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 | Jun 13, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Instrument Songs, Movement
I recently posted this on Music Therapy Dynamic’s Facebook page, but thought I’d share it here too. (With some added suggestions!) Need an age appropriate song to use with teens or young adults? Check out Dynamite by Taio Cruz! I use it in group...
by Linda | Aug 31, 2013 | Autism, Blog, Impulse Control, Instrument Songs, Intervention ideas, Multi-needs, social skills, Turn Taking
The first week of school has come to a close and we are off to a great start in music therapy! Many of my students are in new schools or have new classmates; therefore, it was important to encourage social interactions. In order to learn each other’s names and...