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		<title>Spirit Rising through Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[God showed up in today&#8217;s music therapy group through an 89 year old woman named Virginia.  Virginia lives on the Alzheimer&#8217;s unit and is a relatively new resident.
Today we celebrated Independence Day in Music Therapy by having a patriotic &#8220;Name That Tune&#8221;.  As residents sang and danced to patriotic music a magical occurrence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melismamusictherapy.com/blog/?p=58</link>
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		<title>Music and Aging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across a nice interview on BlogTalkRadio.
Music and the Aging
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/patricia-grace/2009/08/31/music-for-aging
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		<link>http://melismamusictherapy.com/blog/?p=55</link>
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		<title>Music and Alzheimer&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This video of Dr. Oliver Sacks is a good introduction to the power and connection between music and Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease and Dementia.  I was at work today working with a young woman who has dementia.  Her language skills are compromised and in the short time I have known her I have barely heard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melismamusictherapy.com/blog/?p=53</link>
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		<title>Songwriting Perspectives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a great podcast on the topic of songwriting on Music Therapy Roundtable this month.
One of my personal intervention favorites with clients is songwriting.  I actually began writing my own songs before I ever became a music therapist so it was natural for me to work my skill into my clinical work.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melismamusictherapy.com/blog/?p=48</link>
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		<title>Making Music with Older Adults</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kat Fulton, MT-BC has a great short video on ways to make music with older adults.

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		<link>http://melismamusictherapy.com/blog/?p=46</link>
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		<title>Music Therapy with Dementia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article on music therapy with dementia clients.
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		<link>http://melismamusictherapy.com/blog/?p=42</link>
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		<title>Never Too Old</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about the founding belief on which I base my work with older adults on.  That is that age has nothing to do with worth and societal contributions.
I came across this video and while this older couple does not suffer from Alzheimer&#8217;s or dementia, it was a nice reminder that older [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melismamusictherapy.com/blog/?p=38</link>
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		<title>Calling all MT-BC&#8217;s working with older adults</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a music therapist who works with older adults?  If you are you have information that I find valuable.
I am working on a new resource website for music therapits who work with older adults, those suffering from Alzheimer&#8217;s and Dementia as well as the elderly in long term care.  As I begin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melismamusictherapy.com/blog/?p=32</link>
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		<title>Ringing in the Holidays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These last two weeks were filled with resident bell choir performances for the holidays.  In one of the facilities I work in this is the third year we have performed, in the other facility this is a brand new choir and their first performance.  It was wonderful.  I get such a sense [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melismamusictherapy.com/blog/?p=30</link>
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		<title>Rejuvinating the Soul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking back on past blog posts I see that it has been over a month since I last posted.  The reason for this delay is that I have been away on vacation.  My family and I have spent the last 19 days on the road seeing the country.  We drove out West [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melismamusictherapy.com/blog/?p=20</link>
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