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HAPPY FALL EVERYONE!
 

What an exciting week it has been for me here in Cleveland--new life changes and curve balls, but more importantly a new therapy rotation!  Thursday I began my rotation with TODDLER ROCK.  Toddler rock is a program that brings kids 3-5 years old to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to participate in hour long classes that help them improve socialization, literacy, and language skills—all through music!  This class also helps the teachers by giving them new tools and strategies to use in their classroom.

I am beyond excited to be able to go to the Rock Hall every week and to get to know my class and be surrounded by all the music history.  Our first session was a group introduction with all the therapists and all the kids, probably about 200+ kids/teachers were present for this group.  As the kids sat with their schools I looked around; one group in particular looked like little angels—guess who lucked out and will be working with this class—you got it, me!

Over the course of 10 weeks, we will focus on 4 letters F, C, I, and T so if anyone knows any fun letter songs or games, send them my way!  I really feel that as a music therapist I do VERY well working with kids, I am even considering pursuing a job specifically for this population, but that could be a whole separate blog post in itself!

Things coming up to watch out for that I cannot wait to tell you about:

         I’ll be headed to National Conference.
         I’ll be saying goodbye to Lindsay and becoming SENIOR intern.
         I will be receiving my three-month evaluation

Things I’ve learned this week:

By learning about my patients and hearing their stories, I learn more about myself everyday.

Free coffee is AWESOME.

Even if an adult has a cognitive delay, speak to them as an adult.

If you haven’t heard of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—here is there website, its SUPER awesome and if anyone plans on coming to visit, I’ll take ya there!

 www.RockHall.com