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This past weekend, I attended the Music Therapy Association of Ontario’s annual conference in my beautiful hometown of Ottawa, Ontario. I was honoured to have received the MTAO’s bursary, covering the cost of registration for the conference.  And now I want to share with all of you, everything that I learned and discovered! The first...

This week, I will be running a group session with the theme of modes of transportation, I can't wait! There will be songs about boats, bicycles, airplanes, buses, and more.  There's also a song about trains, take a look at the video below! This song will be used to practice basic counting, clarity of speech,...

Song-writing is a popular intervention in music therapy and can be adapted to work in a wide range of populations.  Let me tell you about some of the variations, how they work, and how they help. Lyric substitution: This version of the song-writing intervention is the most accessible and the most flexible.  Lyric substitution involves...

This is the final post in a series of blog posts about my learning at the Centre for ADHD Awareness Canada's conference last weekend.  If you have followed along for the week, to you I say THANK YOU! If this is the first post you've read, I hope your curiosity will be piqued enough to...

Today's post serves as a summary of the second breakout session I attended at the Centre for ADHD Awareness Canada's conference.  I am thrilled to be able to share this with you, I hope you enjoy! Breakout session #2"Self-Regulation and ADHD: From Chaos to Smoother Sailing" By Dr. Megan Smith In this presentation, I learned...

This week I invested in some new instruments! A set of eight 8-inch fiberskyn frame drums by Remo! Having a set of matching drums is an asset for group music therapy sessions.  In today’s blog post, I’d like to share with you some benefits of group drumming activities for children and adults. Group drumming with...