[Jennie Turner]

My clients are mostly 20+, and many would be considered to be in the Responsibility stage. I have been thinking, however, about a particular client I have who is non-verbal, and could be in both the Responsibility and Control stages. We have musical rather than verbal conversations, and he sings spontaneous songs that have tonal centers that tend to move.

However, today his mother was lamenting about over the past weekend he was vocalizing a small part of jingle bells over and over, and that she could tell each time that he was becoming more and more upset as each repetition was completed. She asked if I could help him move past this melody on which he was perseverating. He and I sang pieces of the melody back and forth changing it a few notes at a time – allowing him to change the melody and the freedom to improvise from the static melody changed his mood. Mom does sing with him, but she didn’t want to sing that song, so she didn’t even try to help him move through it – now she knows how to support him when he gets stuck in a melody.

[Jennie Turner]

@Melissa: that’s exactly what I want to do! I want to help inform people who don’t have the innate bonding with their kids, and give them specific actions to take, and then they’ll figure out more and more ways to appropriately interact.

[Jennie Turner]

@dboyam: I agree with you! I want to give parents insights and support them in supporting their little ones. It’s the best way!

[Jennie Turner]

I have been told by many people throughout my life that I’m cheerful, whimsical, and straightforward – I think these are qualities that many children appreciate, and I usually am able to connect with these young humans easily. I’m also really excited about being able to support families and give moms/dads tools to connect with kids and understand their specific needs as they grow. I’m excited to also integrate sign language into my groups as gross motor skills develop earlier than the fine motor skills for language, and giving kids more language tools can help to ease frustrations in language barriers found in little ones.

[Jennie Turner]

I enjoyed the review of the different milestones. I remember learning many of them in my child psychology class in college, but there were a few that I did not recall, and I’m grateful for the collection of these milestones especially as we can address them in our group music settings.

I felt a little bit silly pretending that my polka dot scarf was a baby/toddler/child, but it was helpful to have something tangible to focus upon as listening (without becoming distracted) to oration without visuals can be difficult for me.

I’m really excited that becoming childlike with my future early childhood participants is encouraged because I love to sing and laugh and play.

[Jennie Turner]

Hello new friends!

I’m Jennie-Victoria Turner, and I live in Houston, TX where I started my private practice 10 years ago. My original vision for my private practice was to be focused on early childhood/early intervention. However, the contracts I was able to attain first were for older teens/adults, and that is the bulk of my current caseload. I am taking this course to reorient my practice towards infants/toddlers, to increase my presence in my community, and to have a ton of fun with kids and their families.

[Jennie Turner]

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