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January 18, 2013 at 9:23 pm
in reply to: What was your most valuable takeaway from this weeks’ content?
KeymasterOne tip as you go through this course…save a copy of all your comments to the forums. Prior course participants have found that they wrote wonderfully articulate remarks and phrases on their own in their responses!
KeymasterIt would be great if you could add some of your insights on multiples as we go through the course, Angie. Although I have had the chance to work with many families with twins, triplets and even quads, I know that there must be challenges and joys specific to parenting of these kids that you could share. That would be very helpful to me.
KeymasterThank you for mentioning Dr. Amelia Oldfield. Dr. Oldfield has extensive experience working with young children and families in music therapy. She has a number of books and articles on her work. Check out the resources page on the http://www.RaisingHarmony.com for a list of references early childhood music therapy and early childhood music.
KeymasterAngie, Do you know you can get credit for this course through Illinois Early Intervention? Please let us know if that would be helpful to you. We are already moving ahead in the process to get the time approved! How convenient is that? 🙂
KeymasterCindy, as we travel through the course content, we are going to focus a lot on early childhood development and musical development of all children. I think this information will provide a strong theoretical framework for your outreach to the preschool teachers. We will speak a lot about working with babies and toddler and their parents. Be sure to apply this learning to working with staff members in your school programs as well. They also need the information and education that we can provide. There is a Sprouting Melodies age grouping for preschoolers called Music Makers that we won’t get into during this initial 10 week course – there is just too much to cover! – but we will talk a lot about how music supports the overall development of young children. When we get to Family Sprouts we will talk about how to reach children of different developmental levels in the same group and I’m sure you’ll see how that applies to a lot of the integrated classes you are and will be working with.
KeymasterHi Wei! It is great to have you join us all the way from Singapore! I think you’ll find a lot of the course content and conversations will apply to work with kids of all ages, and certainly to your little one at home! Congratulations and looking forward to sharing these 10 weeks together!
KeymasterAnd with two of your colleagues at CT Music Therapy already trained, this will be a great way for you to work as a team providing Sprouting Melodies groups. We find that having a team of us providing Sprouting Melodies classes at Roman Music Therapy Services really enriches the experience for all of us!
KeymasterThe call is now posted on the website. If you weren’t able to to be on the call, please take a listen. It’s on the Week 9 page.
KeymasterGreat points everybody! We do need to have open communication and always work on ourselves so that can model calm, positive interventions when supporting kids who are having a tough time.
KeymasterWe love this online community setup! It’s great to be able to connect and get to know each other in this forum. Glad to have all of you here!
KeymasterSo glad to have you, Alyssa. New therapists and therapists with lots of experience have so much to learn from each other. As a site supervisor, I know I learn so much from my interns who often have access to the latest readings and information from their studies.
Although the focus of this training is early childhood and early development, I think you will find much to use with your elementary and middle school students.
KeymasterWelcome! Nice to see you again. This is going to be a dynamic group of music therapists!
KeymasterWelcome,Lisa. Meredith and I have tried to make this training very active, engaging and experiential. Enjoy!
KeymasterMy husband is retired Air Force, and so I resonate with the unique challenges of military families. Sprouting Melodies and other early childhood music programs can be a source of friendship and support for young parents who are cut off from extended families and their home community. It will be great to explore how we can reach out to these moms and dads across the country.
KeymasterWe are also excited to have you and the other course participants join us on this new, but quickly expanding venture. I am sure that you will have so much to offer to all of us throughout the weeks. For those of us who have been in the field for a while (okay, a long time 😉 it is going to feel good for the skills and value of music therapists to be recognized without having to go outside the field.
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