tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19023305871801471392024-03-13T19:46:54.644-07:00A Music Therapy Internship Blog:Warning, it's a clef-hanger.Christine Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125919374737863462noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902330587180147139.post-44179645549368873022012-12-08T17:14:00.000-08:002012-12-08T17:14:20.366-08:00A MAJOR Moment<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #741b47;">That picture does not even begin to sum up all of my emotions at this point in time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"Wait....WHAT?" Absolutely cannot believe it has been 5 and a half months already, I literally feel like I was just freaking out about moving to Cleveland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm actually quite scared out of my mind, this means I'm a big girl now, and officially in the real world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Beyond ecstatic, this internship was the most challenging thing I've ever had to do in my life, and I did it....I DID IT. (knock on wood of course, a week.5 could be a while)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And finally, I am a little sad. I have learned more than I ever thought possible, made brilliant new friends, grown a thick skin, and really felt at home at UH. I feel like I never want to leave this place!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">**I do have future plans, they just have to be solidified before I can let you all in on them ;)**</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">SO. Here it is: <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT)</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Melodic Intonation Therapy</i> is a <i>Neurologic Music Therapy </i>technique used with clients who have experienced brain damage and have trouble with speech production. By singing simple phrases to a basic rhythm with a melody that matches inflections found in natural speech will help stimulate the right hemisphere of the brain (for speech production).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm pretty sure anyone who has every asked me what Music Therapy is, I use this technique as an example one of the things we do... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But here is the general process:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Identify a phrase</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Grab the clients left hand (to access right sight of brain) and tap a steady rhythm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Hum your phrase to a melody in rhythm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. Add words to your melody (have them watch your mouth)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Invite the client to sing the melody with you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Therapist will fade out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. Therapist will initiate call and response: therapist says phrase first then client will repeat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">8. Transition into speech instead of singing (brief)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">9. Stop rhythm tapping, ask the client a relavent question so they must respond with the phrase they just re-learned</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">10. Watch them hear themselves speak the phrase correctly and form a huge smile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have had the pleasure of working with a WONDERFUL patient who suffered a terrible stroke. This stroke left them with the ability to completely understand speech, but unable to correctly produce it. Fixated on the sound "N," they would become very frustrated because they knew what they wanted to say, but just couldn't say it! The family often times got frustrated as well saying "You know how to say 'Bye' JUST SAY IT!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dr. Deforia Lane was in the room with me one of the first times we were working with this patient and she explained this frustration PERFECTLY</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"You telling [the pt.] to just say the words is like me telling you to just sing You Are My Sunshine backwards!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Right away, they got it. We all know the words to you are my sunshine but we would have to do some real cognitive labor to produce it backwards. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anyway, so I worked with this patient for about 2 weeks (on multiple goals related to their recovery) but on the last session, we implemented MIT, they picked the phrase "my sister-in-law" (because she was in the room visiting). The patient went from literally not being able to say a single one of those words, to articulating them with 100% accuracy. They heard it, went bug-eyed, covered their mouth, and started dancing! Then the whole room busted out singing "I'M SO EXCITED! AND I JUST CANT HIDE IT!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> **working on getting permission to release the videos of these sessions<span style="font-size: x-small;">, if I get it <span style="font-size: x-small;">I</span>'ll post em<span style="font-size: x-small;">!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> That day will be a day I will NEVER forget. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here is an example of a music therapist doing MIT----><span style="font-size: large;"> 1:02 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jaclyn Bradley-Palmer (SHE IS AMAZING, she also works at UH. She's not only a great therapist, but a wonderful person in general!) Jaclyn has been a big source of support and inspiration for me! Thanks Jaclyn!</span><br />
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I just finished up my psych rotation which is a BIG DEAL--I am so proud of myself and am really coming into my own as a therapist. I had four sessions where I lectured and implemented music interventions related to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy<br /> Session 1: Support systems<br /> Session 2: Emotional Regulation<br /> Session 3: Self-Esteem<br /> Session 4: CBT themes in Lyric Analysis (I let the patients pick songs and talk about <br /> them, then let the group analyze the song as it relates to their recovery and CBT themes)</div>
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I got great feedback from my supervisors, but am very happy this part of the internship is over--it was a HUGE challenge!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I am very, VERY much looking forward to coming home for the Thanksgiving holiday</span> </b></span></div>
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As I finish up, my focus now shifts to following my own patients, finishing the geriatric rotation at the Rock Hall, making a presentation about music therapy to high school students, and finishing my research project. My research project is all about starting a new music therapy program at a separate University Hospitals campus (right up the road from the Seidman Cancer Center). I go there once every other week to see patients, familiarize myself with the facility/the 3 or 4 different units, and get to know the staff. I am also learning about finding grant money for funding, making budgets, and other administrative duties. This is ultimately setting me up for much success as a professional...................... ;)</div>
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Patient 1: Referrred for anxiety and agitation<br /> Patient 2: Referred for pain, and now following for physical therapy co-treating<br /> Patient 3: Referred for mood modification, an older woman and her husband</div>
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Christine Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125919374737863462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902330587180147139.post-87934074084926762082012-10-28T10:58:00.000-07:002012-10-28T11:24:00.733-07:00Thanks For Taking a MINUET to REED My Newest Update!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: orange;">HAPPY</span> HALLOWEEN <span style="color: orange;">WEEK</span> EVERYONE<span style="color: orange;">!</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After three months of craziness, highs, lows, new faces, and growth I am writing this update from home in VA. I got to come home this weekend and be with my friends and family. This was MUCH needed as I am going into the most intense part of my internship and my work load is getting larger and larger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Its wonderful to sleep in my own bed and let loose with my friends--last night we all dressed up and headed out to DCs "Nightmare on M Street." Here is a picture of some of us starting off the evening! (Cop, Flubber, Kitty, Surgeon, Nerd, Nurse, Popeye) There were some AWESOME costumes out--I LOVE Halloween!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have officially started two new rotations: IOP, and Star Rockers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Last but not least, I also got my <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">3 Month Evaluation</span></span> (DUHN DUHN DUHN) <--creepy music...did you get that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">It went very well!! Every evaluation has great things, aaaaand talks about areas that need improvement. Nothing my supervisors said came to a complete shock. It was wonderful to hear them talk about some of the great things I'm doing and how much I have grown. I also enjoyed the opportunity to be able to express how much I am learning and coming into my own as a professional. Personally, the main thing I want to work on is my confidence in ALL of my skills. Over the past 3 months, I have gained new skills and refined others, the next step is to recognize all of my strengths and to utilize the skills that I KNOW I have. If I can do that---I can do soooo much more for my clients!</span><br />
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I thank all of you for your continued support and interest in what I am doing! I pray you all stay safe in <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">HURRICANE SANDY'S</span></span> path!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Just have to briefly mention I have now started going to Hope Lodge twice a month</span><br />
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accommodations offered free of charge during cancer treatment.</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lindsay and I had our first session and we played music bingo; there were about a dozen residents and all of them sang, played instruments, and loved us for a little more than an hour. One man continued to thank us for bringing what we do to them, saying "You are truly doing God's work."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I cannot wait to continue to visit Hope Lodge during the last stretch of my internship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">most of all...this weekend was <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">AMTA's NATIONAL CONFERENCE</span></span> in Chicago (well..St. Charles, but close enough right)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was a total blast, and such a great way to spend my last days as junior intern and say goodbye to Lindsay :(</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Innovative Expressions: an experiential session showing great intervention ideas</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This was my first NATIONAL conference and there were so many lectures during each time slot that I wanted to attend, but had to pick and choose. I learned a ton, and had fun while doing it, so thanks to all the amazing presenters and the tools you've given me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">All the learning was masked by constant fun--constantly surrounded by beautiful music and people from all over the nation/world that shared my passion was simply amazing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lindsay and I were quite the jet setters this weekend, even stopping in downtown Chicago on our way in for a bit of sight seeing and coffee--Chicago is pretty cool, wish we had more time there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I had a chance to hangout, grab drinks, and go to dinner with some of the best people around: SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY!!!! (Shoutout to Dr. Rohrbacher, Bronwen, Dr. Tauge, Claire, Brenton, Hannah, Alison, Kara, Kristina, Tracey, Sarah, and Jackie (Hope I didn't forget anyone!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I enjoyed all the networking I got to do, meeting tons of new professionals and friends that are doing great things in our field. It was fun to meet the MT's I follow via social media too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As we said goodbye to 2012's conference a stretch limo awaited to take Lindsay and I to the airport</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Lindsay is off to do some amazing things, she got a job in Columbus, OH working in an acute adult psych facility--I could not be more excited for her, she deserves it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I cannot begin to tell you how much she has done for me over these crazy 3 months, I am so blessed to have had her!! She helped me in and out of the hospital, being there for me whenever I needed her, and became a true confidant and friend. I have no idea how Deforia and the rest of UH has put up with us for all this time.</span> <i>LOVE YOU LINDSAY!!!</i><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>With that said...I am OFFICIALLY senior intern. Boom.</b></span></span></span>Christine Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125919374737863462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902330587180147139.post-47487902005889513382012-09-30T10:15:00.002-07:002012-09-30T10:17:55.539-07:00Always stay composed Christine.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This post is just a bit of nothing, or everything, just for fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Some VERY VERY cool things are developing and I cannot wait to share them with all of you.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b> (Send some positive thoughts my way people!) </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First off, this is my horoscope of the day, I absolutely had to share:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Marilyn Monroe (my idol) said "Always stay true to yourself, retain individuality." This is a statement I live by, and the fact that my horoscope encourages me to encourage others' individuality, and incorporates music ;-), is pretty cool---so everyone, BE YOU and love it!!! Do something original today, and if its not original, just do something for yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just like Natalie Portman:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Embracing who I am and how I contrast, in or out of <i>harmony</i> with others, has been a huge part of this internship, and it has done me WONDERS! My faults and <u>mistakes</u> give me opportunities to learn, and my strengths help me stand out, give me confidence, and make me a special part of the Music Therapy team at UH Hospitals. I am going into a field where there really is no monotony and I don't think I'll ever loose myself or get bored. I honestly hope the same for all of those people who don't like their jobs or who feel stuck in the 9-5.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>11 Days till National Conference!</i></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My Goals for the week:</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i> </i>-Build more repertoire!!!</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><br /> </i>-Finish Hospice Rotation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i></i></span>-Successfully go on rounds alone</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i> </i>-Stay confident</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks for reading all!! Have a great week! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I leave you now with an AWESOME music video by the AWESOME group Melodime, you may recognize a few people.....</span><br />
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long classes that help them improve socialization, literacy, and language
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first session was a group introduction with all the therapists and all the
kids, probably about 200+ kids/teachers were present for this group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the kids sat with their schools I
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letter songs or games, send them my way!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> I really feel that as a music therapist I do VERY well working
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<span style="font-family: Geneva;">By
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<span style="font-family: Geneva;">Free
coffee is AWESOME.</span></div>
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—here is there website, its SUPER awesome and if
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">First of all let me
apologize for my slacking in posting entries—I have been extremely busy and absolutely
loving it, so this post is going to be a sort of catcher-upper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">I write to you from the
Winking Lizard Tavern, Starbucks simply wouldn’t cut it today becauseeee
FOOTBALL IS BACK!!! I am the only one decked out in Washington Redskins gear
surrounded by Brown’s fans…there is a lonely dolphins fan though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">GOODBYE sundresses,
sunburn, and beach trips HELLO football, cool weather, hot drinks, and warmer
fashions; I am ready for fall!</span></div>
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an audition once…I find myself singing it a lot this week :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">I have had an awesome few
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therapist and starting to move into independence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">On top of seeing patients,
developing music skills, leading groups, article reviews and book reports, I
have to complete a couple of big projects while I am here: a presentation about
music therapy, a case study, and a research project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">I am proud to say that my
case study will be completed this week!<br />
This was something I was nervous about even STARTING.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will I know which patient I want to work closely
with?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Am I ready to carry out the
therapy process on my own?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will I
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To make a long story sort of short--</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">Going on rounds with Dr.
Lane, she was easing me into independence and wanted me to take more of a lead
when working with this specific woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I don’t know why, but the leadership and confidence came almost
effortlessly that day, rapport was built almost immediately and I was able to
completely assess her and implement a session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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connect with her and figure out multiple goals I could work on, I decided she
would be perfect for my case study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have developed a program plan for her and have led five sessions on my
own. I plan on terminating services on Monday and writing up my report.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have data to show her progress and
have charted in her notes all the amazing things we accomplished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her goals are mainly psychosocial but I
am fully confident I have helped her greatly in her stay at the hospital and
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modification<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Decision
making (and independence) through leisure time skills practice<br />
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from her and am so glad to have knocked this project out so I can begin to
focus on my upcoming rotations in Toddler Rock and the Intensive Outpatient
Program for Adults with mood disorders.</span></div>
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weeks seem to fly by! I certainly enjoy my weekends, a chance to breathe, a
chance to relax, and a chance to just have some fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">A couple weekends ago I
got to travel to Pittsburgh, what a great city, I ate a slice of pizza the size
of my head! Last weekend I was able to make a trip home to VA!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even got to enjoy a delicious all you
can eat blue crab feast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">This is the first time I
have been away from home for this long and this far away so it was just what I
needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found that at first,
being in Cleveland, all I had was my internship, I didn’t know anyone, didn’t
know anything to do, so I drowned myself in work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being here almost three months now, it’s a lot easier to “escape,”
and that’s very important, in any line of work—I believe I talked about this
before…anyway…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">I am so excited I got to
see a lot of my friends and my family; I love and miss you all! Good luck to
everyone at SU this semester!</span></div>
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has been good, bad, fun, stressful, etc. etc all at the same time. It was
difficult to decide what to write about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">First, I
thought I would write about music therapy and technology, as I am posting this
entry from Starbucks on an iPad that was given to me for my upcoming work at
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Toddler Rock program! Exciting to have a fun new
toy. So, if any therapists out there reading this have any great ideas for apps
or using the iPad in their sessions, especially with kids, I would love to hear
them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Then, I
thought to write about balancing work stress and stressors that come from
personal relationships, home life or other places of that nature, but I feared
that would turn into a big ol' venting post and I would never bore you all with
that-- especially because overall, I am so happy here and am really finding
myself!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I will
caution you though, this post will be a little more personal and reflective.
Events and readings I have done this week have caused me to ask a lot of
questions about my faith and myself. I am beginning my hospice rotation
and this is not an easy topic. The readings I must do talk about the
process of dying and the experience for the patient and loved ones. It's
very tough to read about these things, especially for someone growing up afraid
of death. As a music therapist working in hospice you are there to
support these people through this journey, whether it is an easy one, or filled
with a lot of physical and emotional pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In my
reading, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hospice and Palliative Care
Music Therapy: A Guide to Clinical Development and Clinical Care</i> it lists
some as goals for music therapists:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Encouraging family support and
communication</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Managing symptoms/pain</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Offering a sense of comfort and
spiritual support</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Providing a means of emotional
and grief expression</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Coping skills; working through
denial, depression, and isolation</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Increasing independence and
self-esteem</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Improving breath capacity</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Helping patients and family gain
a sense of control and self-worth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This is not the tough part to understand, it
is the fact that we have to help these people through something none of us can
really understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">(Take or leave the next section of my post, I
have a bit of word vomit)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I admire the doctors and nurses that deal
with death everyday and can still remain sane! I was present for a situation in
which a decision was made (by a patient) to take them off life support, they
did it within the next 10 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was when reality came crashing in on me; this person knew they were
going to die that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, a lot
of consideration by doctors goes into this action concerning legalities and the
patient etc etc…but how were they just so accepting of this decision?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did that patient know they were
ready? Weren’t they afraid of what was to happen next or what their family was
going to do?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It really made me start to question my faith,
what really happens when you die? What if there is no heaven/hell/Allah
Whatever?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I’m a very spiritual person, I’m not saying I
am the perfect Catholic, but I have a very good relationship with God, so why
am I questioning my beliefs?! Being in a hospital makes death seem not as…real
(sorry, sort of at a loss for words)…but when you sit back and think about
it…it’s just hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Being here in Ohio not knowing anyone and
beginning a new stage in my life has brought me closer to God and made my faith
stronger. I have been relying on Him when I am struggling, and believe me, in
this first month, I HAVE STRUGGLED (with multiple things), but I am 10x happier
and better now than I was 4 weeks ago, I will tell you that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of my readings and
experiencing people in ICUs it makes me feel terrible for questioning my faith,
does this mean I’m an awful person?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is God going to punish me for second-guessing Him?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been forced to look at
circumstances like these through a scientific/medical eye and then through a
spiritual and human-being-with-compassion eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s hard to switch between those things…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I suppose ultimately, it’s not that I have to
choose between these aspects, but I have to have a balance of them all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, these issues and events are
brand new to me so I shouldn’t expect myself to be ready to support someone in
the dying process as a third party therapist OR to be fully confident in the
fact that God is waiting for them with open arms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I must keep an open mind, a professional outlook, and trust
that God knows his plan for me and for others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it
comes to my reflections this past week, and I hope I didn’t depress anyone!
This post was a sort of look inside my head and my heart, I hope I don’t bring
any kind of discredit to myself or my profession. I am so looking forward to
working with this population and I feel as though therapists working with
Hospice are doing an AMAZING thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I hope everyone has a great Sunday, and a
wonderful week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">WAHOO IPAD!!!!!!!! Sorry to the intern who gets it next, you have a pink case, deal with it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hey everyone! Happy August!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">As I wrap up my first month here in OH I can’t
believe how fast time is going!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Really it was only the first week that I was feeling homesick,
only because I didn’t know ANYONE out here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m starting to meet people, find really fun things to do,
and actually learning to just CHILL OUT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Any therapist will tell you
self-care is beyond important..</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I am pretty bummed I didn’t get a good beach
trip this year though, but there are a couple little beaches around the lake I have to
find time to go visit before it gets cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am NOT looking forward to that quite yet, I am enjoying my
walks to my car (20 minutes..crazy I know), walks to church, jogging after a
long day, I just don’t want to be freezing yet!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hear Ohio winters are a little rough, so care packages of
hot chocolate and fuzzy sweaters won’t be turned away. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This week was just great; I was out of the
hospital and went to camp!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
camp was for children ages 6-13 on the Autism spectrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme of the camp was space
explorers and each day we talked about different skills these kids need to be
successful as they begin school again. Listening skills, behavior skills, anger
and stress management, health and hygiene, and social skills were all addressed and on the last day, the
children talked about God. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I was so proud of my co-intern and I, we had
great ideas and I think we really made an impact on these kid’s week!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We used our music purposefully and to
achieve the goal of the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
instance, the first day I had prepared a song for the older children and the
one for the younger kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In these
songs, I had a key word for them to listen for, and every time they heard the
word they had to hold up the picture I gave them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I rewrote the words to Nicki Minaj’s “Starships” and then
used a song called “I don’t Want to Live on the Moon” adding lyrics about
listening to the pilot, following directions, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allowed them to not only hear what skills we wanted them to know, but to have to
execute them by holding up the pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">All of the kids were wonderful, it is
challenging at times to work with this population even if you are a
professional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dealing with
outbursts, concrete thinking, sensory sensitivities, we really had our work cut
out for us, but it could not have gone better!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Well, actually, one thing could have gone better;
I had a minor moment of poor judgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m only going to tell you about this because, EVERYONE makes mistakes,
so I might as well own up to mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The day of health and hygiene I wanted to
talk about exercise with the older group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dancing is a form of exercise, so I taught them the wobble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was not the bad part, the kids
loved it, they comprehended why we were doing it, and it was a very smooth ten or fifteen
minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But…me having a 22 year old
brain, I put the actual song on the CD for the kids to take home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I THOUGHT I edited it well enough,
cutting out the bad words and an entire verse talking about, well, you get it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, the song should not have been
included on the CD at all, not appropriate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately, the director of the camp and all the
instructors gave us enough time to fix all the CDs so none of the kids got the
dirty version of the CD. Then, everyone had a good laugh about it. So although it
was embarrassing and made me feel pretty discouraged about being a
professional, everything is a learning opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> By the way, watching a group of 9-year-old
boys shake their hips and do the wobble is just plain hilarity, and they knew
it, those little hams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> I am excited go back to my regular crazy weeks at the hospital on Monday but absolutely LOVED my week at camp, it's really starting to make me think I want to end up working with kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hi to everyone back in VA I miss you, I am planning a trip home soon! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">So, now that you
have an understanding of how awesome Music Therapy is, lets move on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Second week of
internship was a lot more enjoyable, I was able to get myself organized and get
a handle of at least all the book work I am supposed to accomplish over the
next six months. I was also able
to spend a lot more time on the floor and do a lot of observing and listening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">My favorite day
this week was Tuesday. I spent the
day at another branch of UH and followed their MT. We saw six patients, which
is actually kind of a lot! The most amazing
thing I saw, which I will probably hold onto for the rest of my life, was a
patient who was curled over in extreme pain and sobbing. Unfortunately, this patient was not
really able to communicate well. Without hesitation, the MT and I went
right in and started to play and sing.
I held her hand and harmonized with the therapist. We then realized she was
not just having pain, she was extremely lonely. It took her a long time to
start to calm down, the therapist tried many different techniques until she started
singing and playing songs like Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” Tina Turner, Spirituals,
things of that genre. Immediately
the patients affect turned around, she calmed down, even started singing
(mouthing) the words! I could not
believe it, the nurses had been trying everything for this patient but nothing
had worked, yet as soon as we found that outlet and her preferred music, we
built a trusting relationship with her and she was able to lay back calmly and watch TV. Not even ten minutes
later, we heard this LOUD scream; it was the same patient. Her bedding was being changed, and so
was she. With nurses cleaning her
and moving her around, it was painful and traumatic. We went back in and started singing and playing, right away
she grabed the MT's hand and pointed at me and smiled. She was still crying but was “singing” through it, and even
kissed the therapist’s hand a couple of times. By the end of the procedural cleaning and change, the
patient was laughing along with the nurses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">It was truly
amazing to see how we could enter this person’s world with music and connect
with them when speech and other mediums were not working. With that music, we were able to build a
relationship, and provide support and comfort--not to mention, she forgot about her pain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Music Therapy is
all based on preferred music. We
are not going to come in and force you to play a song by Justin Beiber if you
like The Rolling Stones, it just doesn’t make sense! Music Therapists have to build a repertoire of songs starting from
the 1910’s to NOW so we can be ready for whoever comes our way. Occasionally we find we may be at a little bit of a loss, such as when we’re asked to play heavy metal. I was once told by a client that they prefer old school rap—good thing I knew
a whole verse of a Biggie song and used it successfully. *Brushes shoulders
off* Knowing a huge range of music
not only makes me a better musician, more well rounded in MY personal
preferences, but obviously, a better therapist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I’ve yet to come
across a client who prefers the same kind of music I do. Well, besides the older generation who
loves jazz and showtunes.
Otherwise, I’m still waiting for someone to want some, I don’t know,
Gavin Degraw or some awesome alternative stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">This brings me to a
discussion I had with one of my supervisors on Friday, musical genres are
becoming less and less specific.
For example, not only do you have rock, you have indie rock, alternative
rock, 60’s rock..!! That is going to
change and challenge our field greatly.
We are going to have to learn so many more songs and genres to adjust to
our future clients, because lets face it, we aren’t going to have too many more
people telling us their favorite song is “5ft 2, Eyes of Blue."---> Alright MTs
lets all start building our remixing skills!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Anyway, what I got out of my second week was that I need to start building my rep and also having the patience to figure out what speaks to each individual can be one of the most beneficial thing one can do in the therapeutic process. Each week, no, each day continues
to show me all the amazing things music therapy and music therapists can do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Other things I
learned:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> How
to (functionally) play and tune an autoharp</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> Improvisational
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> Silence
is OKAY!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> Listen.
To. Everyone. (and RETAIN IT)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> Actions
speak louder than words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I will leave
you with one of my preferred the songs which I am actually listening to right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> Dance With Me by The
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I’d be interested
to know what YOUR preferred music is…leave a comment if you want tell me your favorite song or band/singer, perhaps I'll learn one and play it in a future blog post!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I hope everyone has an AMAZING week. Thanks for reading! </span></div>Christine Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125919374737863462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902330587180147139.post-61801561251989488552012-07-28T14:37:00.001-07:002012-07-28T14:37:04.043-07:00Although Louis Arm'strong Enough To Play A Trumpet, Would It Be Strong Enough To Be A Music Therapist?!<br />
Week 2 was a success, although somehow it feels like week 20! Only in my second week, I feel as though I am growing as a professional, musician, therapist, and as a person! And I would like to say, if I ever harped on you for not wanting to go out on a weeknight, I am sorry....working is exhausting! (Rough life, I know)<br />
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At times, I really feel I am one of the luckiest people! I get to help people all day long with music, the thing I may just love the most--besides family and all that jazz of course.<br />
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WAIT.<br />
Before I go any further, it has come to my attention that perhaps you are not aware of what exactly I am trying to do and accomplish through this internship...this simply will not do and it is just crazy that I didn't start my blog with this nonsense--I suppose I'll have to write two entries this week.<br />
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So, you sing and make people feel better!? Thats so nice!<br />
Um, that's not really it.<br />
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WHAT DO YOU EVEN DO!?<br /><br />
Music therapists have a degree and must pass a board certification test to become credentialed. Music therapy is evidence based, and supported through research in our own journals and resources as well as medical, scientific, psychology, and education resources. <br />
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"Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is
used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional,
cognitive, and social needs of individuals." <br /> -AMTA Website<br />
http://www.musictherapy.org/<br />
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As a music therapist I obtain a referral and first assess a client/patient and based on the identified non-musical needs, weaknesses, or already set goals, I implement musical interventions (or activities-- we try not to use the word activity) like singing, moving, playing, listening, etc. to achieve and help those needs and goals! Music processing does not have a specific area of the brain (unless you specifically look at hearing) so it can reach people in so many different and amazing ways. Music can affect the brain and the psyche differently because it is such an innate and biological thing to us as human beings. <br />
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We work with basically any kind of disability or population you can think of. In my internship (to name a few) I am specifically working with:<br />
-Cancer patients (pain, coping, procedural support, etc.)<br />-Clients with mood disorders<br />
-Hospice<br />-Neurological hospitalizations<br />-SICU<br />
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In the future, I hope to do more research and work with the hearing impaired and NICU babies and families.<br />
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Overall, its an amazing field. I encourage anyone to support it, do research on it, or just listen to me ramble about it.<br />
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<u>Music Therapy in the media:</u> CHECK THIS STUFF OUT<br />
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<b>Sing You Home</b> (Book)<br />
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<b>Musicohilia</b> (Book)--not music therapy but awesome stories about music and the brain<br />
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<b>The Music Never Stopped</b> (Movie)<br />
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<b>Senator Giffords</b> (Her personal story of being shot and MT being a huge part of her road to recover)<br />
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<b>There is so much more out there...but this should get you started!</b><br />
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Well, I survived the first week!</div>
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It feels really good to be getting settled in and
focused. The first couple days
were very administrative, but after that, it was time to dive in headfirst!</div>
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Everyone kept telling me, just breathe because the first
week makes you feel like your head is going to explode—tons of information,
assignment plans, expectations--everything thrown at you at once. Now that it’s the weekend, it all seems
doable with focus and hard work.
I’ll admit that school came a little easy to me, and I really didn’t put
in 100% effort. With this
internship though, I know I have to put in every ounce of effort I’ve got. Looking at everything I am supposed to
accomplish over the next 5/6 months, I realized I am going to be an amazing
therapist. I am definitely in the right place if I want to be ready for the
professional world.</div>
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I DO NOT have
enough professional clothes. (oh darn, looks like I have to go shopping)</div>
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Mental health is scary and also one of the most interesting
populations I am going to work with.</div>
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Everyone messes up.</div>
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The hospital cafeteria is actually pretty awesome. </div>
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Cleveland roads, are terrible, really, REALLY terrible.</div>
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SOB stands for “short of breath,” not…the other thing.</div>
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My co-intern is just awesome; she’s almost like another
version of me, except a little more together because she’s been at it for 3
months already. I hope I am as
organized and successful as her when I become someone’s senior intern. It’s nice to have her around to talk
to, hang out, and ask questions, otherwise I may just be completely lost and a
little lonely!</div>
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I have 4 supervisors, each one different and amazing in
their own way. Each also has their
own specialty: psych, hospice, cancer, physical rehab, etc. </div>
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I’ve found my jogging route, have gotten myself downtown a
few times, and I am starting to learn the ins and outs of Cleveland! (Finally
made it to the rock and roll hall of fame—go there its pretty great) The woman I live with is nothing but
nice and each day gets better and easier.
Not only has my family been amazing these past 7 days, but my friends too. Calling me, FaceTime-ing me, and I am
SO thankful for that, that constant reminder that I’m loved, missed, and CAN do
this! I have people coming to visit
me today as well as next weekend—I am too excited! </div>
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Random cool story to wrap up: A Korean film crew was following our department around
because they are making a documentary about music therapy around the
world. The one guy who spoke
English knew where Leesburg, VA was and said “Isn’t that the place with the
huge outlet mall?” Talk about a
small world!<br />
(Also, I guess I’ll be famous in Korea)</div>
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Anywho, that was the short, sweet, and <i>scattered</i> version of
my week. I have a feeling I could
write an entire novel for each post, but I shall spare you. </div>
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Have an amazing week everyone <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">:)</span></div>Christine Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125919374737863462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902330587180147139.post-7446102635915023672012-07-14T04:12:00.000-07:002012-07-14T04:12:03.600-07:00Breaking into song, because I can't find the key.<style>
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Holy cow, I can’t believe the day has come! I am shipping off to Ohio! Already behind on readings because they forgot to send me the reading list...........</div>
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You know what though, I'm PUMPED.</div>
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<br />
The whole internship process seems like I started it two
days ago, it happened faster than a Tallahassee second " ;) "</div>
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After switching majors, I just dove head first in the
therapy world and the time to apply for internships just creeped up on
me—wasn’t I just making my first parachute supplemental out of a bed sheet?<br />
I remember my friend Kristen and I thinking “Shouldn’t they
have warned us about this?”<br />
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Perhaps to give you some idea: appropriate internship searching starts about 9
months to a year in advance. </div>
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Going off AMTA rules of applying for only 4 internships at
one time, I found my top four, and gathered recommendations, transcripts, etc.
After sending out my first two applications to a hospital in TX and University
Hospitals in OH, I was lucky enough to score an interview at both! </div>
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The interview process was BEYOND scary; not knowing exactly
what they’d ask you or tell you to play. I thought I did well on my interview for TX and bombed Ohio’s, which apparently wasn't the case at all. They asked questions about
myself, my schooling, my philosophy, and situational questions.<br />
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I applaud everyone
doing these things. I prayed I did not have to do anymore..</div>
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Which, I didn’t.</div>
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At this point I was thinking I REALLY want to go to
Texas because I want to live near my best friend, and well, TX is awesome. On the other hand, OH would be the
opportunity of a lifetime, how will I pick!? Fortunately, they made it pretty
easy: TX told me no and OH told me yes. Funny I suppose.</div>
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From there, I thought my only stress would be worrying if I
had to become a Cleveland Browns fan.</div>
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WRONG.</div>
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I was so relieved to have landed the internship, I thought I
could just enjoy my last semesters at SU. Yet, as time carried on (as it usually
does) realizations and realities set in.
I’ve never lived farther than an hour away from home. What if I fail? What if my repertoire
sucks? What are my boyfriend and I
going to do? Etc. Etc.<br /></div>
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That’s basically where I am right now…nervous about the unknown.</div>
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Granted, each day it gets a little better, and I get a<s>
little</s> a lot more excited.
Everyone I've spoken to is nothing but nice and assures me it is like one giant family. I’ll admit I still have a little bit of fear, that's
expected, but I am fully confident I will be fine, I will learn, and I will
succeed. </div>
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BYEEE VA see ya soon.</div>Christine Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125919374737863462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902330587180147139.post-2619987404509636362012-07-09T08:45:00.001-07:002012-07-09T11:58:24.068-07:00And you can tell everybody, this is your blog.<style>
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Hello there friend, family member, SU colleague, random
internet browser, or future music therapy intern! I am so glad you stumbled upon my blog!</div>
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I am about to start probably the most frightening yet
amazing journey of my life, my internship. I wanted to write this blog for a
couple reasons: to keep everyone updated on all the amazing things I’ll be
learning and experiencing over the next six months, and also to provide some
sort of, comfort, or reassurance, or normalization, or SOMETHING of that nature
to future interns. Simply because,
well honestly, this is kinda scary!
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<i>Careful—its about to get reallllll cheesy with a bunch of
music puns…</i></div>
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A poem by Dallas Clayton:</div>
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Every time I read this poem, I relate to it in a different
way. Today when I read it, I
think, I know what kind of song I am as a person, a friend, a student, but what
kind of song will I be as an intern or a therapist? I want to be something amazing, inspiring, and beautifully
written. I have earned a spot in
one of the top internships and I want to live up to that standard. </div>
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“What could your song do, and who would sing along to the
song that was you?”</div>
<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">I know my song will
sometimes sound dissonant with mistakes or struggles, but I want it to help
people in this hospital. I want to become the best intern and therapist I
can be. But most of all, I hope in
the end, I’LL want to be the one to sing along to my song.</span>Christine Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125919374737863462noreply@blogger.com0