October is AAC Awareness month! While we celebrate our clients with different communication needs throughout the year, we want to take this month to highlight AAC use. What is AAC? AAC stands for “augmentative and alternative communication.” Augmentative means to add to someone’s speech. Alternative refers to a type of communication used instead of speech. […]
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Back to school blues? It’s the end of August, and for many of you, perhaps this is your child’s first week back to school! There are so many emotions packed into this week and the several that follow, as you both reacquaint yourselves with the school year routine. Also, your child may possibly need to
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As music therapists, we need to learn lots of tools and techniques- both musical and non-musical- to be able to serve our clients and meet their individual needs. One of these tools is musical improvisation, which is music played or sung without previous preparation. For me, the word “improvisation” once filled me with fear and
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How does music affect your mood? Music is a powerful tool to assist with managing our mental health. We experience music in so many different ways, whether that’s the sound of car horns while driving to work or playing our favorite songs on full blast to motivate us when cleaning. Music Therapists have extensive knowledge
