Category Archives: Older Adults

#MusicTherapy and #SocialSkills… 4 Reasons Why They Are A Perfect Match

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Social skills are an area of interest for many therapists and their clients. Not only are social skills a vital area of development for children, adults may still be working on developing these skills as well. In later years, or perhaps in … Continue reading

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Summertime Instruments!

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Summertime is here and many people like to incorporate summertime tunes into their fun. But why stop there? There are several instruments that work great in creating the summertime atmosphere that I often use with my clients. So here are … Continue reading

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Holding onto the Music: 5 Ways #MusicTherapy Aids with #Alzheimer’s Disease

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Not only is summer fast approaching, but June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness month. I’m sure that almost every person who reads this knows of someone who has lived with or currently is living with Alzheimer’s disease. Perhaps a family … Continue reading

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Memorial Day… a #MusicTherapy Tribute

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Memorial Day, previously known as Decoration Day, began after the Civil War to honor the fallen Union and Confederate soldiers. Many men and women have fought and died protecting our country and fighting for our freedom since then and we continue … Continue reading

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Mystery #MothersDay #ThursdayTherapyTune !!

I’m not sharing the title of this one!! Watch the video for clues! Can you figure out what it is without Google? Do you already know it?! This is a GREAT song for Mother’s Day, whether you are reminiscing about mothers … Continue reading

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#ThursdayTherapyTune: Songwriting with Older Adults

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Finally it is the first day of Spring! I couldn’t help but share the lyrics to this song written by a group of mine a few weeks ago. We actually used the very same songwriting example I shared in the Music Therapy … Continue reading

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Music Therapy Life Hack #1: Songwriting

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Here’s a tip for all you music therapists implementing short and quick songwriting with a decent sized group of participants. I work in a variety of skilled nursing facilities and I use songwriting from time to time to aid in … Continue reading

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Now Accepting New Clients!

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We are happy to announce that as of RIGHT NOW we are accepting new clients! If you haven’t considered music therapy before, now may be the perfect time! All music therapy sessions are facilitated by Leslie Jones, MMT, MT-BC who … Continue reading

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5 Things You Need to Know About Music Therapy

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One of the questions I constantly hear in my day to day practice is “what is music therapy?” which is usually followed by “I’ve never heard of it before.” If you are one of the people who are unaware of … Continue reading

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Top 5 “Must Have” Winter Songs!

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Old Mr. Groundhog decided to skip the Super Bowl yesterday to go back into hibernation. He’s declared 6 more weeks of winter, and if you’re here in the midwest then you have seen this confirmed in our upcoming forecast. I … Continue reading

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