Once Then Stop Music Therapy perseveration song for special needs individuals. Goal: Client will make a verbal request, listen to the response, and discontinue making the same request. Domains: Behavior, Social, Language Perseverate (verb) to repeat something insistently or redundantly …

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Many Ways To Say Goodbye Music Therapy goodbye song for special needs individuals. Goal: Client will give an appropriate verbal response to four different farewell phrases. Domains: Social, Language, Speech Does the child you’re working with respond with “goodbye” when …

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The First Four Years Archtop Music Therapy began serving special needs children in St. Louis, Missouri on July 1, 2015. Thank you to the dedicated parents who have invited me into their homes and to all of the amazing kids …

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Time For Music Music Therapy hello song for special needs individuals. Goal: Client will respond to a greeting. Domains: Social, Language, Speech As a music therapist working with kids, you can never have too many hello songs in your repertoire. …

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Instruments used in Music Therapy My go-to instrument in a music therapy session is an acoustic guitar. It’s popular, portable, and enables me to maintain eye contact with clients. While making recordings, I draw from a larger variety of instruments. …

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High Five Music Therapy high five song for special needs individuals. Goal: Client will follow visual and verbal directions to give a high five. Domains: Motor, Social Giving a high five (like waving) is a socially acceptable non-verbal greeting or …

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Wave Your Hand Music Therapy hand waving song for special needs individuals.Goal: Client will appropriately wave their hand.Domains: Motor, Social For individuals with limited verbal capabilities, waving serves as a socially acceptable non-verbal greeting or farewell. Of course, those without …

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You Can Be Better Music Therapy anti-bullying song for special needs individuals. Goal: Client will respond appropriately to verbal and physical bullying. Domains: Social, Behavior A cross-categorical special education classroom consists of students with a variety of diagnoses: intellectual disability, autism, physical …

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Social Story – Camp Lakewood Social Stories were created in 1990, by Carol Gray, to help individuals with autism better understand social situations. These days they are used with a variety of populations, can consist of text, pictures, or both, …

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Behavior Modification with Lil Jon Rules are almost never fun. Devin is almost always fun. Music can help make just about anything more fun. I’ve been seeing Devin since October – working on academics and social skills as well as …

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