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Seasonal Sensations: Touch, Play & Explore October

October 17, 2016 by CJ Shiloh Leave a Comment

Sensory play is a fun way to promote your child’s learning and help them to develop important skills like decision-making, fine and gross motor skills, verbal and nonverbal language and sensory awareness. AMT’s therapists love to incorporate sensory play during music therapy sessions as we work with our clients to create a musical soundscape filled with many sounds, textures and sensory experiences.

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This October, Miss Kerry is sharing some of her favorite ways to explore autumn using all 5 senses. All of these ideas are easy to DIY and adapt for use at home with items you already own.

Click on the links in the colorful headings below!

Sound: Halloween Dance Party

Listen to this festive playlist and shake your groove thing! Try jumping, twisting, clapping, stomping, snapping, skipping and running to the music to promote fine and gross motor development.

Touch: Halloween Sensory Bin

Fill a container with shaving cream, beans, sand or tissue paper and hide some small Halloween toys inside. Encourage your child to touch a range of textures as you sift through the bin together and talk about what you find!

Sight: View Some Local Scenery

Take a trip to a nearby farm, pumpkin patch or any of these other Halloween alternatives. What colors, shapes and sizes do you see?

Taste: Halloween Snacks

Work together to make and eat yummy Halloween snacks, like Jack-O-Lantern milkshakes or ghost pretzels.

Smell: Pumpkin Spice Water Play

Fill a bucket with water and orange food coloring, then sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice. Dunk small pumpkins and apples into the bucket, whisk the water with kitchen utensils and talk about the different scents you might smell in October.

Filed Under: AMT Team, Music Therapy

Sing & Sign with ASL Anissa: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

October 6, 2016 by CJ Shiloh Leave a Comment

Hi!

My name is Anissa, and I’m AMT’s newest music therapy intern. I also make sign language song covers on Youtube (link to channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/atinitiny). This is the first in a new series to help kids and their parents learn some familiar songs in sign language! Learning sign language can promote and strengthen communication skills, language development and familial bonds as you sing and play together. This first video will teach you different ways to sign Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. 

Note: Pidgin Sign English (PSE) is an auxiliary language formed by using the signs and fingerspelling, but not the grammar, of American Sign Language (ASL) in the word order of English, often used in communication between deaf signers and speakers of English.

 

Keep signing, 

Anissa

Music Therapy Intern

Filed Under: AMT interns, AMT Team, Music Therapy

Get Funded: Local Grants for Music Therapy Services

May 12, 2016 by Janice Leave a Comment

AMT is pleased to accept a variety of grant funding sources from community partners to help fund adapted music lessons and individual/group music therapy services. Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for these 2016 local grants with upcoming deadlines in May, June and July!

The Bowen Foundation for Autism
Application due: May 16, 2016 (NEXT WEEK!)
http://bowenfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/BF-Grant-Application-2016.pdf

Kinera Foundation Relief Fund
Application due: June 30, 2016
http://www.kinera.org/relief-fund.html

Rise for Autism
Application cycle begins July 1, 2016
http://www.riseforautism.com/grants.html

Low Intensity Support Services (LISS)
Application cycle begins July 1, 2016
http://dda.dhmh.maryland.gov/pages/liss.aspx

Contact: Penn Mar Human Services, 410-357-0891, LISS@penn-mar.org

Avergan Foundation
Scholarships for children ages 2-5 available for early intervention services (Music Therapy included)
Application cycle: January-June and July-December
http://averganfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/avergan-foundation-scholarship-funds-application.pdf

Filed Under: Grant Funding, Music Therapy

#mtadvocacy month once again, how did a year go by so fast?

January 29, 2016 by CJ Shiloh Leave a Comment

Hello friends and fans of Annapolis Music Therapy! First, sorry. I’m simply terrible at blogging and staying on top of social media. In fact, you might notice that my last blog post on this site (not including our recent job announcement) was for the annual #mtadvocacy. And lo and behold, it’s January once again.

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Good news is, you’ll be hearing much more from us in 2016 because I’ve got some guest bloggers lined up!

The latest stage of professional growth for me has been starting a college internship program. Last year I was approached by two, very brilliant and non-typical college students, each with great passion and a sure knowledge that my practice would be the perfect fit for them to complete their 1000 hours of internship. I was sold! So 2016 I’ve jumped in headfirst by starting TWO interns, Jan-Aug 2016 (university affiliates through Slippery Rock and Immaculata Universities). Both Rachel and Janice will be working with me and my employees, seeing clients at our clinic and out in the community, as well as other projects connected with my private practice (Annapolis Music Therapy Services) and nonprofit (The Musical Autist).
One of these projects will be monthly blog posts! (whew, what a relief, as you can see by all the tumbleweed around here).

Before turning it over to Janice in the next post, first let’s take a look at the topic for #mtadvocacy this year, right here at the Music Therapy State Recognition site.  It has to do with what type of advocate you are, or at least most closely identify with. A Connector, Reflector, or Director?

Whether you’re an advocate for music therapy or disability rights (or both, like me) these descriptions are pretty helpful in assessing your strengths. I definitely see elements of myself in all three.

CONNECTORS – Building Bridges

“Connectors” are people who are gifted at building bridges by bringing others together and recognizing complimentary skill sets in those that they know. Connectors enjoy creating opportunities for people from diverse background and experiences to meet and interact. The role of the Connector in advocacy is to maximize the human resources available to them and to increase the network for their cause by helping interested parties get to know one another and discuss common interests. It is often the Connectors who are able to establish relationships with legislators or other decision makers that develops them into incredible advocates.

REFLECTORS – Holding Up the Mirror

“Reflectors” are gifted at taking in information, experiences, and perceptions and—as the name implies—reflecting back the most salient points to those around them. Reflectors often have a knack for diffusing situations by indicating an understanding and empathy for someone else’s position. Reflectors also make great advocates because of their fierce loyalty to their cause. Their ability to see issues from multiple perspectives and then to communicate that to multiple audiences brings all sides of an issue to the foreground for discussion. Reflectors unite various individuals and guide the group to a vision that recognizes the complexity of all issues.

DIRECTORS – Consulting the Compass

“Directors” are the ones who are able to see the big picture of possibilities that exist beyond the current situation. They are able to assimilate the work of the “Reflectors” and the “Connectors” and navigate a course of next steps based on that information. Directors also gather additional relevant information as they move forward and constantly attend to what course corrections are necessary to get to their end goal. Those who are most successful in this role demonstrate flexibility in their thinking and actions, which allows them to accommodate to various situations that are presented and that often change without prior notice. Directors take a broad view of an issue, projecting out beyond it’s current status or challenge and using an ideal vision or end goal to guide the day-to-day steps necessary to get there.

Filed Under: AMT Team, Board Certified Music Therapist, Music Therapy

Advocating for Music Therapy in Central Maryland – New Frontiers!

January 26, 2015 by CJ Shiloh Leave a Comment

The professional field of music therapy has been recognized by the medical and educational communities since the 1950’s, and in fact, the American Music Therapy Association national headquarters is located in Silver Spring (just outside Washington DC, and about 50 mins away from Annapolis). Yet, Board Certified Music Therapists (MT-BCs) are few and far between in Anne Arundel County, and as a growing music therapy private practice in this region, we are finding there is still SO MUCH advocacy work to be done!

For example, many parents and professionals in Anne Arundel County Public Schools are unaware of the fact that by state and federal law, a music therapy assessment can be requested, and if proven educationally necessary, music therapy can be added to a student’s IEP as a related service. Likewise, in hospitals such as Baltimore Washington Medical Center, doctors, nurses and staff in the cancer treatment clinic were completely unaware (and extremely interested!) in the evidence-based research showing the positive effects of music therapy for patients who are terminally ill. (Check out the –>Scope of Practice <– of music therapy. You’ll be seriously impressed!)

Above the advocacy work we’ve been doing on a daily basis, January is a very special month because of this:

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Since I began the nonprofit organization, The Musical Autist, in 2011, I’ve been advocating for disability rights and music therapy, both online and “on the street.” In fact, I’ve been part of the #MTadvocacy project every January since it began in 2012. You can read my posts here (2012) here, here and here (2013) and here (2014). During these years, I was extremely busy with my work as a disability rights advocate (and am still) and seeing only a handful of private clients.

But since the Spring of 2014, when I teamed up with two fabulous music therapists, Molly Wilkerson and Kerry Cornelius (go check out her #MTadvocacy post on her awesome blog, SongsforSuccessMT!) and we became Annapolis Music Therapy Services, we’ve had the honor of serving more and more people in our county.
And this is only the beginning!

The #MTadvocacy theme this year is all about VISION. How we Value and Imagine Success, despite challenges, and how we Invest in advocacy Opportunities Now.

Join with us in advocating for music therapy in Central Maryland, by sharing this blog post on your social media pages or in an email. We need YOU! Chances are, you know someone who would be interested in learning more about music therapy. Maybe a family who has a child with special needs, or an adolescent with mental health issues, someone with a terminal illness, or an older adult who struggles with memory or staying active. Or perhaps you even know “someone-who-knows-someone at the top” at AAMC or BWMC hospitals… 🙂

Thank you for reading this post, and thank you for sharing!
CJ

Filed Under: Music Therapy, Research

Lots of catching up with you

January 22, 2015 by CJ Shiloh Leave a Comment

If you haven’t been receiving our newsletters, or keeping up with us on social media, it would appear that not much has been happening since renovations on our new clinic space last September…. but au contraire!

OctOctIn our October newsletter we announced the exciting news that we moved into our new clinic at Annapolis Children’s Therapy Center. We got the word out about the amazing Sensory Friendly Concert that happened on October 5th, and lots of other exciting updates.

Click here or on the pic to the left to read more!

novNovember’s newsletter was also very exciting. CJ’s marathon fundraising event was a huge success, and she presented at AMTA national conference, “Presuming Competence in our Clients“.

Click here or on the pic to the left to read more!

decIn December we sent out a holiday well wishes to our clients, fans, family and friends, and an announcement about our Sensory Friendly Recital that happened on Dec. 6th (and was a huge success!)

We also talked about our opportunity to be a part of an exciting new autism research study on motor differences, through Colorado State University.

Click here or on the pic to the left!

janIn the January newsletter we just sent out last week, we had lots more exciting news about two community-based programs we are now launching. One is with Arc of Central Chesapeake and taking place in Annapolis at Maryland Hall.  The other is with Hussman Institute for Autism and taking place near Baltimore and UMBC campus.

Click here or on the pic above to read more!

As you can see, we’re pretty thrilled and so honored to serve families in our community through music therapy.

Now that I (CJ) am caught up on this blog, it’s time for our first annual #MTadvocacy post. Stay tuned!
And ps, I blog more frequently at The Musical Autist, so make sure to check that out. And if I begin to neglect this blog again, please remind me! 😉

Filed Under: Community Programs, Music Therapy, Newsletter, Research, Sensory Friendly Concerts

Changes Coming Down the Pike!

September 23, 2014 by CJ Shiloh Leave a Comment

CJ signed the sublease this morning with Annapolis Children’s Therapy Center!! Hooray!!
Our new location is 1911 Lincoln Drive, Annapolis MD 21401

This is the same location we’ve been renting since June, on an hourly basis to see a few clients. Our relationship with ACTC has developed beautifully over the past few months, with opportunities to collaborate with OTs and SLPs on goals and objectives for a couple of our clients. We’re looking forward to more of this collaboration because the children we work with benefit tremendously from this type of teamwork.

New location for MDMT Our new clinic space is behind the door to the right, but families will enter the main ACTC waiting room, on the door to the left.

So nice to have wheelchair accessible parking right in front!

 

 

photo 2 (1)This is what our room looked like as of two weeks ago, but starting Sept. 23rd we had a wall added right in the middle, so that we’ll have TWO music therapy clinic rooms. SO convenient that there is a solid brick wall to the right, the most soundproof type of wall you can think of, so we won’t have to worry about disturbing other types of therapy sessions happening at ACTC. (We DO like to bang on drums, that’s for sure!)

 

photo 2  Everyone at ACTC calls this “the fireplace room”. Next week we’ll be busy painting the two new walls and staining the plywood over the fireplace opening. This room was originally a conference room for a very prestigious business in Annapolis, still not sure why they wanted a fireplace, but the woodworking sure makes the room feel nice and cozy!

 

AMT1 Here’s what the “inside” of our new walls look like, they’ll have plenty of soundproofing in the middle.

 

 

 

 

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And on your door to the right…. our second new clinic room!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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An ADA compliant, wheelchair accessible hallway. Yessss!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Now the wall are up. From here we just need to paint!

 

 

 
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Here’s hoping we can get the painting and moving in accomplished within the next 4 days!!

 

 

 

 

 

Our plan is to move in on Monday, October 6th.  That means an extremely busy next week for us, considering that our next SENSORY FRIENDLY CONCERT IS OCT. 5TH!!!

Filed Under: Annapolis Children's Therapy Center, Business Name Change, Music Therapy

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Check out our new clinic space! We are incredibly Check out our new clinic space! 
We are incredibly thankful to our friends and supporters out there. With their support, AMT was able to expand and we are thrilled to start bringing music therapy to more people! 

Image Description: a yellow background with four images of different areas of the new clinic space. P1: the waiting room p2: studio C with a couch and keyboard P3: Studio D with a music carpet, instruments, and cabinets P4: Studio A with a Smart TV, bookshelves, and drums.
Hope to see you at our open house this Sunday! We Hope to see you at our open house this Sunday! We are so excited to debut our new location! 

ID: a flyer showing a building and a photo of a sign in front of the building with “Annapolis Music Therapy” at the bottom. There is text that reads: “ New location! The offices at Riva 2568A Riva Road Suite 103 Annapolis MD 21401. Open house Sunday, July 10, 1–4 p.m. Ribbon cutting ceremony at 3 PM. Crafts and coloring. Food and games. Instrument exploration. Live music. A quiet/sensory room. First week for a client appointments begin July 11”
Today is the day!! Our 10 year lease at #TheOffice Today is the day!! Our 10 year lease at #TheOfficesAtRiva now begins and we are beyond thrilled! 

Thank you #HyattCommercial and #ReliableCommercialConstruction for having us as tenants in this super sharp and completely renovated building. 

Fire Marshall inspection is this afternoon and once that is completed, we begin our 2 mile move over from Lincoln Drive. Thank you @annapolis_childrens_therapy for being such wonderful neighbors for the past 8 years! Our growth would simply not have been possible if weren’t for ACTC’s owner, Renee Hillman-Prentice. CJ is eternally grateful for your belief in the music therapy profession and willingness to have us with you as sublease tenants. 💗 🎶 

We’ll be keeping all of our fans, friends and clients posted on our moving progress. We’ve got exactly 10 days to get it all done! 

Open House will be Sunday, July 10th, 1-4pm. First day for clients will begin Monday, July 11th.

PicID: The sign on Riva Road with our logo on it, in front of our building. Just installed an hour ago!
🚨We are moving!🚨 Come join us on Sunday, Ju 🚨We are moving!🚨

Come join us on Sunday, July 10th for an Open House, from 1-4pm!

First day for clients at the new location will begin Monday, July 11th.

Image Description: A flyer showing a building with "The Offices at Riva" written at the top, with the AMT logo next to the image, and a photo collage of past and present AMT staff working with kids and older adults in different music settings. There is text that reads: New Location! The offices at Riva 2568A Riva Road Suite 103 Annapolis MD 21401. Open House Sunday July 10th 1-4pm. Come check out our new space! *bullet list*: official ribbon cutting ceremony, Crafts and Coloring, Food and Games, Instrument exploration, Live music, A quiet/sensory room.
Amelia Appreciate Week: Day 5 “In a cookie cut Amelia Appreciate Week: Day 5 

“In a cookie cutter world, she most certainly is a macaroon- always bringing SO much creativity and fun both in and outside of musical spaces! Keep being your creative, amazing, non cookie cutter self, my friend!”
- Mikaila Vieyra 

ID: a pale yellow background with a photo of Amelia, Mikaila, and another young adult female wearing face masks. they are standing under a neon sign that reads “In a cookie cutter world, be a macaron”
Day 4 of Amelia Appreciation week! ID 1: Amelia Day 4 of Amelia Appreciation week! 

ID 1: Amelia holding a white board with a music staff and piano keys on it. She is standing in front of drums on the floor. Each drum is upside down and there are bean bags scattered around the room and in the drums

ID 2: A drum with home made "Musical go fish" cards on it. There is a boy seated (face not seen) and hands holding some cards with the music note side of the cards showing to the camera

ID 3: A colorful drawing on the floor. There are images of flowers, shapes, waves, and other colorful doodles all over the page
Join Naomi for this fun filled weekly camp experie Join Naomi for this fun filled weekly camp experience!

Image description: a cartoon of 5 young children playing instruments in a circle. Text reads “Mysic Makers Camp. July 5-August 2nd. Tuesdays 12-2. Ages 6-10. Location: Maryland Hall 801 Chase st, Annapolis, MD. Weekly community music therapy groups for elementary age students with and without disabilities. Class time will be spent in group activities such as singing, dancing, instrument play, and crafts. High school and college age students will be assisting so every student is fully supported.
#SummerCampAnnapolis #Annapolis #MarylandHall #InclusiveSummerCamp #AnnapolisSummerCamps
"Amelia enters every space with such joy and enthu "Amelia enters every space with such joy and enthusiasm and it was a pleasure to celebrate her hard work with her in the graduation celebration pictured above"
- Naomi Davis 

ID: Pale yellow background with text at the top reading: "Amelia Appreciation Week!". There is a photo under the text of Amelia and Naomi smiling infront of a wooden fence with one arm around each other. They are both wearing dresses and there is a floral boarder around the bottom of the photo
"Amelia had an immediate connection with this litt "Amelia had an immediate connection with this little guy and I know he will miss her. It has been so much fun watching her build relationships with so many amazing people these past few months and it's been a privelge making music with her <3" 
- Anissa Dominguez 

ID: Pale yellow background with text at the top reading: "Amelia Appreciation Week!". Under the text are 3 photos of Amelia playing guitar next to a young boy. He is kneeling at the neck of the guitar as Amelia plays in one photo, Laying down at the neck of the guitar with a lollipop drum in his hand and a chew in his mouth in the second photo, and standing up facing Amelia as she plays in the third photo.
We’re hiring. See the link in our link tree for We’re hiring. See the link in our link tree for more information! 

Image description: Black text on a white background with a yellow circle and music note. The text says “We’re hiring. $23-30 per hour. PTO. Travel reimbursement. CBMT dues and Maryland licensure fees. Benefits for full time employees. Internal & external supervision.”
🎉 Happy Amelia Appreciation Week! 🎉 Amelia 🎉 Happy Amelia Appreciation Week! 🎉

Amelia has been an amazing intern and has become a dear friend to us all here at AMT. We are so proud of her and this week we are going to show off all the amazing things she had done during her internship! 

Congratulation Amelia! 🎓

ID: Two photos on a pale yellow background. There is blue text at the top with pink backing that says "Amelia Apprecciation Week!". The two photos are below. Photo 1 has Amelia and another masked female laying on the floor with puzzle mats with yoga poses on them scattered around them. Between them is a puzzle mat with a "corpse pose" on it.  The second photo had both women facing eachother, holding hands, standing up with their legs spread and one knee bent. On the floor infront of them is a mat with the "worrior pose" on it.
☀️ New summer classes! ☀️ This will be o ☀️ New summer classes! ☀️ 

This will be offered as a hybrid in person and virtual class. 

🎧 Register now at marylandhall.org/classes

ID: an info graphic over a photo of a music studio. Text: intro to digital songwriting. July 6 to August 3. 12 to 1:30 PM. Ages 13 to 18. Location: 801 Chase St., Annapolis MD 21401. More details: interested in learning how modern day music artist create those amazing sounds in drum beats? Want to learn the basics on how to use those digital tools such as GarageBand, Soundtrap, and midi tools to write and record a song? Join us in engaging in group digital songwriting. We will work together to complete at least one class project throughout this fun five week class.
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