Music therapy: engage tactile sense to enhance learning and engagement
In our music therapy sessions we utilize many physical props. Physical props engage visual and tactile senses and create opportunities...
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May 1, 2018
Music therapy: grounding tips for kids
Children in New Hampshire recently came back to school from a week of spring vacation. While vacations can be a great time to relax and...
Mar 17, 2018
Music therapy: priming and timing motor responses
The power of entrainment is something we tap into daily when working with individuals with motor and speech challenges. Entrainment is "a...
Feb 27, 2018
Music therapy: NY Times article music and the brain
"the M.I.T. team demonstrated that the speech and music circuits are in different parts of the brain’s sprawling auditory cortex, where...
Feb 13, 2018
Music therapy: The use of sign language to enhance learning, comprehension, motor skills and express
Using sign language engages the children and gives them another or pathway, for a message to be interpreted in the brain. Sign language...
Jan 31, 2018
Music therapy: A multi-sensory learning approach
A multisensory approach enhances learning by engaging more of the brain. Learning that involves multiple senses offers many avenues for a...
Jan 13, 2018
Music therapy: using rhythm and melody to enhance learning
Teaching academics using rhythm and melody helps children comprehend and retain information. The different elements of music lights up...
Jan 11, 2018
Music therapy: developing skills with rhythm sticks
In small group and 1:1 settings, small percussion instruments are a fun way of targeting multiple goals in one activity. Rhythm sticks...
Jan 9, 2018
Music therapy: a wagon of tools for growth, development and learning
Rhythm sticks: bilateral coordination, following directions, impulse control, gross motor imitation Sensory cushion: sensory input, core...
Jan 5, 2018
Music therapy: sensory fidget tools
Many children and adults need movement and sensory input to fully engage their brains for learning. Some people may knit to help them...
Dec 9, 2017
Music therapy: DIY weighted lap pads
Weighted lap pads and weighted stuffed animals are great for calming the nervous system, increasing sensory input for sensory seeking...
Dec 5, 2017
Music therapy: using music to teach calming strategies
Anxiety is common among children I see throughout the week. In a classroom setting anxiety can be raised by noise, other students,...
Dec 1, 2017
Music and the "I did it!" feeling
Playing music or singing together releases endorphins in the brain. Endorphins help you feel focused, they reduce pain perception and...
Nov 5, 2017
Music therapy: making repetition fun!
Often when working with a child to develop a skill we want to offer as many opportunities to practice that skill as possible. Whether it...
Oct 27, 2017
Music therapy: sensory tools for sitting
When you're a kid, sitting can be really tough! We can help kids to remain seated with a couple fun tools. My favorite sitting tool is...
Oct 20, 2017
Music therapy: reaching developmental goals through small percussion
Playing small percussion instruments is a great way to target several important developmental skills. Children develop bilateral motor...
Aug 30, 2017
Music therapy: make your child's life a musical
Music can be a wonderful tool in aiding in transitions throughout the day, giving directions, and teaching calming strategies. This study...
Aug 14, 2017
Music therapy: music and movement article
A review of "music and movement" therapies for children with autism: embodied interventions for multisystem development Authors Sudha M....
Jul 20, 2017
Music therapy: music and the brain Interactive map
Music and the brain... NeuroRhythm Music Therapy Services has a wonderful interactive brain map that allows you to click on an area of...
Jul 9, 2017
The power of a choice: reinforcing autonomy and avoiding power struggles
The opportunity to make choices is an important part of child development, it helps children to feel in control of parts of their lives...
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