Tag: NMT
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Medication & Regulation Roller Coaster
I feel like this past month should have come with warning labels. Warning: Medications often have disruptive side effects. Warning: Sometimes this roller coaster flips of the tracks when life changes too quickly. Warning: Once you step on board, not everything that happens on this ride is in your control. So, I’m going to give…
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Keeping Up With the Beat of NMT
Change is like an erratic pulse…sometimes the beats are slow and the space between can stretch out, only to sprint wildly towards a rapidly winded staccato. This has been a month where we’re experiencing more changes and emotionally I’ve been a bit more breathless, as two of Tony’s providers (Madi and Rosette) have accepted…
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Public Therapy Here, There, & Everywhere
As I have mentioned previously, when it comes to successfully working with Tony, his bond with a person matters. Evidence of this can be seen in many areas, and currently he is at his most cooperative only with the people he has more trust in. This is something that always has to be respected when…
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Public Therapy Fireworks
Some things changed for Tony on October 17th, the day Whispie died. He had done amazingly well in our vet’s office just 5 days earlier when Dickens, our beloved Catzilla, passed on. I think it was too soon for Tony to be back there after such an emotional scene, too soon for all of us,…
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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…
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Torn Between the Two
I could hear the sound of children talking excitedly and calling to one another before we even crossed the doors. Inside, the noise was everything you would expect from an elementary school assembly devoted to building school spirit and honoring the achievements of certain students. A few teachers were leading some of the kids in…
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Photo Field Trip Into Therapy Territory
This week we’re journeying a bit into Tony’s current therapy territory so that each of you can see some of what we spend so much time doing. There are going to be lots of photos with brief explanations about what we are doing in them to provide all of the support we possibly can for…
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Surviving My Post Amazon World
Diagnosis labels shouldn’t matter to people we don’t know…but they do. I wish I was able to walk into a store without having to explain so much as one of my son’s conditions…but I can’t. If you’re a parent of young children, you know…no matter how much you treasure your kiddos, store shopping with them…