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Holiday Activities

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...

Fun with Tambourines

by Linda | Oct 24, 2014 | Attention, Autism, Blog, Following Directions, Impulse Control, Instruments, Intervention ideas, Motor skills, Movement, Multi-needs, social skills

Tambourines are great instruments because they give instant feedback and are easy to use. This Fall, I taped different pictures of items we see during the season to the front of each tambourine. I used a fantastic new tape I found at our local teacher’s store,...

Snowball Fight!

by Linda | Jan 25, 2014 | Activities, Autism, Blog, social skills, Special needs, Winter

Here in the Chicago area, we have had a cold and snowy winter! Needless to say, we’ve been exploring aspects of winter in our music therapy sessions. Over the holidays, I found Snowtime Anytime indoor snowballs at Hallmark. I thought they would fit in...

Halloween Fun

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...

First Week of School

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...

Working on Social and Motor Skills

by Linda | Jul 30, 2013 | Activities, Autism, Blog, Intervention ideas, Motor skills, Multi-needs, Music Therapy Insights, social skills

[fb_button] Looking for an activity that ties in perfectly with the summer? I have an awesome intervention that addresses social and motor skills. Best of all, it can be used with individuals of all ages and abilities. Earlier this year, I bought a huge, latex free,...