Anita Connell
Self-care, what can I do?
When you hear the words self-care in times of stress, you might embrace the practice or, you might sigh and think, how am I going to do...
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Anita Connell
Jul 12, 20212 min
Music technology made easy
Making music helps to develop key areas of cognition, communication, focus and attention, auditory skills and working memory. The more...
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Anita Connell
Jul 5, 20212 min
Rhythm supports brain development
Did you know that the rhythm of music can make change happen? Recent research shows the importance of using music to target improvement...
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Anita Connell
Jun 29, 20212 min
Music, play and cognition
Music is naturally full of sequences! So, it makes for a good brain workout. We use sequences of instruments, notes, pitch and melodic...
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Anita Connell
May 6, 20212 min
Therapy planning - 6 things to consider
The brilliant Source Kids recently published this article on what to focus on when planning therapy plans and activities. We thought it...
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Anita Connell
Mar 12, 20211 min
Music aids communication & speech
As music therapists, we regularly see how creating music and song in response to someone's sounds, gestures and body movement can support...
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Anita Connell
Mar 1, 20211 min
Happy world music therapy day
A big shout out to music therapists the world over on this years music therapy day. It is a privilege to part of this growing allied...
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Anita Connell
Feb 9, 20211 min
Learning music makes us smarter
While trying to disprove links between students' musical and mathematical achievement, new research ended up proving statistically...
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Anita Connell
Jan 27, 20211 min
Let's get social...
Music has so many benefits for our brain, our bodies and our connection with others. Music and music therapy support our natural...
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Anita Connell
Dec 31, 20201 min
2020... almost done!
In the midst of these crazy last days of 2020, I have received the most lovely message from the ABC... yes, THE ABC... saying one of the...
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Anita Connell
Dec 18, 20201 min
Happy holidays.... thank you 2020!
Thank you to everyone who has been a part of Tuned In Music Therapy this year. Thanks to those who follow our pages & share our news, to...
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Anita Connell
Dec 7, 20201 min
Local Business Awards - Finalist! Yay!
Huge thanks to all of our community who voted for us in the local business awards and helped us achieve the place of "finalist for 2020"...
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Anita Connell
Dec 3, 20201 min
International Day of People with Disabilities
So many great features today across the ABC but our absolute favourite features Dan G, who attends our music therapy programs. Dan is a...
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Anita Connell
Nov 2, 20201 min
Music and dementia - handle with care
Knowing when and how to use music as a therapeutic intervention in dementia care isn't always easy. Music can be such a useful tool to...
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Anita Connell
Sep 24, 20201 min
Music Therapy and parent-child interactions
Working with children in their early years, we realise the importance of the parent-child musical interactions in advancing language,...
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