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Read on for tips and tricks, session ideas, song shares, advocacy videos, app reviews and more from our team of music therapists!
Spring Song Share
Ready for Spring While I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, in northeast Ohio there are signs that Springtime will be here before we know it, and I can’t wait. With every transition into a new season, I think it is common for most to anticipate...
Favorite Winter Interventions
Greetings! Alex here. This month, I found myself in a rut trying to plan for sessions. It’s typically pretty easy to plan when you have a “theme”, like the holidays. But now that those are over, I’m trying to incorporate fun snow/winter/New Year’s experiences into my...
Our Favorite Instruments and Props from 2022
Sharing Our Favorites December greetings! The time has passed by so quickly this year...you know what they say about time when you're having fun! Our team wants to thank YOU for being here and helping make 2022 as special as it was. We thought it would be fun to wrap...
Clinical Language & Perspective Shifts
Perspective Perspective is a powerful thing. By definition, perspective is a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. We all have our own perspectives that we bring to the table, and these are usually determined by our personal...
Surviving Internship 101
Alex shares some tips that have helped her navigate her first month of internship!
Funding Updates to Ohio Waivers
Updates to Ohio Waivers As of July 1, 2022 The Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities has made some changes to the Waivers for people living in Ohio with developmental disabilities. We are excited for these changes across the board because it increases the...
5 Must-Have Items in Abby’s MT Bag
Abby shares 5 of her favorite items to bring into music therapy sessions.
Valentine’s Day Pictionary for Music Therapy
Pictionary is a fun game, and MUSICAL pictionary is even more fun. So, why use musical pictionary in your music therapy sessions? Musical pictionary is an engaging and inclusive way to exercise several targeted skills and goals in music therapy. Picture identification...
Music Therapy & Hippotherapy Intervention Ideas
Why use music therapy in therapeutic horseback riding? Great question! We have been so honored to begin a partnership with Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center and see the benefits of music therapy co-treating with hippotherapy not only with their students, but...
Thanksgiving Session Plan for Older Adults
Need a fresh Thanksgiving or Gratitude themed session plan for your older adults? Look at this carefully curated session plan from our therapist, Ellen, who specializes in older adults and memory care. Hail Hail The Gang’s All Here Depending on the size of your group,...
Original Song: Our Secret Star
Check out this new song by Sarah Chappell, MT-BC. It shares fun ways to explore emotions and self regulation. Plus you’ll learn a secret...
“I Have Feelings” Original Song + Songwriting Intervention
In this original song by Ellen Antes, MT-BC, we aim to share ways to: Identify emotions in ways other than words Develop coping skills for difficult to manage emotions Check out this song with some "blanks" filled in, then look below for a songwriting template to use...