music Therapy Session Planning Pack to share musical experiences that are work well for school-age and teens clients, and are effective in helping you connect (really connect!) with them.

If you’re feeling in a creative rut, or are lacking in planning time, I’ve got you covered.

In the E-Book, you’ll learn creative musical experiences that are designed for middle and high school students, but can easily be adapted for other populations. 

Each experience and the complementary materials has a Summer theme, to keep things interesting and engaging for both you and your students.

Nell Miller, MT-BC called the Spring Session Planning E-Book  “creative and wonderful” and says “I appreciate your ideas. You’ve helped me think of more varied things to try.”

In the E-Book, you’ll learn: ideas for singing and song discussion, creative movement, and songwriting; how to facilitate a Musical I Spy Game and Finish the Phrase; and how to use mini raps to engage and connect with your teen clients.

You’ll learn creative ways to use these ideas in a variety of themed sessions, including Summer and Patriotic Themes.

Along with the E-Book, you’ll get: beautiful visuals, colorful picture cards, and lyric sheets that can be printed or pulled up on your device. You’ll also get: musical game templates, songwriting templates, and looped hip hop beat MP4s. Everything you need to implement the ideas in your sessions right away!

Ashley Lewis, MM, MT-BC says of the Spring Session Planning E-Book “I of course love your resources and I think you are brilliant. Your visuals are the best I’ve ever seen! I’m a huge fan of yours and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next because I will be buying it.”

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I have a few questions for you…

• Do you work with teens and often feel stumped when it comes to session planning?
• Do you struggle to find appropriate pop songs to use in your sessions with teens
• Did you purchase Tuneful Teens 1 and wish you had access to even more creative ideas for engaging teens in your sessions?
• Do you feel overwhelmed by learning new pop songs and creating new templates frequently in order to keep things fresh?

If you answered YES to any of those questions, I can completely relate because I’ve been there too: feeling stuck for ideas, feeling like I’m doing the same activity over and over, struggling to engage the teens in my group.

But, after fourteen years of experience working with teens with autism and other special needs….fourteen years of trying out a multitude of interventions…I have a TON of successful ideas that I just know you’re going to love!

That’s why I created Tuneful Teens 2: More Ideas for Engaging Adolescents in Music Therapy.

Tuneful Teens 2 is the second E-Book in the Tuneful Teens series which has sold over 2,500 copies! So far over 2,500 therapists, teachers, and students have been inspired by the ideas in Tuneful Teens, and the E-Books continue to fly off the E-shelves. Many customers have emailed to thank me and let me know how they’ve been able to use the ideas from the E-Book effectively in their sessions. Many of them have requested even more ideas to spark their creativity for session planning. (Sometimes we just need a little jump start to get things going, right?)

That is why I am SO excited about Tuneful Teens 2.

The Tuneful Teens 2 E-book is jam-packed with intervention ideas, song ideas, and templates for a variety of activities that are appropriate and engaging for teens with autism and other special needs. Every idea in Tuneful Teens 2 has been used multiple times in my music therapy sessions. I’ve included only the intervention ideas that have been most successful in meeting targeted goals and the most popular ones with the teens in my groups. I am SO excited to share these ideas so you can start implementing them right away.

Tuneful Teens is your guide to navigating the world of music therapy with adolescents with special needs, and it’s only $18! Don’t need any more convincing? Click here to purchase:

(Or keep reading to find out more about the goodies you’ll find in Tuneful Teens 2).

Want to find out more?

Here’s what you’ll find inside the E-covers of Tuneful Teens 2:

• You’ll find more creative ways to engage teens in music therapy
• You’ll find a comprehensive list of pop songs that can be used effectively in your sessions
• You’ll find new ways to determine the musical preferences of your group members
• You’ll learn more musical games (these are always a hit!)
• You’ll find ideas for implementing creative movement, lyric analysis and song discussion into your sessions
• You’ll find sheet music for my favorite greeting and goodbye songs
• You’ll find more inspiration to get your creative juices flowing and generate your own ideas based on the unique needs of your group

AND THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING – I share many more tips, resources, and ideas in the 50 pages of Tuneful Teens 2.

Each category lists specific intervention ideas, complete with goal areas, what you will need to prepare in advance, and steps of the procedure for easy implementation.

BONUS…I’ve even included a Pop Song Hot List with 100 of the freshest, hottest songs (updated every six months!) You do NOT want to miss out on this!

I want to save you time! So, I’ve include sheet music, lyric sheets, musical game templates, and everything you’ll need to implement these ideas into your sessions immediately.

I want you to be successful! So, I’ve only included the intervention ideas that have been the most successful and most popular with my groups.

I want YOU to feel confident so you can engage teens more effectively in your therapy sessions and build therapeutic rapport that is so crucial to helping these clients meet their goals.

Don’t work with teens with special needs? No problemo – the ideas in Tuneful Teens 2 can easily be adapted for other teen populations (such as those with mental illness or emotional behavior disorders) and for adult populations.

The best part? You can have all of this – over 50 pages of creative ideas, sheet music, and activity templates – all for only $18!

Don’t take my word for it! Here’s what others are saying about Tuneful Teens 2…

“It’s my go-to resource for new ideas to do with teen clients.”
– Kristin Schneider, Music Therapy Intern

“I would definitely recommend Tuneful Teens 2 to those working with teens, but I also find these activities would work well with some older children groups as well. I especially find the Greeting song “Come On and Get Ready” to be great to start my teens group. When working with teens you want an appropriate hello song and this one fits my older groups well. I also have used the Mad Lib songwriting activity with some of my teens and that is a lot of fun. Thanks for providing such a good resource!
– Jennifer Hezoucky, MT-BC

“The intervention I found most useful was Musical Pictionary, my teens loved it! Overall, I love the variety in interventions and I would absolutely recommend Tuneful Teens 2! It’s a great resource and a great springboard for many other ideas. Thank you thank you! I look forward to Tuneful Teens 3! :-)”
– Michelle Miller, MT-BC

“What I liked best about Tuneful Teens 2 were the descriptive directions and explanations,  as well as the visuals and materials included. Yes {I would recommend Tuneful Teens 2}; it was helpful and a springboard for other ideas.”
– Katie Myers, MM, MT-BC

“I found the list of songs {Pop Song Hot List} to be invaluable.  Why?  Because last summer I was invited to run a music therapy program for middle schoolers and teens in the ARC’s summer camp, in the county where I live.  Because I currently work mainly with adults or young children, I had no idea what music teens are listening to.  Your list provided me with plenty of artists’ names and songs to explore for what would be appropriate to use in my sessions.  Thank you.”
– Carole Thomas, MM, MT-BC

“I think Tuneful Teens 2 is very well organized with lots of good ideas! Yes I would recommend Tuneful Teens 2, a lot of good ideas for the price! That added to the course I took of yours on Kat Fulton’s website give me some power! Keep doing what you are doing Amy – giving us great value and creative ideas to jump start from!”
– Leslie Meadows, MA, MT-BC

“I would definitely recommend Tuneful Teens 2. The feature I liked best was the specific instructions for interventions. Thank you for providing these great resources.”
– Katie Maurer, MT-BC

“I love how Tuneful Teens 1 & 2 are laid out with simple intervention instructions, prop samples, and follow up ideas. It makes it very easy to understand and helps me feel confident I could successfully implement the ideas with a group.Would I recommend Tuneful Teens 2? Absolutely! The intervention ideas are great!

I’m currently not practicing music therapy (we just moved to a new area), but reading through Amy’s ideas gets me excited to find new opportunities for providing music therapy in my new town. :)”
– Sarah Winkler

“I’ve been using the Tuneful Teens E-Books with really good results in my schools so far, I’ve found the games work really well for engagement and building social skills within the groups. It’s really made an impact on the students I work with so thank you very much!”
– Luke Jones

Marcia Humpal, M.Ed, MT-BC presented the greeting song Come On & Get Ready from Tuneful Teens 2 (sheet music is included in the E-Book!) during the Autism Spectrum Disorder CMTE at the 2014 American Music Therapy Conference in Louisville, KY.

Here’s what others are saying about Tuneful Teens 1…

“When I first started out as a new music therapist, the population that intimidated me the most was the tween and teen crowd. That’s why I was so excited when my friend and fellow music therapist Amy Kalas Buser launched her E-Book, Tuneful Teens. Amy provides everything you need — step by step procedures, templates, sheet music, etc. — to implement the interventions in your music therapy sessions. I highly recommend Amy’s book, and also want to give her a shout-out for celebrating the first year of her wonderful blog, Wholesome Harmonies. It has grown leaps and bounds since last year, and I’m excited to watch it continue to do so!
– Rachel Rambach, MM, MT-BC

“I REALLY enjoyed the Tuneful Teens book and am so glad I got it.  It gave me a bunch of wonderful ideas for my individual and my group sessions!  The things I’ve used the most so far since I purchased the book are the  Auditory Perception Training (APT) exercises as well as the movement APT exercises.  I’ve made Music Bingo sheets before, but for older adults with aphasia – I’ve never thought of making them for kids before, what a great  idea! … Keep the good stuff comin’!”
– Stephanie Scheffel, MM, MT-BC

“My favorite interventions were the instrument jams such as the call-and-response.  These can be used with a group or with individuals.  I have all individual clients so I feel I can use this intervention with them.  I liked it when you also put in some song ideas because I am always looking for more!“
– Ashley Lundquist, MT-BC

“Amy Kalas Buser, MM, MT-BC has some great ideas in her E-Book Tuneful Teens: Creative Ideas for Engaging Adolescents in Music Therapy. I just got it and have used it several times – my group really likes Musical Hangman right now. Very big hit! Great ideas with a sometimes tough population.”
– Jessica Edwards, MT-BC

“Loving it so far. Appropriate for many of my adult clients, too! Two thumbs up!”
– Connie Cheila Huettner, MA, MT-BC

“I love the music quiz game. I have used this activity with both adolescents and my adult groups. All I do is change up on some of the songs to meet the needs of the group. Also I love song writing and have used the song writing ideas with some of my children groups. Just to share I work on inpatient psych units. Thanks so much for this great resource.”
– Jennifer Hezoucky, MT-BC

“Just had a really positive session with a class of seven 6-yr-olds with autism. I used your Haunted House idea, sang the song with the guitar, and saved sound files of eight noises (knocking, boo, etc.) I had eight buddy buttons for the students to press when it was their turn in the song-story. They focused for nearly 15 minutes and were highly engaged, and loved the activity! I also tried the buddy buttons with an older class (higher functioning verbal 9 year olds) later in the day, so they didn’t really need the support, but they absolutely loved the activity. Thank-you for your ideas!”
– Catherine Schmidt, Special Ed Teacher & Music Specialist

“Tuneful Teens is a great resource to expand my repertoire and has provided me tools to work off in my practice.  I like the variety of interventions and songs!  Suggestions for making it better would be to simply add a second edition!”
– Kristin Noel Veteto, MT-BC

“I’ve really liked having Tuneful Teens as a resource. I just started working with a group of girls age 11-12 and had no idea what kind of music to use or how to structure interventions, and your book came along at just the right time. Most of the girls have Auditory Processing Disorder so I’ve used the Auditory Perception Training exercises; I’ve done the hangman game (they loved it!); and the instrument call and response. I also put together my own cards for the guess who game and plan to use that with another group I’m doing, we’ll see how that goes. Thanks for putting this together, it’s a nice quick easy helpful resource.”
– Jaycie Voorhees, MM, MT-BC

“I received both E-Books–thank you!  I love the ideas, and am going to adapt the games for teens with my senior population.  These are really nice resources; thank you again! I was thrilled to find such valuable resources!“

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