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	<title>Rhythm For Good &#187; music therapy</title>
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	<description>A blog about music therapy, drumming, and wellness</description>
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		<title>7 music strategies for people living with late-stage dementia</title>
		<link>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2011/12/activities-for-seniors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Fulton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Older Adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year for the holidays, I wrote about 4 Rhythma-tastic Holiday Goodies for Facilitating. Check the bottom of that post for additional holiday tips from other music therapists! Those tips are awesome to use with all sorts and types of clients. But when I wrote it, I had residents in independent living in mind. You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Mashup for Drumming with Older Adults: Ayub + Opera</title>
		<link>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/07/video-mashup-for-drummin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/07/video-mashup-for-drummin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Fulton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[carmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drum circle facilitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ayub Rhythm + Habanera from Bizet&#8217;s Carmen = Successful Older Adult Drumming and Singing Here&#8217;s a fun way to drum with older adults in your music therapy or group drumming sessions. I particularly enjoy introducing something new by way of something old and familiar. (Granted, the Ayub rhythm is much &#8220;older&#8221; than Carmen, it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Drum with Older Adults</title>
		<link>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/04/drum-with-older-adults/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Fulton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drumming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Music Therapists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Older Adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[active music-making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drum circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mood enhancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[skilled nursing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a description of this song intervention in No Worries, No Hurries, and No Wrong Notes. Now you can see it in action! I am using Blue Suede Shoes as a guided music-making experience with improvisation. Because Blue Suede Shoes is a standard 12-bar blues, you can use any song with the same form. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Great Self-Care &amp; Music Therapy Posts in the Past Week</title>
		<link>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/04/9-great-self-care-music-therapy-posts-in-the-past-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/04/9-great-self-care-music-therapy-posts-in-the-past-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Fulton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Music Therapists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refreshed]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been an explosion of great blog posts in the past week, and I want to share them with you. They have enhanced my every day practice of self-care, wellness, and music therapy. Self-care &#38; Wellness 1. Rest and Recovery from the Art of Non-Conformity. Chris describes how to manage energy instead of time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drum Circle Facilitation and Music Therapy</title>
		<link>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/drum-circle-facilitation-and-music-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/drum-circle-facilitation-and-music-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Fulton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & Practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drumming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[active music-making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drum circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a meal and an evening of music-making with three amazing women drummers last weekend, I was inspired to write about drum circle facilitation and a program that connects all four of us: Remo&#8217;s HealthRHYTHMS®. Mary Tolena and Jú Linares of ZaBoomBala Drumming Works stayed with me in San Diego for 2 days and told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Studies that Show How Making Music Affects the Body</title>
		<link>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/6-studies-that-show-how-making-music-affects-the-body/</link>
		<comments>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/6-studies-that-show-how-making-music-affects-the-body/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Fulton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drum circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[group drumming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immune system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mood enhancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preventative care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rhythm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, Matt Logan of the Music Therapy Source tweeted a completely &#8220;irreverent, hilarious, &#38; surprisingly accurate&#8221; article entitled 7 Insane Ways Music Affects the Body (According to Science). While I&#8217;m constantly reading up and obsessing myself with research on music&#8217;s physiological effects, this article opened my eyes to a new perspective. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Music for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/make-music-for-st-patricks-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/make-music-for-st-patricks-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Fulton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Music Therapists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Older Adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music therapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a million ways to get in the Irish spirit this season. Leprechauns, rainbows, and shamrocks are posted in store windows and on community walls. Irish fiddlers are sitting on street corners. Everybody is wearing green socks, shirts, earrings, tattoos. It&#8217;s everywhere! The easiest way to get my older adult clients in the spirit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Therapy in the NICU: An RN&#8217;s Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/music-therapy-in-the-nicu-an-rns-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/music-therapy-in-the-nicu-an-rns-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Fulton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NICU Infants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developmental care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical music therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multimodal stimulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently asked Shelley Frazier, RN, BSN, IBCLC, what she thought about music therapy. She is the Lactation Consultant, Discharge Planner, and Education Coordinator for the Newborn ICU at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Florida. Shelley also helps facilitate the National Institute for Infant &#38; Child Medical Music Therapy at Florida State University. The research in NICU music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal experiment: Music, art, and dance all day</title>
		<link>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/personal-experiment-music-art-and-dance-all-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/personal-experiment-music-art-and-dance-all-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Fulton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bliss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preventative care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the course of a regular work day, I often have thousands of ideas fly through my head faster than I can remember them. These thoughts are mixed with sporadic episodes of spontaneous music-making, singing, and dancing. Sometimes I like to just &#8220;be&#8221; and let my thoughts fly far, far away and disappear. When I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s No Wrong Way to Play!</title>
		<link>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/theres-no-wrong-way-to-play/</link>
		<comments>http://www.RhythmForGood.com/2010/03/theres-no-wrong-way-to-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Fulton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Older Adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drum circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drumming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is a copy of my guest blog post on www.MusicAfter50.com (woo hoo!). Here is an excerpt: This is usually my mantra when facilitating a drum class or music therapy session with older adults. There&#8217;s no wrong way to play. You can feel the natural, rhythmic flow to the statement when you say it [...]]]></description>
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