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Individual Therapy Services
Adapted Lessons
Tempo! Music Therapy Services offers adapted lessons on a variety of instruments and voice. Lessons may be anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes weekly and are typically once per week, depending on attention span and needs. A music therapist familiar with adapted teaching concepts will teach the lessons. The therapist will break down skills to smaller tasks for those with special needs.
Adapted lessons focus on teaching musical skills such as musical terms, concepts, proficiency on an instrument, and musical styles to name a few. Home practice is expected. The students will be assessed, progress documented, and evaluations will occur periodically.
Both adapted lessons and music therapy help the client’s non-musical and musical development. Both approaches are based on the student’s motivation from music and may have an effect on a student’s social development and self concept.
Performance opportunities are available, and although the goals for each child are individualized, we feel that a performance opportunity will build self confidence and satisfaction for our students.
Evaluations
Tempo! Music Therapy provides written reports from evaluation sessions when requested. Please contact our office for more information on this service.
Individual Art Therapy Sessions (inactive)
Art therapy is a mental health profession that uses the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. It is based on the belief that the creative process involved in artistic self-expression helps people to resolve conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, and achieve insight.
Art therapy integrates the fields of human development, visual art (drawing, painting, sculpture, and other art forms), and the creative process with models of counseling and psychotherapy. Art therapy is used with children, adolescents, adults, older adults, groups, and families to assess and treat the following: anxiety, depression, and other mental and emotional problems and disorders; substance abuse and other addictions; family and relationship issues; abuse and domestic violence; social and emotional difficulties related to disability and illness; trauma and loss; physical, cognitive, and neurological problems; and psychosocial difficulties related to medical illness. Art therapy programs are found in a number of settings including hospitals, clinics, public and community agencies, wellness centers, educational institutions, businesses, and private practices.
Art therapists are masters level professionals who hold a degree in art therapy or a related field. Educational requirements include: theories of art therapy, counseling, and psychotherapy; ethics and standards of practice; assessment and evaluation; individual, group, and family techniques; human and creative development; multicultural issues; research methods; and practicum experiences in clinical, community, and/or other settings. Art therapists are skilled in the application of a variety of art modalities (drawing, painting, sculpture, and other media) for assessment and treatment.
Individual Music Therapy
Music therapy sessions typically involve focusing on several instruments and will involve a variety of strategies. Clients will not learn to play the instruments proficiently, but will gain therapeutic goals, set periodically. Sessions can be anywhere from 30-60 minutes and are typically once or twice per week, depending on the individual’s strengths and needs. Please call our office for more information.
Therapeutic Lessons
Music therapists are trained to provide lessons for clients that focus on therapeutic and musical goals. Therapeutic lessons focus on non-musical goals which may be cognitive, physical, or emotional domains. In therapeutic lessons a client will still learn to play an instrument and will learn musical concepts, but non-musical goals will also be emphasized.
Therapeutic Listening®
Therapeutic Listening® is an evidence- backed protocol that combines a sound-based intervention with sensory integrative activities to create a comprehensive program that is effective for diverse populations with sensory challenges. Therapeutic Listening can impact sensory modulation, attention, behavior, postural organization, and speech and language difficulties. Trained therapists learn to use modulated CDs to set up programs for clients in homes, schools and clinics. Listening is a function of the entire brain; when we listen, we listen with the whole body.
Administered by a music therapist formally trained in the Therapeutic Listening program.
Yoga
Individual and small group sessions are available for children with special needs. Benefits include increased flexibility, increased attention, as well as strength building and sensory stimulation.
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Individual Instruction
Adapted Lessons
Tempo! Music Therapy Services offers adapted lessons on a variety of instruments and voice. Lessons may be anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes weekly and are typically once per week, depending on attention span and needs. A music therapist familiar with adapted teaching concepts will teach the lessons. The therapist will break down skills to smaller tasks for those with special needs.
Adapted lessons focus on teaching musical skills such as musical terms, concepts, proficiency on an instrument, and musical styles to name a few. Home practice is expected. The students will be assessed, progress documented, and evaluations will occur periodically.
Both adapted lessons and music therapy help the client’s non-musical and musical development. Both approaches are based on the student’s motivation from music and may have an effect on a student’s social development and self concept.
Performance opportunities are available, and although the goals for each child are individualized, we feel that a performance opportunity will build self confidence and satisfaction for our students.
Vocal and Instrumental Lessons
Our dedicated and talented staff provides quality music instruction by professional teachers and highly qualified musicians. We teach a full range of instruments and regular weekly private lessons are available for most instruments and voice.
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Group Therapy
Freeing the Caregiver’s Voice
This workshop is for people who have an opportunity to care for others. Participants are NOT required to have any previous singing experience.
In this workshop you will:
- Explore ways to connect body, breath, and voice and to begin to release physical, vocal and emotional energy
- Develop an understanding of the body as a musical instrument and experience how the entire breath/body is fully engaged in creating vocal sounds
- Collaborate with others in exploring, supporting, and/or receiving vocal self expression
For this workshop you will need:
- A piece of text such as a monologue, poem, Shakespearean sonnet, etc
- Comfortable clothing that you can move in
Group Art Therapy Sessions
Art therapy is the therapeutic use of art techniques within a professional relationship by individuals who experience life challenges. The use of art in clinical treatment provides the individual with a valuable tool which serves as a catalyst for personal change. This creative approach has the potential of increasing inner awareness, decreasing the symptoms of stress and refining cognitive abilities. In the treatment of children and adolescents the use of art in sessions provides a means of communicating complex emotions in a safe environment while using a developmentally appropriate activity. In as much as each and every individual has their own perception and sensibility art therapy has the ability to fine tune treatment to each person. Therapy sessions are designed with the expressed purpose of providing support, empowerment as well as fun and education.
Group Music Therapy
Musical socialization groups are now forming for adults with developmental delays over the age of 21. This group will be facilitated by a board certified music therapist (MT-BC) who has previous experience working with adults in both the familial home and the group home setting.
Participants can expect:
- musical improvisation
- composition/songwriting activities
- movement and dance
- music facilitated discussion
- music facilitated relaxation song
- singing
Locations: In studios, Group Home sessions may also be arranged.
Emphasis will be placed on:
- Language and communication skills
- Assertiveness
- Self confidence
- Problem solving
- Building peer relationships and relating to others
- Dealing with difficult emotions
- Fine and gross motor skills
- Self-expression
- Building a support system outside of the home
- Decreasing stress and anxiety
Tempo Singers (chorus)
Tempo is currently looking for individuals of all levels of singing ability to participate in our version of a "community choir". This opportunity is open to individuals with various learning styles who have a desire to sing and participate in a choral ensemble. The goal of this group is to expand and create opportunities for socialization for individuals with special needs through community performance opportunities and the inclusion of friends, family members and other members of the community who also enjoy singing. No prior ensemble experience is necessary.
Yoga
Individual and small group sessions are available for children with special needs. Benefits include increased flexibility, increased attention, as well as strength building and sensory stimulation.
Yoga for Caregivers
This Vinyasa flow class is appropriate for all levels. Emphasis will be placed on stretching and relaxing, but it is also a workout.
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Group Instruction
Guitar Classes for Adults
Learn to play the guitar using familiar children’s songs – no experience necessary! Begin with basic music and guitar theory while learning simplified chording that will help you accompany your child to the songs (s)he loves. These 45 minute classes will have you strumming multiple songs before the end of your first night!
Joyful Ringers (Handchime Choir)
Our handchine choirs consist of up to 12 members. These groups ring recognizable music using Schulmerich tone chimes. Unlike an orchestra or choir in which each musician is responsible for one line of the music, a handchime ensemble acts as one instrument, with each musician responsible for particular notes, sounding his or her assigned bells whenever that note occurs.
Therapeutic benefits include social interaction, cognitive benefits, and physical benefits. The hand chime choir will also provide an outlet for emotional and musical expression. The students will learn to contribute to the group as a whole. No prior musical experience or ability to read music is required.
Requirements:
- Ability to understand and process verbal cues
- Eye contact is important but can be learned
- Ability to grasp hand chimes with at least one hand
- Performance opportunities will be available, as it is our belief that performances will support the children’s
self-concept and self-esteem.
Summer Creative Arts Therapy (CAT) Camp
In addition to music therapy, clients will also experience art therapy and dance/movement therapy each day. We will have a special class each day which may include yoga, drumming, playing handchimes, and playing the harp. Clients will have the opportunity to play the musical instruments not always available during regular music therapy sessions throughout the school year. Special guests will be invited into work with the participants as well. Goals include socialization and exploration of self through the creative arts.
All clients new to our program will be screened to ensure appropriate group placement. Groupings will consist of approximately 4-6 clients based on needs, abilities, and age. This camp is an inclusive and we welcome siblings to join in these camp groups as well.
Camp Sessions: Information regarding guest therapists will be provided shortly.
Tempo Singers (chorus)
Tempo is currently looking for individuals of all levels of singing ability to participate in our version of a "community choir". This opportunity is open to individuals with various learning styles who have a desire to sing and participate in a choral ensemble. The goal of this group is to expand and create opportunities for socialization for individuals with special needs through community performance opportunities and the inclusion of friends, family members and other members of the community who also enjoy singing. No prior ensemble experience is necessary.
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