04/12/2023
Join us for an innovative and musical new session led by Brian Muni.
Date: December 5, 2023
Time: 7:00 - 8:15 PM
Cost: $8 for NYSOTA members/$20 for non-members
CE: 1.25 CCH
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Using Music to Increase Engagement with Students with Special Needs During Classroom Activities: the MuniMethod
Brian W. Muni, OTD, OTL
Music as a treatment modality, can be seamlessly integrated into pediatric occupational therapy activities, from handling egg shakers and maracas during upper extremity stretching and strengthening to singing the ABC song when writing letters. Presenting new research conducted for his Chatham University clinical doctoral capstone, Dr. Brian Muni will provide participants with a roadmap as to why and how to utilize musical interventions in their occupational therapy practice. He will draw on 30 years of experience using music in occupational therapy and will share research, methodologies, strategies, and examples of musical interventions that can help reach occupational therapy goals, even for those not musically inclined.
After this presentation, participants will be able to:
understand how music can be an effective therapeutic modality for increasing engagement during occupational therapy sessions both in class and during one-to-one therapy when working with school children with special needs
create a therapeutic treatment plan utilizing musical interventions when working with school children with special needs
About the Presenter:
Brian Muni, OTD, OTL is an an occupational therapist with thirty years of experience treating children and adults in schools, homes, clinics, hospitals, and institutional settings. He is a bilingual Spanish speaker and comes with administrative and managerial experience in educational, medical, and media settings. Brian graduated from New York University in 1993, MA, Occupational Therapy (Pediatrics and Technology Fellow); Brown University in 1979, BA, Honors, English, and American Literature; and recently completed a post-professional clinical doctorate program at Chatham University in December 2022.
Brian is employed by the NYC DOE where he has served as a Senior and Instructional Occupational Therapist, treating autistic, intellectually disabled, learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, and multiply handicapped students. He brings a wide variety of treatment approaches and modalities to his practice, including music and songwriting strategies, traditional sensory integration and neurodevelopmental handling, Get Ready to Learn yoga techniques, assistive technology, therapeutic horse riding, and aquatic therapies. Brian is also Executive Director of Theraplay Developmental Resources, LLC where, as an independent practitioner and small business owner, he has evaluated and treated developmental, sensory-processing, neurologic, and orthopedic concerns in Early Intervention, Pre-school and school-based populations.
To register: https://www.nysota.org/event/dd120523
Join us to be educated, ignited, and inspired!
Join Brian Muni to learn how you can incorporate music into your treatment plans when working with school children with special needs. Earn 1.25 CCH.
