[Vanessa Quirarte]

-Singing-
Awarness:Vocalizes in response to music
Trust:Makes purposeful, pitched vocalizations in response to singing
independence: Imitates short vocalizations and uses repeated sounds
Control:Generally matches selected pitches
Responsibiltiy: Ability to match pitch center and sing in varied pitch ranges
-Playing Instruments-
Awarness:Will turn to or away from sounds
Trust: Explores instruments with hands and mouth
Independence: Grasps and shakes maraca or jingle bells
Control: Uses index finger on one or both hands to play keyboard or chimes
Responsibility: Groups simple rhythm patterns into a sequence of patterns
-Moving-
Awarness: Calms to rhythmic rocking
Trust: Moves entire body rhythmically in response to music
Independence: Imitates clapping hands in response to music
Control: Starts and stops movement with music
Responsibility: Imitates movements of others
-Listening-
Awarness: Shows pleasure toward music in the environment
Trust: Displays affect changes in response to emotional content of music
Independence: Follows simple directions set to familiar songs
Control: Anticipates the beginning and end of a familiar song
Responsibility: Follows two-step musical directions

[Vanessa Quirarte]

I see a 5 yr old boy who recently got diagnosed with autism. He is inbetween trust and independence. It takes him a few minutes to make it back to the office and he constantly looks back at mom while making his way down the hall. He displays short response levels and usually needs a small break between songs. If he does not remain seated, I will meet him where he is and support what he is doing at the moment. He is usually better with rederection if he has those small breaks. He has reciprocal communication and will match infection. A look forward to taking this new information on developmental stages while assessing my clients.

[Vanessa Quirarte]

My home community is not very diverse. It is a small town with a lot of rural areas. I would say pop, country, and rock music dominates the area. My home home is another story though. The radio is usually blasting with Latin American music. Some pop, but mainly all in Spanish.
The community I work in is more diverse than my home community and it reflects in the music used in my sessions. Rap, country, Latin American, American folk, Celtic, pop, disco, oldies but goodies. My clients’ age range also reflect the diversity in the music.
(5-65 years)

[Vanessa Quirarte]

I was introduced to “All of this is me” during a conference presentation and have been using it with a client to address sesory/touch sensitivity ,as well as, self awarnes. Although I have yet to use some of the other songs, I have taken into account driving forces with in the songs and using more dynamics and some syncopation. The information about song writing and the use of trageted language was helpful and has inspired me to pay more attention when writing songs/ improvising.

[Vanessa Quirarte]

There are not many opportunities in our area for early childhood programs, let alone for children with disabilities. I am taking this course so that i can offer opportunities for families to have their children participate in early childhood progams. I have a few parents who’s children are in the age range of 4-6 who never received any type of early childhood intervention before being school age. I hope that developing a program that offers a safe, warm, and inviting place will bring parents/caregivers to join and get their children on a path to a healthy and successful life.

[Vanessa Quirarte]

Due to the fact that I have been working mainly with adults for most of my career, I have not looked at much information about early childhood until now. I liked how the milestones were broken up and explained in the presentation. It was a very good refresher.<br />
My most valuable takeaway would be in recognizing the need to observe these quick changing developmental stages to better individualize interventions and meet the child at their needs. The age range is small but the level of changes in the first 5 years vary greatly.</p>
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