

10 Holiday Activities to get you to the New Year!
The holidays are just around the corner, and that means fun holiday interventions for all of your sessions! It also means a lot of...


Music Therapy or Music Education?
This past week, one of my clients asked me what the difference between Music Therapy and music class was. As a board certified music...


What is Music Therapy?
It is Music Therapy week here in Illinois, so I figured it is the perfect time to talk about music therapy and all of the goals it can be...


Back to School: Easing the Transition for Children with ASD
It is August already, and you know what that means… back to school! Going back to school can bring a lot of mixed emotions for children...


Gotta Catch 'Em All: Using Pokémon to Work on Social/Emotional Skills in ASD
I am an adult woman who, in full disclosure, has no interest in playing video games. But I am ADDICTED to Pokémon Go! In my house, we...


I Got this Feeling, Inside my Bones
I cannot believe it is already the final week of the Broadway themed Music Therapy intervention series! It has been such a blast sharing...


Express Yourself!
I cannot believe July is already in full-swing and this is the fourth post in the Broadway Music Therapy interventions series! If you...


Let's Get Motor/Physical
Welcome back to part three of the musical theater inspired series! If you missed parts one and two, make sure to check them out before or...


The Brain, The Brain, The Center of the Chain
I hope you enjoyed the first blog post in our Broadway series! If you missed the interventions focused on speech and language skills, you...


They Say the Neon Lights are Bright on Broadway
As a music therapist-theater nerd hybrid, and with the Tony’s gracing our presence Sunday evening, I figured it was the perfect time to...