Tag: confidence

• Ep. 120: The inclusive, sustainable music classroom; with United Sound’s Julie Duty

  

  As a middle school band teacher, Julie Duty had a passion for creating an inclusive classroom where students of all abilities and disabilities learned together. She also experienced firsthand the lack of training, support, and resources available to teachers wanting to make this happen. She created a solution, United Sound, which utilizes peer mentors to create student led music clubs within schools. It has clearly filled a vital need – in its first seven years, over 8,000 students have participated in United Sound and they have logged over 213,000 relationship-building, music-making hours together.

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music

  autism, child, children, confidence, disabilities, diversity, education, inclusion, kids, Learning, learningdisabilities, mentor, music, nonprofit, parenting, program, school, schools, self, selfesteem, Specialneeds, students, support, training

• Ep. 98: #BeyondMeToo, with Dr. Sandi Curtis, MT-BC, MTA

  

  One in three women worldwide have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence. Most of this violence is intimate partner violence, and tends to be underreported (meaning actual statistics are most likely higher). This means one in three of the women in our families, neighborhoods, offices, and schools are assault survivors. Why are music and music therapy particularly effective in helping women dealing with abuse?

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music, ScienceHealth

  abuse, assault, confidence, domestic, emotional, empowerment, harassment, healing, isolation, men, MeToo, movement, music, partner, physical, predator, resources, sexual, statistics, survivor, therapy, violence, women