Welcome to the final video in the series, Easy Tips for Using Music at Home! I’ve really enjoyed making this videos, and I hope that you have enjoyed watching them! Remember, leave comments here, or on my YouTube channel!
I’d love to hear from you if you have questions, success stories, or even suggestions about a […]
All too often, things do not go our way.
I am writing this on Wednesday, and I just sat down at my computer to edit the video on Rhythm Sticks that was due to go out today (Thursday. I booted up my laptop, opened Camtasia, imported the video file, clicked play, and discovered I was blue.
Think […]
Welcome to the third video in my easy tips series! I hope you have been enjoying the series and have tried using some of my tips at home. Don’t hesitate to leave your comments below!
Today, I’m styling on the xylophone and showing you my top secret method for making sure that every note you or […]
Parents use music with their children all the time! I don’t know of any parents who never sang, rocked, or hummed to their child at some point in time. The plethora of children’s shows on television makes finding songs to use with your children easy, but have you ever made music with your child without […]
As you are sitting in the speech therapist’s waiting room, pretending to read yet another US Weekly, your attention wanders between the clock, thinking of what to cook for dinner, and snippets of the conversations going on around you. As you drift from one thing to another, suddenly your attention focuses on a conversation that […]
When I sat down and thought about what I wanted Key Changes to become, all I could really think of that I wanted to bring Music Therapy to my area in a way that made everyone know about it. Since that translates into a pretty boring goal on paper, I utilize this […]
When I used to work in a hospital, I got to hear all kind of “how to take this pill” abbreviations. I hear “p.o.” which means orally, “i.m.” for a shot in the muscle, “b.i.d.” is twice a day, and “t.i.d.” means three times daily.
Remembering hearing these abbreviations got me to thinking “how would one […]
Music has some pretty awesome super powers. It can get your child to interact, play, smile, move, regulate emotions, and open gateways for communication.
The ability of music to generate these actions in children with autism or other disabilities is part of why it is so effective! While I would love the ability to live in […]
Have you ever had a conversation with a therapist or other service provider and sat glassy eyed on the phone or in their presence as they rattled off a standard definition of their profession? Did you find yourself thinking that while the definition they gave was correct, it just didn’t seem to apply to you?
Plenty […]
I’m not much of a political aficionado, but I do know what policies I like and don’t like.
If you’ve been reading for a while, you may remember a few posts I made last fall about Music Therapy, Politics, and South Carolina. In them, I described our quest for a Music Therapy License here in […]