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All About Music Therapy is a mini-series in which The Groovy Garfoose Music Therapy Services explains the ins and outs of music therapy. In their fifth and final episode of the series, “What Does Music Therapy Look Like?,” they show real live examples* of what a music...

Happy Fall Y’all! Now that the fall weather has arrived in Northeast Ohio, Many people, including myself, are ready to partake in every fall themed activity that’s available. ‘Tis the season for Apple picking, pumpkin carving, and sharing a few favorite intervention ideas! Since...

All About Music Therapy is a mini-series in which The Groovy Garfoose Music Therapy Services explains the ins and outs of music therapy. In their fourth episode, “What Are the Benefits of Music Therapy?,” they discuss the different domain areas that can benefit from music...

Welcome to “10 Tips & Tricks for Beginning Internship!” After completing my first month of internship, I thought I would share some personal tips and tricks for other students either currently in their internship or planning for a future internship. Bonus: these...

All About Music Therapy is a mini-series in which The Groovy Garfoose Music Therapy Services explains the ins and outs of music therapy. In their third episode, “Who Do Music Therapists Work With?”, they discuss the variety of populations that can benefit from music...

Intervention Share Time: Summer isn’t over until…September 22. Even though we are back in school, I’m still wanting to share some summertime fun with my kiddos!  Remember the popular song “Everything is Awesome” from the Lego Movie?  Well I took it upon myself to adapt this into...

All About Music Therapy is a mini-series in which The Groovy Garfoose Music Therapy Services explains the ins and outs of music therapy. In their second episode, “How Does the Music Therapy Treatment Process Work? “, the treatment process is explained from referral to...

In a new mini-series, All About Music Therapy, The Groovy Garfoose Music Therapy Services explains the ins and outs of music therapy. In their first episode, “What is Music Therapy?”, we dive into the American Music Therapy Association’s official definition....

The Groovy Garfoose presents “Music Therapy Tips & Tricks.” The video blog where Ellen Antes, MT-BC shares music therapy principles and skills for music therapists and beyond. In this video, Ellen shares an adaptable song for making summer transitions and routines...

The Groovy Garfoose presents “Music Therapy Tips & Tricks.” The video blog where Ellen Antes, MT-BC shares music therapy principles and skills for music therapists and beyond. In this video, Ellen shares how to build an iso-principle playlist for self-care and for...

The Groovy Garfoose presents “Music Therapy Tips & Tricks.” The video blog where Ellen Antes, MT-BC shares music therapy principles and skills for music therapists and beyond. In this video, Ellen shares four instruments she uses with her clients and patients for...

Calling all music therapy, art therapy, art education and special education college students… GG Summer Camp is BACK!  And we need YOU!  We are so excited to offer our 7th camp Movie Camp: Music, Art, & Dance from Film this Summer 2018! We will offer Movie Camp in...

The Groovy Garfoose presents “Music Therapy Tips & Tricks.” The video blog where Ellen Antes, MT-BC shares music therapy principles and skills for music therapists, parents and beyond. This first vlog post is about transition songs and their importance in the...

If you’re like me, the “Love songs” for Valentine’s Day sessions are a-plenty. However, after the holiday season, I’m always at a loss for how to continue incorporating “Winter” songs into sessions that are fresh, motivating and addressing my client’s goals. “Let it Snow” wasn’t...

January is Social Media Advocacy Month for music therapy! Music therapy bloggers across the country were challenged to find a song that best advocated for the profession of music therapy. The perfect song for The Groovy Garfoose is Feelin’ Groovy by Simon & Garfunkel....

As we reflect on this past year, we wanted to share with you all some of our favorite music therapy moments of 2017: Bri:       To some people, “5 golden rolls” are a fantastic addition to the dinner table, but to me, it’s my favorite Music Therapy moment!...

Happy Holidays from the Groovy Garfoose! Ellen is sharing some of her favorite holiday piggyback songs to add variety to group or individual sessions!   Goal: Motor movement Directions: Fill in blanks with motor movements appropriate for your group or individual client...

HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR SESSION There two ways in which I structure structure a music therapy session around a Thanksgiving theme. One way is to find all songs that mention thankfulness, turkeys, fall weather, etc. Plan your session around these songs based on your client’s...

We did it! Our first adapted music & dance class, “MOVE & GROOVE,” was a success. Over the course of 7 weeks, 6 teens of all abilities came together to make move & groove culminating in a final performance “Dancing through the Decades” for their friends...

Boo! It’s time for us to share some of our favorite Halloween songs and interventions with all of you. These can all be adapted across population, but keep in mind age-appropriateness, abilities, and preferences of the group! The Addams Family – Use the theme song...