Services

Individual Or Group Therapy Sessions

Music therapy sessions address the following developmental domains:

• Fine and gross motor
• Communication Skills
• Adaptive Skills
• Social and Emotional Development Skills
• Cognitive skills

Early Intervention

Therabeat, Inc therapists are credentialed Early Intervention Specialists and provide services for infants and toddlers experiencing delays in their development. Therabeat, Inc provides special instruction for infants and toddlers that are currently enrolled and pre-approved for services through Babies Can't Wait (BCW) Health District 1-2..

What are adaptive lessons?

Adaptive piano and guitar lessons are tailored to meet the needs of specialized populations including; children and adults with developmental disabilities, people with physical disabilities, and people with learning disabilities. These lessons use a therapeutic approach in teaching the skills needed to play the piano and guitar while increasing self discipline, self awareness, increasing all motor domains, and improving self esteem through accomplishment.

Some examples include:

• Use of task analysis, ie. breaking instruction into smaller steps, creating more manageable and easily obtained goals.
• Experiencing rhythm patterns through movement and beating on large drums before moving to the guitar or piano.
• Reinforcement of concepts through rhythm instruments, movement, singing and musical games
  • Use of color coded notation
  • Emphasizing an aural approach to learning written notation
  • Playing flashcard and large board games to reinforce music reading.
  • Focus on the student's preferred songs and favorite types of music
  • Using pitch and rhythm patterns from the songs students are leaning
  • Encouragement of creative expression via improvisation and composition
  • Pacing the lesson to maintain attention through a variety of activities which vary the level of concentration needed