Re: Music therapy

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In a message dated 12/20/01 7:49:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, Sara writes:

> Does anyone know how I go about looking into this? Does/has anyone here

> do/ne it?

>

I did at one time for about two years. I found her in the ads

in a local parents magazine under piano lessons for DD kids.

I would also recommend you try the local university or college

with a good music program. That's the easiest/cheapest way

to find what you need.

We would have stayed with it if they hadn't needed more

space and bumped us for more of a disability. I think I

was paying $20 an hour, which is real good. When she

affiliated with the university, though, they told her to

adjust her clientele, and she needed kids with more

severe problems, so we were bumped.

I looked into piano lessons with a pro friend?

OMG they were $30 for a half hour! What a racket.

If you can get music lessons with someone that

can work with your child for a good price, do it.

It may be better than Music Therapy.

Barb

May the Spirit of Christmas move you and those

you love to a better place in life, one full of promise.

~Barbara Allyn

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Are you talking about music therapy or AIT?

Music therapy

> OK, Mikey is now " singing " the Blue's Clue's song, Lyle The Kindly Viking,

> High Silk Hat, and Barbara Manatee (all VeggieTales songs). He will also

> say " Baaah " with the bii-iiiii sing-song intonation. I say " singing "

> because as someone here so aptly called them, he uses " word

approximations "

> which only we could possibly understand, and then probably only with the

> hand motions that go along with them. BUT he's getting the idea that the

> SOUNDS are IMPORTANT, and he's attempting to mimic them, and he's ENJOYING

> it.

>

> I'm thinking maybe he'd do well with music therapy? Does anyone know how

I

> go about looking into this? Does/has anyone here do/ne it?

>

> Thanks!

>

> Oh, his auditory processing is improving. Today Lyle was on in the other

> room and we were all in here (don't ask) and the Lyle song came on and he

> started " singing " along. =)

>

>

> -Sara.

> wife to Matt

> SAHM to nurslings

> Mikey, 9/14/99, Autism, and

> Gabe, born at home 5/17/01, GERD

> http://home.earthlink.net/~thebyks

>

>

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Wonderful!!! I will be calling in January to set up an appointment for

auditory integration therapy. It is very costly though. There is a good

center in Madison that does this. I contacted them last month and have been

thinking about how I will pay for this since then....still don't really

know, but I am hoping my health insurance will cover some as they bill it as

OT or ST.

Tamara

>

>Reply-To: parenting_autism

>To: " parenting autism " <parenting_autism >

>Subject: Music therapy

>Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 21:45:06 -0500

>

>OK, Mikey is now " singing " the Blue's Clue's song, Lyle The Kindly Viking,

>High Silk Hat, and Barbara Manatee (all VeggieTales songs). He will also

>say " Baaah " with the bii-iiiii sing-song intonation. I say " singing "

>because as someone here so aptly called them, he uses " word approximations "

>which only we could possibly understand, and then probably only with the

>hand motions that go along with them. BUT he's getting the idea that the

>SOUNDS are IMPORTANT, and he's attempting to mimic them, and he's ENJOYING

>it.

>

>I'm thinking maybe he'd do well with music therapy? Does anyone know how I

>go about looking into this? Does/has anyone here do/ne it?

>

>Thanks!

>

>Oh, his auditory processing is improving. Today Lyle was on in the other

>room and we were all in here (don't ask) and the Lyle song came on and he

>started " singing " along. =)

>

>

>-Sara.

>wife to Matt

>SAHM to nurslings

>Mikey, 9/14/99, Autism, and

>Gabe, born at home 5/17/01, GERD

>http://home.earthlink.net/~thebyks

>

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