by Bessie Barth | Jul 14, 2022 | Children, Clinical Repertoire, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Making Music, Music Therapy, Resources, School Settings, Special Education, speech and language
New Song Activity: “Alphabet Kitchen”Over the course of my internship, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of students with goals that involve the alphabet; ranging from writing the entire alphabet, both in lower and upper case letters, to letter...
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 | 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 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 Molly Coleman | Oct 13, 2020 | Autism, Children, Early Childhood, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Music Therapy, School Settings, Special Education, speech and language, Teens
Exploring physical prompts for speech productionProducing speech is a complex process that involves coordination between the diaphragm, vocal folds, jaw, lips, tongue, and more. Speaking requires motor skills that we must practice in order to learn, like riding a...
by Bessie Barth | Oct 5, 2020 | Adults, Autism, Early Childhood, Holidays, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Music Therapy, Older Adults, Session Planning, Special Education, Teens, Themes
Hello everyone, welcome to another blog post! It is October which officially means it is spooky season (and also one of my favorite times of the year)! As mentioned in some previous blog posts, using themes during your music therapy sessions is great for reality...
