by Linda | May 28, 2013 | Autism, Blog, Frienship, Gifts, Music Therapy Insights, Therapeutic relationship
[fb_button] A few months ago, a client, T., drew a beautiful picture and gave it to me. I told him I would put it on my website and let his teacher know, so they could view it together. Tomorrow is the last day of school for them and I still haven’t posted the...
by Linda | Feb 16, 2013 | Autism, Blog, Crafts, Frienship, Music Therapy Insights, Valentine's Day
[fb_button] The concept of friendship and improving social skills are important goal areas that we work on in music therapy. This post highlights a friendship activity that was designed for Valentine’s Day, but it can be adapted to be used anytime of year. Kids...
by Linda | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog, Dementia, Music Therapy Insights
[fb_button] The most amazing thing happened at my last session with my fantastic group of adults and seniors with developmental disabilities. Some of the clients in the group have dementia and have issues with orientation, perseveration and holding an intelligible...