Tag: music therapy
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Needs To Stay
This is not a post designed for artistic eloquence, but rather one where I am speaking as a mother directly from my heart to the Arizona State Division of Developmental Disabilities, Governor Ducey, and all those responsible for funding disabilities services in this state. Whatever else we choose to leave behind from the emergency phase…
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Your Kid Finger Paints? Mine Too!
This is a post I wish to write with as much sensitivity as possible. In choosing to touch upon this topic in any manner, I have been basing my decisions on what I can glean from Tony’s public actions and decided that currently he wouldn’t be concerned about us having this conversation. What he would…
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The Snail
During my elementary school years here in the great state of Arizona, there was a certain snail that made frequent appearances as the star of a seemingly endless string of word problems. His progress and his challenges were ever mutating, but the crux of the situation was that he was desperately trying to get out…
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Voicing My Support for NMTSA
My loved ones and readers new to our blog, up until today I had planned to tie this month’s posts together with more information about dental care and sensory issues. However, early this morning I read a letter that left me struggling to keep the mascara from streaking discolored rivulets across my face. After taking…
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May Gratitude & Some Doing
To J.N. – for walking an extra mile with our family In an earlier post, I recounted how J.N. from Arizona Children’s Association offered during our first assessment meeting to visit Tony weekly to help generalize his cooperation with others. As the case manager who oversees the administration of benefits for Tony’s ABA programs, J.N.…
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Emily Talks NMT & Tony
Guest Post by Emily, NMTSA Therapist Hi to all those reading this blog. I could go on and on about how amazing this family is and how much joy it brings me to work with them, however, my objective is to give you a knowledge base on what Neurological Music Therapy (NMT) is and an…