[Brooke Langley]

I’m definitely saving these powerpoints and my notes about each developmental milestone because when I am working with a young child (which is very rare currently but will continue to be more frequent here soon) I never know what’s developmentally appropriate, or what areas I may need to focus on. I don’t want to work on sorting and counting if the child is too young for that skill, but here I am thinking they’re behind! Or maybe I think the babbling is “normal” for that age, but they’re actually a year behind on that skills and I should be supporting that progress and totally missing the mark!

[Brooke Langley]

Hello! I’m so late to the program here but glad to be joining now! I have been a Music Therapist for just about 5 years now!!! I’m from Oklahoma and currently living in Enid, Oklahoma where Music Therapy isn’t heard of often…. So with that I have multiple jobs. I am the Program Director for a non-profit company called 4RKids where we employ adults with developmental disabilities. Because Music Therapy isn’t accepted on DHS waivers or through insurance and Medicard yet… I decided to start my own private practice in Music Therapy to help the clients here at 4RKids and in the community! My therapy business is called Health and Harmony Music Therapy, LLC. I really got into therapy in the hopes to work with the elderly, but I’m really enjoying the children and adults I see here right now! We just recently started a small children’s group that’s offered to the community so I’m hoping to learn more about leading with the child and coming up with newer interventions for my sessions!
An interesting story, my husband and I met at school while we were both studying Music Therapy! He is a Music Therapist at a mental health facility for in patient adolescents. We have a son that just turned 3 this year! (COVID Baby….the social skills for this child were something else!) He absolutely LOVES music! Which is so fun to watch him sing, dance and try to play instruments at home!

[Brooke Langley]

Hi Julie!!
That’s so exciting that your children are growing up with such a big musical influence! My son is 3 years old and since both my husband and I are Music Therapists, there is A LOT of music going around at our house! He loves singing and playing his little guitar to all the music videos haha I can’t wait to see him begin performing and really learning music and instruments in the future!

[Brooke Langley]

I agree with Sarah! I would love to learn some of your Bilingual or Spanish songs! We have a new family in our music group that is Spanish speaking and I would love to have the boy be able to participate more in his own language!

~Brooke

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