by Linda | Dec 13, 2015 | Activities, Autism, Blog, Chanuka, Christmas, Developmental Disabilities, hanukka, Holidays, Impulse Control, Instrument Songs, Intervention ideas, Kwanzaa, Motor skills, Movement, Multi-needs, social skills
December is full of holidays that we can build music therapy interventions around. Since I mainly work in school settings, I design activities using secular songs and cultural aspects associated with each holiday. This is also important because it doesn’t...
by Linda | Feb 11, 2014 | Attention, Autism, Blog, Following Directions, Holidays, Valentine's Day
This year, Valentine’s Day coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the British Invasion…the Beatles on Ed Sullivan! What better way to celebrate both events than with the song, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”! This song is universally enjoyed by...
by Linda | Oct 29, 2013 | Activities, Blog, Halloween, Holidays, Parachute, Puppets, social skills, Special needs
Halloween is such a fun time of year. This year I found a tarantula puppet that was so scary; I left on the price tag just in case it was too much for the kids. Boy was I wrong! (Except for one staff member who ran out of the room when she saw it!) One activity...