BMMT interns have worked together as their internships pleasently overlapped. Bridget and Madison worked with me and came up with the idea for this vlog highlighting the BMMT team’s thoughts and experiences working with BMMT. This week, hear what Bridget has to say.
Music Therapy’s Universal Truths
Adaptions have to be made with COVID 19. Alongside Back Mountain Music Therapy, I also am the Music Therapy Clinic Supervisor at Maywood University. When Music Therapy students finish their course- work for their bachelor degree, they then have to do an internship supervised by a certified Music Therapist. Some students intern… Read more »
The Secret Ingredient to Child Engagement
Does your child have difficulty staying engaged with you? Do they not interact with you at all? Or maybe your child does interact with you, but the interaction is very short? Well, you are not alone! There is a vital step that your child has to take before they can leap into an interaction with… Read more »
Great Lessons learned from BMMT Intern
Back Mountain Music Therapy has continued to grow in it’s practice. We have been very fortunate to have a number of interns to work and learn with. Bridget McCormick is out current intern.Bridget has been with us for a little while and is coming upon the last 1/3rd of her internship. Learn a little about… Read more »
First Vlog Video for Back Mountain Music Therapy
We are excited to announce our first Vlog video for Back Mountain Music Therapy. Take a look at how Music Therapy works at the Heyward Rooms: Let us know what you think!
A Podcast collaboration with Music Therapy Chronicles
Trish Caiati’s Music Therapy Chronicles Podcast is another great Music Therapy resource. Please check out her interview with Back Moutain Music Therapy about our Bottom Up approach to working with our clients. Music Therapy Chronicles Ep 31, Bottom Up Approach: Antoinette Morrison, MT-BC
Music Therapy, Bottom Up Method, Feeding the Senses
One of the many areas of need worked on during Music Therapy sessions at Back Mountain Music Therapy are sensory processing issues. These issues are often found in people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum disorder, Smith-Magennis Syndrome, Rubinstein-Tayebi Syndrome, Cornelia De Lange Syndrome, Auditory Processing disorder and a host of other developmental syndromes. Sensory processing disorders… Read more »
The Buisness Grows, Others Speak
Back Mountain Music Therapy, The Heyward Rooms has moved and grown. We are hosting our 4th intern now and have had 4 subcontractors in the last 3-4 years. The business has stretched its wings, and although we have written mostly about autism, we have always worked with populations with needs beyond the spectrum. It has… Read more »
Goal Attainment Scaling: A Method for Evaluating Progress toward Developmentally Based Music-Centered Treatment Goals for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder JOHN A. CARPENTE,
Often people think Music Therapy is not “Evidenced Based.” Here is some research on evaluating developmentally-based, music centered treatment goals. I often refer to Dr. Carpente’s website, “Developmental Music Health Services” (http://dmhmusictherapy.com/) for information. Currently, I am being supervised by Dr. Carpente to learn even more. Here is his research on writing and attaining Music… Read more »
Floortime Through Music Therapy with John Carpente
As Back Mountain Music Therapy gets ready for its new unveiling, I am currently getting supervision from Dr. Carpente of Molloy College. This is Back Mountain Music Therapy ‘s direction to follow.