Music Therapy Showcase at Giant Steps, Part III
“This is the first Music Therapy Showcase for Transition! Students from Adams, Kennedy, and Stevenson classrooms are showcasing the skills they have been working on in Music Therapy sessions. Music Therapy is a fun and engaging way to work on non-musical goals/skills. Our students work on: group leadership skills, peer interaction, increased independence, switching from one movement to another, group engagement, and waiting. Our students have been working hard on these skills and I am proud to be able to share in their success! Let’s have some fun with music!”
Mallory Price, MT-BC, Neurological Music Therapist
“Lion Sleeps Tonight” and “Yellow Submarine” – skills addressed: group leadership, group engagement, sustaining attention
“Hey, I Can Do That” – skills addressed: waiting, turn taking, sustaining movements
“Drumfit 1” – skills addressed: sustaining movements, switching, imitation
“Drumfit 2” – skills addressed: group engagement, switching, sustaining movements
“John Braddleum” – Boomwhackers, skills addressed: initiation, sustaining, stopping
“Tubano Drums” – skills addressed: group leadership, peer interaction, social awareness
“Three Little Birds” – drums, skills addressed: sitting safely with peers, tolerance of auditory stimuli, group engagement
“If I Had a Hammer” – paddle drums, skills addressed: initiation, sustaining, upper body modulation
FINALE – “Rock and Roll Band”
- Kennedy Classroom – Egg Shakers
- Addams Classroom – Maracas
- Stevenson Classroom – Cabasas