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So, this is hard. I would rather tell everyone else what they are amazing at, clearly.
I have worked a lot with kids, as a teacher and as a music therapist and now as a parent of two kiddos with special needs as well. I think I really enjoy kids. I appreciate them and I love showing them things.
I used to get in a bit of trouble as an educator because I gravitated toward the kids who didn’t fit elsewhere and I never wanted to teach them a strict curriculum. I really wanted to enter their world and use it to teach them how cool the curriculum could be when it paired with their interests. So I was probably always actually meant to be a music therapist anyway.
I think that sometimes early childhood programming can get really stringent – we do this then this and you do this… and I think I bring flexibility and adaptability to the table. Structure and a plan that understands development are so important at this age, but so is freedom, independence and joy. I think I do my best work when focusing on really strong understanding of development with the ability to adapt and live in the moment with children and I am excited to feel like this programming seems to be structured in that same way.
ParticipantSo, we are friends and we chatted on the phone about this. But I also feel like you bring this really wonderful level of being inquisitive to the table.
What I mean is you have so much enthusiasm for entering a child’s world and want to know what they see or what they think and experience it with them. I feel like it must be so incredibly validating for them.
Like, the time I told you my son got a new train video and you were like, “ooo! That sounds fun! I would really like to see that.”
Although you said it to me, the fact that you were validating him – as a parent – that was even special for me. You have such sincere genuine enthusiasm and I think it makes you such an asset to any person or place you are working with.
ParticipantSuch a good point Kayla! I also really appreciated how it was presented. I think that this information can just become kind of rote if we don’t sit with it and really internalize it. I thought that the lessons this week did a really good job of really helping us consider each developmental level and what it looks like and feels like for the child.
ParticipantSince I have been practicing for about 10 years, most of this information was not new to me. That being said, I found it so refreshing and I loved the presentation!
I kind of wished I had heard it this way the first time. From actually pausing the video to take a moment and imagine ourselves in that developmental space, to visualizing our scarf child growing – I loved how tangible the information was.
Laying on the floor, man, that was a huge reminder of how the world is perceived 0-3 months.
However, my biggest take a way was the reminder that parents may not always know the milestones and what is or is not developmentally appropriate. I found myself thinking, “wow, yeah, couple that with the pandemic and that truth is even more compounded.” I found myself seeing ways in which we could be empowered to be helpful guides not only for our little clients, but for their parents and caregivers too. I really appreciated sitting with that mentality as I listened this week.
ParticipantI am just checking to see if this worked. I am old and bad at technology.
ParticipantHi Sean!
Temple has such a great program, that is awesome… and your grad program sound so cool!ParticipantI didn’t know that you were at Shenandoah University! That is so awesome and I disappointed I missed being able to take courses with you!
ParticipantHI Everyone,
My name is Ceara Chiapparelli and I do a lot of different things. Primarily, I am the Director of Program Development at Central Ohio Music Therapy. I also adjunct for the music therapy department at Ohio University, and do admin support for a small music organization here in Columbus, OH.
Prior to that I worked in hospice and hospital settings for several years, and was a K-12 music teacher prior to that- coming to music therapy a little bit later that a traditional student.
I have a bachelor’s equivalency in music therapy and a master’s in music therapy both from Shenandoah University in Virginia.
I do actually do a little bit of private practice for COMT, running the soundbirthing and lullabies for healthy lives program at the state women’s prison.
I am so excited to be here and be really diving into this training to get some more tools in my toolbox! -
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