At Wholesome Harmonies, adapted music lessons are one of our most popular offerings. All of our music teachers are board certified music therapists who specialize in working with students with special learning needs. So whereas a traditional music teacher might expect the student to sit at the piano for the full 30 min lesson, we [...]
🎨 Join us for Kids Creativity Day in Gettysburg: An afternoon dedicated to creative exploration! 🎶 🥁🪇 Children ages 5-12 of all abilities are welcome, and will rotate through three groups: Music Therapy | Art | Yoga This is a drop off event. Parents are invited to a session on nurturing creativity with your child, [...]
I am on a mission to figure out how to use "not so therapeutic" songs therapeutically. I know for me, it is really tough when my clients or students like songs that are not necessarily "appropriate" for school, or seem to me to have little therapeutic value due to the content and lyrics. But it's [...]
Have you had a chance to catch up on the last two Session Idea Blasts? The first was about a Musical Game called Music Man that allows you to easily insert your clients' and students' preferred singers, bands, and songs into it (leads to instant engagement!) The second was a Pop Song Listening Game. This [...]
It's a snow day here in Pennsylvania - a far cry from the 80 degree Januarys we experienced when we lived in Florida! Before I go outside to shovel and sled with my kiddos, I wanted to write up a quick blog to continue the Session Idea Blast Series I started last week. In the [...]
I can't believe I'm writing this, but summer is winding down, and the school year is right around the corner. Today's post will be the last in my Summer Session Sneak Peek series, where I've been giving you a little glimpse into my music therapy sessions with middle and high schoolers with autism and related [...]
I am back to working with preschoolers and I am LOVING it! I recently started a new contract, providing group music therapy at Amazing Kids Club Autism Center, part of True North Wellness Services in Hanover, Pennsylvania. I provide weekly group music therapy for the preschool program, and.... I had forgotten how physical it is [...]
I don't know about you, but when I'm learning new music therapy techniques, I love to see them IN ACTION. It's one thing to read about techniques in a book or hear about them in class, and it's another to see them being implemented in an actual session with clients. That's why I created a [...]
Happy Happy New Year! I'm kicking off this year with a series of 3 "How To" posts. Today we're looking at something I hear again and again from participants who take the Tune In To Teens and Attention & Perception E-Courses: How do I plan engaging experiences for groups with mixed ages and abilities?! Read [...]
Therapist. Client. Two well defined roles. But what happens in music therapy when you switch up those roles? When the therapist feels what it feels like to be the client, and the client feels what it feels like to be the therapist. This idea came to me a few years ago when I was working [...]
