by Bessie Barth | Jan 31, 2021 | Adults, Autism, Children, Clinical Repertoire, Cognition, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Making Music, Mental Health, Music Therapy, Older Adults, Resources, Session Planning, Special Education, Technology, Teens, Young Adults
No instruments? No problem! Making your own music is a breeze with these fun websites!Hello again, Danielle here to show you just how easy it is for you and your loved ones of all ages to create your own music using these five interactive websites—NO downloads or...
by Bessie Barth | Dec 28, 2020 | Adults, Autism, Children, Clinical Repertoire, Holidays, Mental Health, Music Therapy, Older Adults, Special Education, Teens, Young Adults
Say hello to 2021 with these 10 groovy tunes!Hey y’all, Danielle here again! It’s been a pretty wild year and we all deserve to celebrate the fact that we made it through—woohoo! Although we might have spent less time with our loved ones in-person than...
by Gigi Siu | Dec 23, 2020 | Adaptive Lessons, Autism, Children, Making Music, Special Education
Adaptive lessonsJust a quick review of adaptive lessons: Adaptive lessons are client centered and would be more appropriate for students with special needs. Students are not only able to learn the skill of playing an instrument or singing with better pacing, but they...
by Bessie Barth | Dec 8, 2020 | Mental Health
by Gigi Siu | Dec 8, 2020 | Adaptive Lessons, Making Music, Music Therapy
What are adaptive lessons?Everyone can create great sounding music if they find the right way! Music is a universal language to express our emotions and to communicate with others. With simple adaptations, we can make and perform music no matter age, disability, or...
by Bessie Barth | Dec 1, 2020 | Adults, Autism, Holidays, Making Music, Mental Health, Music Therapy, School Settings, Session Planning, Song writing, Special Education, speech and language, Teens, Themes, Young Adults
Are you running out of ideas for positive expression this fall? I know this has been a tough year for everyone and we’re probably all feeling a little different about the holiday season this year. A few songs I have been using with students and adults to identify...
by Bessie Barth | Nov 30, 2020 | Adults, Autism, Children, Early Childhood, Holidays, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Music Therapy, Session Planning, Themes
Hello everyone, welcome to another blog post! Today, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite winter/holiday themed interventions, as well as ways that you can adapt these interventions for your virtual sessions. I’ll also share the goals that you can target with these...
by Bessie Barth | Nov 16, 2020 | Mental Health
Hi everyone, welcome to another blog post! Today, I will be sharing a list of singable books that can be a great tool to implement during your music therapy sessions! Our wonderful boss, Bessie, recently added a plethora of books to our collection of resources. Not...
by Bessie Barth | Nov 2, 2020 | Adults, Clinical Repertoire, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Making Music, Music Therapy, Older Adults, Session Planning, Themes
Hi there everyone, and welcome to another blog post! This week, we’re going to talk about themes! This can be a great option to help plan your session for several reasons which we will break down more later, including… It can help clients with reality orientation...
by Bessie Barth | Oct 19, 2020 | Cognition, speech and language
Hello everyone, welcome to another blog post! Today, we will be talking about speech & language NMT techniques! Just as a quick disclaimer, I am not a certified NMT. All of this information is from prior research, experience and information that I learned from...
