This article has been circulating around social media and we thought it might be a good time to mention a study we are participating in this summer which will promote singing and musical interaction with pregnant women and mothers of infants. We will be discussing the...
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A little while ago, many people were moved by a video demonstrating the way a little girl, named Evie, self soothed and calmed herself by singing during medical treatments (watch the video here) with the assistance of a board certified music therapist. Here is another video,...
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Proud to post this article about the Fulton County Schools, GA music therapy program. I (Jen) started my career in this program as the second music therapist on staff and (boy!) it has grown so much! Fulton Co has such wonderful MT-BCs working in their...
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Jen here in the office early prepping for a day of meetings and clinical work. First up, I’m printing a research article to go into an informational packet for a possible funding source and then I’m practicing my ukulele to sing Hawaiian songs with a pediatric...
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A recent news feature discussing a music therapy group for Parkinson’s patients. At MBMT, LLC there are two MT-BCs trained in neurological music therapy which uses rhythmic entrainment to help with motor goals. The drumming in this video is an example of techniques that might be...
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This week, we are celebrating a new music therapy program at LSU. As we advocate for our profession here in Vermont, we often find people are surprised to hear that music therapists have completed a college degree program, which includes a clinical internship consisting of over...
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Here is an article about a board certified music therapist that works in the hospice setting. Our wonderful new MT-BC, Ellie, did her clinical internship in the hospice setting in Oregon. We are working on finding funding sources to build music therapy services for hospice patients...
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This week we share a moving video created by our music therapy colleagues to celebrate music therapy awareness month in March! Featured are beautiful kids singing and, as we say at Music Blooms sometimes, rocking the mike! While we do work with both younger and older...
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How about that?! A story on the local news about an invention created by Dr Jayne Standley, long standing music therapy department chair at Jen’s graduate school alma mater, FSU! Jen was honored to help bring Dr Standley to UVM Medical Center to present on this device and...
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This week we are bringing you a story from a Children's Hospital in Milwaukee that has had a music therapy program since 2014. At MBMT, all of the staff has had experience providing music therapy services to the pediatric population in a variety of environments, including...
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