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One factor that may be actually robust for these of us who work with college age and teenage populations is discovering “acceptable” music: songs which have clear lyrics, clear content material and can be utilized therapeutically to satisfy medical objectives.
I battle with this on a weekly foundation.
So, once I lastly seemed up the music “Every thing is Superior” from The Lego Film, I’ve to confess I used to be fairly excited.
The scholars at Kids’s Useful resource Academic Middle are always singing this music and asking if we are able to use it in a session. I’ve to confess I used to be a bit skeptical to say the least. Lego Film and therapeutic don’t actually appear to go hand in hand, am I proper?
However once I seemed up the video on YouTube and checked out the lyrics on-line, I used to be stunned that the music truly works rather well with our session objectives.
Every thing is superior, all the pieces is cool whenever you’re a part of a crew.
Every thing is superior, whenever you’re residing out a dream.
Every thing is best once we stick collectively.
Aspect by aspect, you and I.
To deal with the scholars’ social/emotional objectives, I got here up with a couple of questions for them about working collectively:
When have you ever been a part of a crew?
Why are issues higher once we work as a crew?
What are you able to do if you happen to don’t agree with somebody in your crew?
Subsequent are the next lyrics:
Superior objects are the very best.
Timber, frogs, clogs, they’re superior.
Rocks, clocks, and socks, they’re superior.
Figs, and jigs, and twigs, that’s superior.
Every thing you see or suppose or say is superior.
To deal with the scholars’ communication objectives, I created a fill-in-the-blank songwriting expertise. I wrote the next on a dry erase board:
_____, _____, _____, they’re superior.
_____, _____, _____, they’re superior.
_____, _____, _____, that’s superior.
Every thing you see or suppose or say is superior.
I then grouped college students in groups of three and requested them to provide you with three issues which might be superior. I wrote the solutions within the blanks after which we “rapped.” As I’ve shared earlier than, all it’s essential rap is a hip hop beat in your keyboard or an MP3 from GarageBand (I created an unique one to suit the music).
I’m pleased I used to be capable of finding a option to merge my college students’ favourite music with the therapeutic objectives I’ve for them. Every thing is superior!
If you happen to’re searching for much more inventive concepts for working with teenagers, college age shoppers or adults, I’d love so that you can take a look at the E-Course I created, Tune In To Teenagers. It’s accepted by CBMT for 5-15 persevering with training credit and is full of inventive session concepts and techniques for working with teen shoppers:
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