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Music Therapists create an opportunity for families to bond together by having them collaborate in song. Music therapists are also helpful in having parents understand what is normal in development. They can teach parents the importance of allowing for transitions and maybe families can incorporate these songs into their daily routine. They teach young families tools to use music in order to structure their day.
ParticipantThat is so beautiful! i aslo got the chance to observe shrieks of laughter!
ParticipantI had the opportunity to use the tickle song today. I watched as I got huge giggles from both babies, as their moms tried the tickle songs. I also saw the delight in their mom’s faces as they interacted with their babies. It was beautiful.
ParticipantMaura, what a beautiful memory! How old is your daughter now? I hope you sing together now!
ParticipantI currently have an 8 month old neice and I have been teaching a group music class that she is in. I have been able to see he in the Trust stage, where she is rhythmically moving her entire body in response to music. My sings the same song for her to sleep when she takes care of her and we know that she is ready to sleep when she repeats back a string interval patterns and then she falls asleep shortly after.
ParticipantThat is really cool Kate! Wow I never though about how things can be affected when going to see patients in their homes, regarding women needing to me in the home. I used to work in early intervention, but never ran into that, most of the families I worked with her Spanish speaking.
ParticipantYes! I also always ask families what the child’s preferred music or the parent’s preferred music. I also often get requests for worhip songs.
ParticipantI currently work in a Children’s hospital. I have often had the opportunity to incorporate Spanish music in my work, since I am Spanish speaking, but I don’t always know they songs they request as there are various Spanish speaking cultures, so I do my best to learn them. I also often get requests for worship music in English and in Spanish. I also run a virtual Spanish Parkinson’s choir. There are people of various ages and from so many different countries, such as Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia. I encorporate familiar Spanish songs that are typically known in all countries and have also asked them to give me suggestions for songs we can sing.
ParticipantAwareness: alter movements in response to a singing voice, turn eye gaze toward source of sound, move entire body
Trust: vocalize in tonality of song, reach out to touch instruments, move entire body rhythmically in response to music
Independence: babble using melodic intonation, grasp maracas or jingle bells and shake, clap hands
Control: use gesture or words to request a favorite song, turn a rainstick upside down, watch others as they make music
Responsibility: sing stepwise intervals, use individual fingers of dominant hand to play keyboard, hop on one footParticipantI remember whenI was an EI and I also had twins. Mom was also always comparing the two of them. That is so beautiful that you were able to find a way to see something she had not noticed about the child she felt was behind.
ParticipantI have been working in early childhood for a long time. I did group work for a year where I constantly worked with DAY-C2’s to look at development and worked as an early interventionist at the same company, but then transitioned to individual therapy using other assessments, so this has been such a great reminder of what are typical developmental milestones. I will bring all my years of experience and knowedge to help parents feel confident in their child’s development. I think parents constantly compare their children to other children, not realizing that all children have their own rate of development. I will give families tools they can use to help in their child’s development at home and remind them that in order for children to develop we need to give them the opportunities to try and fail, but then help them when they need it. I will bring my enthusiasm and help children have fun as they learn. It need to be fun and we have to teach parents how to play and make things fun!
ParticipantCammy! I completely understand how you feel! I definitely experienced this at the start of my career, but the knowledge we have is so important. Remind yourself that you are studying child development. Parents may not have even looked at development and have no idea what their child should and shouldn’t be doing. Even parents with multiple kids sometimes completely misrememebr what their first child was doing at what stage and are then expecting their second child to do things faster, becasue they are misrememebering. We work with so many children on a daily basis and have seen all the different rates of development and parents recognize this. Don’t sell yourself short. Just speak confidently and realize you know what you are talking about!
ParticipantMy most valuable take away is remembering that every child’s development looks different. They are all going through their own journey and that we are there to guide them. I think that it is important to remind parents what is part of normal development when they seem frustrated with their child and especialy if they are not sure how to help their child. I think recognizing that children may not understand bad or good is also important, because it changes how we explain things to them. Knowing the developmental stages and understanding them are so important, so that we are not making unralistic expectations of children, or hold them back when they need to be moving forward.
ParticipantHi Lydia! i also majored in vocal performance for my Bachelors! I just started working in the children’s hospital that I interned at and I am excited to be back! I am also very interested in end of life work.
ParticipantThank you so much for all of your work! i hope to learn a lot in this course!
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