Blending Performance and Music Therapy in East Africa: Models for Health and Healing
Karen Wacks, EdM, LMHC, MT-BC Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts Samite Mulondo Musicians for World Harmony, Uganda, Africa...
Culture, Connection and Music for All: Thai and U.S. Music Therapy Collaboration
Dena Register, PhD, MT-BC Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Imagine traveling around the world, stepping out of your comfort zone, and...
Supporting Traumatized Refugee Children Through Music in Early Education
Ozden Pinar-Irmak, MA University of Massachusetts Boston As a result of war and conflict around the world, many people are forced to flee...
From Refugee Camp to Baby Shark: Music Therapy with Humanitarian Migrant Children
Amy Bliss Tenney, J.D., MT-BC, MAMT RICH in Music: Refugee-Immigrant Connection & Healing, Essex, Maryland Music therapy can help...
Music Therapy for Young Latino Children Can Be Culturally Relevant and “Divertido” (Fun)
Ilene Berger Morris, MM, LCAT, MT-BC, CBIS Alternatives for Children, East Setauket, NY Music needs to be mindfully chosen and...
A Father’s Perspective: Cultural Responsiveness for Young Children in Foster Care
Chris Millett, MM, MT-BC University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Working with young children that are in foster care brings some...
Exploring the Work of a Children’s Museum: Learning About Culturally Responsive Practices
Nicole R. Rivera, Ed.D North Central College, Forest Park, Illinois Laura Diaz DuPage Children’s Museum, Naperville, Illinois To best...
Supporting Multiculturalism in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Alexis Ruffner, MT-BC Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky Having a premature infant creates a stressful time for...
Composing Therapeutic Songs for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Early Childhood Music Therapy
Elizabeth K. Schwartz, MA, LCAT, MT-BC Raising Harmony: Music Therapy for Young Children, Wakefield, Massachusetts While music therapists...
In Warm or Wintery Weather: Respectful Diversity in Early Childhood Music Therapy
Robert Groene, PhD, MT-BC University of Missouri Kansas City Lee Anna Rasar, MT-BC, WMTR University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Should music...