AC/DC Singer Brian Johnson @ Music Therapy Room Ribbon Cutting

YES !!! Love, love, love this!!!
Enjoy,
Jessica

AC/DC Singer Brian Johnson @ Music Therapy Room Ribbon Cutting w/ ABC News Holes and Hearts

Music Unites

"One Love" - Live From Madrid


"Whenever the Playing For Change Band takes the stage, there is always a tremendous amount of love and energy in the air. For this very special performance it was even more palpable, as the band was joined by many of our friends featured in our various Songs Around the World: Tula's amazing vocals, Roberto Luti playing the National steel slide guitar, Francois Viguie on the bongos, Stefano Tomaselli on the sax, Venkat playing the tablas, and the beautiful choir vocals of Sinamuva.
This performance served as a powerful milestone in the evolution of Playing For Change. Seeing so many talented musicians from all different cultures and walks of life united on stage for this very special night was a physical manifestation of our mission: to connect the world and bring peace through music."  - Playing for Change


I adore Playing for Change - hope you enjoy this.  Click on the link above to the website to listen to more music. 

Music unites.

Jessica

Autistic Salutatorian Delivers High School Graduation Speech

"Music Therapy Glimpses" - Motor Coordination ... and more!

Here's a great glimpse into music therapy work for coordinating movement, spacial awareness, motor strength, quality of movement, multi-tasking, and mid line/cross lateral work ( ... all while having fun!)



Jessica

*** See other vidoes in this blog series collection "Music Therapy Glimpses" (see blog history under 'videos')

"Music Therapy Glimpses" - Music Therapy: Kenny's Story (autism)

Well, friends, here's the deal ...

As you know, I dedicated last week to showcasing some great music therapy videos each day on my blog.  These gave great 'glimpses' into music therapy treatment (and as mentioned, there are also some impostor 'music therapy' videos out there as well).  HOWEVER, I found so many good ones that they naturally spilled over into this week.  So, I guess I am dedicating 2 weeks of blogging to this!

Here's another great clip:



Jessica

"Music Therapy Glimpses" - Music Therapy with Traumatic Brain Injury

I hesitated to include a longer video here, but this one is easy to watch because of the progression it shows of one client's progress in music therapy.  This client suffered a traumatic brain injury.  You can see how music therapy is being implemented to work on 1) speech/language, 2) motor coordination, 3) fine motor strength, 4) coordinating left hemisphere and right hemisphere tasks, 5) quality of movement, 6) balance, and overall regaining lost skills. 



Jessica

"Music Therapy Glimpses" - Music Therapy and Cancer Diagnosis

Jessica

"Music Therapy Glimpses" - ODETTA at the Music Has Power™ Awards

WOW! In a recent music therapy search on youtube, I found some amazing accounts of music therapy in action.  Of course, there are the impostors, too, but I enjoyed just soaking all the good stuff in! There are a good many more samplings of MT on youtube than the last time I searched. 

I have decided to showcase some of the good ones here on my blog.  I will dedicate this week to "Music Therapy Glimpses".  Check back each day for daily videos!

I want to open with a video clip of the great ODETTA as she presents at the "Music Has Power™ Awards".  I will follow up each day with video clips of actual music therapy clips/music therapy songs in sessions/session clips/etc.




Jessica

"Model Me Kids" - a great Social Skills resource

I was on Autism Hangout (http://www.autismhangout.com/ ) the other day, and saw mention of a wonderful social skills resource called "Model Me Kids" (click on link to go to site).  Model Me Kids teaches social skills concepts through DVDs/videos, which provides visual cues through modeling specific social skill and related behaviors. 

Many of these include accompanying storyboards as well.  Also, I was pleased to see that the videos are modeled in real life scenarios AND they are very concrete, providing very clear step by step examples. 

I would love to add Model Me Kids to my own collection of resources as I know they would be extremely beneficial in and out of therapy!

As mentioned, I was really excited about this resource, however, I did want to see a sample before making a decision to purchase.  The website provides several samples, and after viewing these, I was even more impressed.  For video samples of some of the DVDs offered, visit this link : http://modelmekids.com/autism-video-samples.html

Another great feature is that these are also categorized according to age appropriateness (and age range of person using the resource).

This one is going on my wish list! I'd love feedback of anyone who has used this resource.

Jessica 

Music Therapy and Autism webinar

"Where Words Fail, Music Speaks"

Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you something that I am pretty excited about.  You've heard me mention Autism Hangout before in past postings.  Autism Hangout is a website created to provide support and resources for those in the autism community. 

Craig Evans, a fellow musician and host to the Autism Hangout site, invited me to speak (via webinar) on Music Therapy and Autism.  We did the webinar interview this morning, and he already has it posted on the site.  The heading/title of the webinar is "Where Words Fail, Music Speaks".

It is a 10 minute webinar that touches on some introductory points about Music Therapy as it relates to ASD treatment.  Craig and I have discussed plans for expansion of this, and look forward to creating a series of webinars under Music Therapy and Autism.  These future webinars will give a little more in depth look at the use of music therapy techniques to support specific needs of a person on the spectrum (i.e. speech, development, supporting cognitive skill/concepts, sensory input/integration, social skill development, etc).

Thank you, Craig, for Autism Hangout as it is a wonderful resource, and thank you for allowing me to contribute!

Visit http://www.autismhangout.com/default.asp to view the video, along with some other great resources.

Jessica

Funny Music

BOTTLE BAND





Here's a quirky little rendition of Peacherine Rag, performed by a bottle band.  You can make music with anything ;)



Jessica

A Game of Hope