Culture, Connection and Music for All: Thai and U.S. Music Therapy Collaboration

by imagine | Jul 1, 2020 | Collaboration, Cultural Responsiveness, Diverse Language Learners, Higher Education, imagine, International, Music Therapy, Young Children

Dena Register, PhD, MT-BC Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Imagine traveling around the world, stepping out of your comfort zone, and finding yourself surrounded by a roomful of children in a Thai orphanage. In this podcast, Dr. Dena Register describes how music...

From Refugee Camp to Baby Shark: Music Therapy with Humanitarian Migrant Children

by imagine | Jul 1, 2020 | Cultural Responsiveness, Diverse Language Learners, imagine, International, Music Therapy, Refugee Children, Trauma-Informed Care, Young Children

Amy Bliss Tenney, J.D., MT-BC, MAMT RICH in Music: Refugee-Immigrant Connection & Healing, Essex, Maryland Music therapy can help refugee children arriving in the U.S. to take pride in their own cultures while learning about and connecting to a new culture. In...

Music Therapy for Young Latino Children Can Be Culturally Relevant and “Divertido” (Fun)

by imagine | Jul 1, 2020 | Diverse Language Learners, imagine, International, Music Therapy, Young Children

Ilene Berger Morris, MM, LCAT, MT-BC, CBIS Alternatives for Children, East Setauket, NY Music needs to be mindfully chosen and client-centered when used in interventions. In this podcast, Lee Morris shares her experience with preschoolers with special needs of Latino...

A Father’s Perspective: Cultural Responsiveness for Young Children in Foster Care

by imagine | Jul 1, 2020 | imagine, Music Therapy, Parents, Trauma-Informed Care, Young Children

Chris Millett, MM, MT-BC University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Working with young children that are in foster care brings some unique challenges to cultural responsiveness. In this podcast, music therapist Chris Millett, a foster and adoptive parent, talks...

Exploring the Work of a Children’s Museum: Learning About Culturally Responsive Practices

by imagine | Jul 1, 2020 | Cultural Responsiveness, imagine, International, Young Children

Nicole R. Rivera, Ed.D North Central College, Forest Park, Illinois Laura Diaz DuPage Children’s Museum, Naperville, Illinois To best serve young children from diverse backgrounds, music therapists must begin to develop more culturally responsive practices through the...

Supporting Multiculturalism in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

by imagine | Jul 1, 2020 | Cultural Responsiveness, imagine, International, Music Therapy, NICU, Young Children

Alexis Ruffner, MT-BC Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky Having a premature infant creates a stressful time for parents. In this podcast, music therapist Alexis Ruffner speaks about the challenges and needs of culturally-diverse families she...