Culture, Connection and Music for All: Thai and U.S. Music Therapy Collaboration

Culture, Connection and Music for All: Thai and U.S. Music Therapy Collaboration

by | Jul 1, 2020 | Collaboration, Cultural Responsiveness, Diverse Language Learners, Higher Education, imagine, International, Music Therapy, Young Children

Dena Register, PhD, MT-BC Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Imagine traveling around the world, stepping out of your comfort zone, and finding yourself surrounded by a roomful of children in a Thai orphanage. In this podcast, Dr. Dena Register describes how music...
From Refugee Camp to Baby Shark: Music Therapy with Humanitarian Migrant Children

From Refugee Camp to Baby Shark: Music Therapy with Humanitarian Migrant Children

by | Jul 1, 2020 | Cultural Responsiveness, Diverse Language Learners, imagine, International, Music Therapy, Refugee Children, Trauma-Informed Care, Young Children

Amy Bliss Tenney, J.D., MT-BC, MAMT RICH in Music: Refugee-Immigrant Connection & Healing, Essex, Maryland Music therapy can help refugee children arriving in the U.S. to take pride in their own cultures while learning about and connecting to a new culture. In...
Composing Therapeutic Songs for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Early Childhood Music Therapy

Composing Therapeutic Songs for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Early Childhood Music Therapy

by | Jul 1, 2020 | Cultural Responsiveness, Diverse Language Learners, imagine, International, Music Therapy, Young Children

Elizabeth K. Schwartz, MA, LCAT, MT-BC Raising Harmony: Music Therapy for Young Children, Wakefield, Massachusetts While music therapists are well trained, some are challenged to creatively and flexibly respond in settings where the therapist and client do not share...