imagineFall 2011 l Vol. 2, No.1 THE EARLY CHILDHOOD ONLINE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION 2011 imagine 2(1), 2011 1 imagineFall 2011 l Vol.2, No.1 EDITOR Petra Kern, Ph.D. MT-DMtG, MT-BC, MTA EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE Marcia Humpal, M.Ed., MT-BC Lisa Jacobs, MM, MA, MT-BC BUSINESS MANAGER Andrea Farbman, Ed.D. AMTA National Office DESIGN Petra Kern, Ph.D. MT-DMtG, MT-BC, MTA PUBLICATION Annual Online Magazine PURPOSE to improve access to and distribute knowledge and information about early childhood music therapy in clinical terms. SPONSOR American Music Therapy Association www.musictherapy.org WEBSITE imagine.musictherapy.biz Hosted by Music Therapy Consulting imagine: Early Childhood Music Therapy Online Magazine ISSN 2153-7879 imagine 2(1), 2011 2 DISCLAIMER The opinions and information contained in this publication are those of the authors of the respective articles and not necessarily those of the editorial team, the Early Childhood Network co-chairs, or the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). Accordingly, the editorial team, the Early Childhood Network co-chairs, and AMTA assume no liability or risk that may be incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents of this publication. imagine 2(1), 2011 3 editorial Building Awareness and Community Welcome to the second volume of imagine, AMTA’s annual online magazine dedicated to early childhood music therapy. imagine 2011 offers you 39 colorful articles, eight innovative podcasts, and four delightful photo stories featuring the work of our frequent contributors and newcomers from around the world. We also included new “teaching episodes,” expanded the “our favorite” section, updated the “event calendar,” and can now accept online submissions of your manuscripts on the imagine website. As we reflected on the launching of imagine in 2010, the editorial team was very pleased with the positive responses and encouraging words from our authors and readers. Below are three examples of comments we received: ‣ The new online imagine is fabulous. What a fantastic major new contribution to the field. I was awed by the sophistication and wealth of info. ‣ I had a chance to look at imagine a bit last night. It is absolutely Petra Kern, Ph.D., MT-DMtG, MT-BC, MTA fabulous. Congratulations! I want to go back and read every Editor, imagine word and watch every video. ‣ I just spent the whole morning exploring the imagine website...and I am inspired! Not just by the beautiful layout and design, but also by the amazing multimedia and quality of the content. I have forwarded it on to all my music therapy colleagues in South Africa and I am sure they will enjoy it just as much. The interest in imagine is also evident by over 8300 worldwide visitors on the imagine website since September 2010 as well as numerous hyperlinks from related organizations and companies. Over the past year, we reached out to build awareness of imagine as well as Early Childhood Music Therapy. For example, in October 2010, I was invited to speak on the Music Therapy Radio Show with Janice Harris and to introduce imagine to the readers of the ECMMA’s online journal, Perspectives. As a result of our fruitful collaboration with ECMMA, complimentary copies of selected articles from Perspectives are now available on the AMTA website’s “Member Only” section. Furthermore, we held roundtables at the 2010 AMTA imagine 2(1), 2011 4 conference in Cleveland, Ohio where we shared reflections introduce music therapy interventions that can be easily and ideas for AMTA’s new early childhood online magazine; implemented and adapted to your clinical practice. This year’s at the World Congress of Music Therapy in Seoul, Korea, we Color of Us series focuses on early childhood music therapy featured our Asian Color of Us series authors. We also as practiced in Europe including Switzerland, the United distributed imagine flyers at AMTA’s 2011 regional Kingdom, France, Finland, Iceland, Poland, Hungary, and conferences and to colleagues abroad. During the Latvia. In our Resources section, Ruthlee Adler introduces her International Society of Early Intervention (ISEI) conference in favorite websites that are useful for music therapy practice New York City (covered in this issue), we met with major with young children and families. Rachel Rambach shares players in the field of early childhood education. You can valuable resources for building your own business, and I learn about additional initiatives in the reports by Angela provide a short review of selected music apps for little ones. Snell, Judy Simpson, and in a reflection on “Imagine why Music Matters: Advocacy for Music as an Essential Early Finally, I would like to introduce you to our new Wisdom Childhood Experience” by Dr. Dena Register. section, which spotlights the knowledge, expertise, and insights of our senior colleagues who have worked throughout Other features in this issue include a multimedia article by their entire lives with young children and their families. I am Noelle Pederson and Dr. Barbara Reuer, describing a solid delighted that Marcia Humpal has pioneered this section this early childhood music therapy training program for parents year. She is an incredible evidence-based practitioner, and has who use English as a Second Language (ESL) and whose been a teacher, role model, and mentor for many of us. I also children’s facilities follow an Even Start curriculum. Our new would like to thank her and Lisa Jacobs for their indispensable “research snapshots” section is presented by Dr. Blythe editorial assistance in getting this issue off the ground. My LaGasse, and Debra Gombert gives a brief research report on gratitude also is extended to our authors who shared their improving communication in young children with autism work plus their collegiality and friendly collaboration as we all spectrum disorders. explore this new way of publishing. Our Practice category features clinical work based on sound As we continue building a strong professional early childhood theories, recommended practice, and research. The wide music therapy community, I encourage you to think about how variety of topics spotlighted by 15 authors include early music you might contribute with your talents and make a difference therapy interventions for language development with at-risk in the lives of young children, their families, and our infants, clinical case vignettes with infants in an Australian profession. I would like to leave you with John Lennon’s quote hospital, the use of augmentative and alternative “A dream you dream is only a dream. A dream you dream communication as well as “Words for Engagement” for together is a reality” and invite you to watch the beautiful children with autism spectrum disorders, a case report for a performance of his song “Imagine” produced by the nonprofit child with partial agenesis of the corpus callosum, new organization Playing for Change. It is a great example of how opportunities and requirements for attachment-based music we can be united in music and build community for change. therapy, music and literacy development in young children Happy reading, listening, watching, and reflecting! with hearing loss, cultural awareness related to family roles in bilingual music therapy sessions, reunifying families in crises Yours, through a music therapy intervention including Music Together® repertoire, understanding development in early child music therapy, and dancing poems. In the Ideas section, our colleagues Beth McLaughlin, Laurel Petra Kern, Ph.D., MT-DMtG, MT-BC, MTA Rose-Weatherford, Margie LaBella, and Carol Ann Blank Editor, imagine imagine 2(1), 2011 5 contents Inside this issue: ‣ Possible Effects of Music Therapy on the Building Blocks of Communication Debra Jelinek Gombert.......................................... 31 editorial 4 practice 34 ‣ Building Awareness and Community Petra Kern............................................................. 4 ‣ Early Music Therapy Intervention for Language Development with At-Risk Infants Deanna Hanson-Abromeit....................................... 34 wisdom 8 ‣ Evidence-Based Interactions: Music Therapy ‣ Marcia Humpal, Founder of the AMTA Early with 3-12 Month Old Infants in a Hospital Childhood Newsletter............................................... 8 Michelle Fisher and Helen Shoemark....................... 36 ‣ Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Music Therapy for Children with reports 10 Autism Spectrum Disorders ‣ 2010 Early Childhood Music Therapy Special Target Anita L. Gadberry.................................................. 40 Population Network: Meeting Report from 11-19-2010 ‣ Words For Engagement Angela M. Snell..................................................... 10 Ilene Berger Morris................................................ 44 ‣ AMTA in the ATL: Advocacy, Therapy, and Leadership ‣ Our Photo Stories 2010.......................................... 47 Amy Furman........................................................... 13 ‣ Directed Developmental Play: Case Report for ‣ Inclusion of Music Therapy in Early Childhood a Child with Partial Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum Intervention Programs Darcy Walworth and Jessica P. Albright................... 48 Judy Simpson......................................................... 14 ‣ Attachment-Based Music Therapy: New ‣ Third Conference of the International Society on Early Opportunities and Requirements for Music Therapists Intervention (ISEI), New York City, May