MUSIC FOR KIDDOS SYMPOSIUM: Friday, November 8th, 2024

The premier online early childhood music conference is back for its 5th year with keynote speaker, RAFFI!

The Music For Kiddos Symposium is an online conference and continuing education opportunity for people who love kids. If you spend your days supporting kids through creative engagement, play, and MUSIC — this conference is for you.

At Symposium, every session is directly related to the nuances of childhood development and music. The speakers are innovators, advocates, and creatives who share new ideas, resources, and encouragement to support you in your work.

We want to hear your ideas too, so we build in extra time for questions and comments during each session, including an optional post-event virtual gathering so you can connect with other early childhood music colleagues and share your thoughts.

Do you need a music therapy, music education, or early childhood pick-me-up? Then this conference is for you!

Leave rejuvenated and refreshed, armed with new ideas and inspiration to bring back to your work.

You can watch live (webinar-style), watch the recorded version after the fact, or do a little bit of both.

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

RAFFI - Raffi Cavoukian, C.M., O.B.C Child Honoring

Dr. Alice Tsui Empowering the Individual and Collective Voices of Youth

Lorrie Kubicek, MT-BC and Kimberly Khare, MA, MT-BC "Our Neighborhood Rocks!!" - Building Music & Community Play Space

Alyssa Stone, MM, MT-BC This is Your Brain on Music: The Neuroscience of Self-Regulation

Zoe Simon-Levine, MMT, LPMT, MT-BC Harmonizing With AI: Considering AI's Impact on Music Therapy and Education

Jessica Brizuela, MT-BC Identify and Culture Through Music

Music therapists, this course is pre-approved for 10 CMTE credits, and it fulfills the requirements for ethics credits.

Music educators and other related professionals, upon completion of the course you will be given a certificate for 10 professional development credits that you can self-submit (we cannot guarantee that they will be accepted, but they often are).

KIND WORDS FROM PRIOR YEARS:

I've been to many professional seminars, and this was by far, the most engaging, helpful, and fun that I've experienced! -Evan, MT-BC, LCAT

This was absolutely fantastic! I loved all of the speakers and really felt motivated and excited to try some new material during sessions. Please do this every year!!! -Jenna, MM, LCAT, MT-BC

Amazing!!! A wide variety of speakers and topics. Super accessible format. Incredible resources. An event I will be anticipating annually! -Shelby, MT-BC

SCHEDULE:

Total Course Time: 500 minutes (10 credits, fulfills ethics credits for music therapists)

PRICE: $107

Raffi Cavoukian, C.M., O.B.C. - A renowned singer known by his first name alone, Raffi was a pioneer in quality recordings for children on his independent label, Troubadour. For millions of fans, Raffi’s music was the soundtrack of their childhoods, and they took his signature song “Baby Beluga” to heart. These “beluga grads” now share his music with their own children. Raffi has been described by the Washington Post and the Toronto Star as “the most popular children’s entertainer in the English-speaking world” and “Canada’s all-time children’s champion.”

Raffi is a music producer, author, entrepreneur and ecology advocate. In 2010, he founded the ​Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring​—a global movement that views honoring children as the best way to create sustainable, peacemaking cultures. Raffi has received the Order of Canada, the Order of BC, the U.N. Earth Achievement Award, and four honorary degrees.

Dr. Alice Tsui -ALICE TSUI 徐晓兰 (pronounced TSOY | she/her) is an Asian American/Chinese American pianist, Grammy Finalist music educator, scholar, activist, dog mom, and lifelong Brooklyn, New Yorker! Alice is the Founding Music Teacher and Arts Coordinator at PS 532 New Bridges Elementary, an arts-integrated public elementary school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and a Master of Arts in Music Education, and from Boston University with a Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education. As a product of the NYC public school system, Alice is passionate about decolonizing, ABAR (anti-bias, anti-racist), abolitionist public music education and empowering the individual and collective voices of youth through music as expression.

Lorrie Kubicek, MT-BC is a board certified music therapist and program manager for Expressive Therapies at Massachusetts General Brigham Hospital. With 20+ years professional Medical music therapy experience and 7 additional years doing music and creative arts at Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for children with medical needs, Lorrie finds a very effective balance between traditional music therapy techniques, childhood development knowledge and clinical fun.

Kimberly Khare, MA, MT-BC is a board certified music therapist and a Nordoff-Robbins music therapist. For 25+ years she has worked in community-focused settings supporting children,families, teens and young adults by designing and facilitating programming that helps them build their accessibility, creativity and agency. Kimberly has taught at Berklee College of Music for 20 years, ushering in the next generation of music therapists by helping them hone in on their clinical musicianship.

Alyssa Stone, MM, MT-BC, NMT, CYT 500 - Alyssa is a Board Certified, Neurologic Music Therapist, music educator and yoga instructor. Her holistic approach, engaging expertise and determined drive have led to the reality of her life-long goal, running a successful therapeutic center for children. A graduate of the University of Miami, Alyssa studied Music Therapy, Music Education, and Psychology. Alyssa is currently pursuing her PhD in Music Therapy at Colorado State University. Alyssa's passion lies in celebrating neurodiversity and providing the best therapeutic services to help all individuals reach their fullest potential. Alyssa's current areas of research include executive function skill development through neuroscience informed techniques for neurodivergent individuals.

Zoe Simon-Levine, MMT, LPMT, MT-BC (she/they) is a music therapist and owner of River Run Music Therapy in Boonsboro, MD. Zoe is also an adjunct assistant professor at Shenandoah University, specializing in music therapy technologies and working with young children and teens. Zoe is passionate about shaping musical spaces that celebrate community, identity, autonomy, and creativity.

Jessica Brizuela, MT-BC is a harpist, music therapist, and music educator from Los Angeles, CA. She received a bachelors of music in music therapy from Berklee College of Music and continued her education in various programs including: artist certificate in harp performance at Azusa Pacific University, health science post baccalaureate from Cal State LA, masters in teaching music at Longy School of Music of Bard College, masters in music (MM) - harp performance at Cal State LA, and masters in business administration (MBA) from University of the People. She currently works as a full time music specialist teaching elementary school music in the West Covina Unified School District.

(Event host) Stephanie Leavell, MT-BC is the creator of Music for Kiddos, a resource and education website dedicated to high-quality children’s music. She’s an educator, board certified music therapist, Berklee College of Music graduate, community-builder, and above all, is passionate about using music to help kids succeed.

Course Format: Online webinar format with five 70-minute presentations, a 75-minute keynote and a “Speaker’s Forum” featuring all the speakers together for 75 minutes. There is also an optional “Reflect and Connect” online gathering the day after the event where participants can connect and share insights learned.

Prerequisites: None.

Course Access: One year of video access. Music therapists pursuing continuing education credit (CMTE) credit must complete the course within 90 days of event.

Music therapists, this course is pre-approved by the Certification Board of Music Therapists (CBMT) for 10 continuing music therapy education (CMTE) credits, and fulfills ethics credit requirements! To receive CMTE credit, the course must be completed within 90 days of purchase. Upon completion of the course and course evaluation, a certificate will be delivered via email within 2 business days. We are not able to grant partial credit. (Certificates can be expedited upon request. Please find the evaluation and additional instructions in the course PDF received after purchase. This is a simple process and we’re happy to help!)

Music therapists and professionals in other related fields, upon completion of this course, you are eligible for a certificate for 10 professional development credits. We cannot guarantee that your professional development credits will be approved, but we will provide a certificate that can be self-submitted.

Music TherapyBoard Certification Domains (In compliance with 2020 Board Certification Domains)

1: Participants will identify at least one new musical tool (resource, musical cue, etc.) that can be utilized in their clinical practice. (CBMT Domain V.A.6.) 2: Participants will give an example of a technology tool that can support a goal-based intervention. (CBMT Domain V.A.7.) 3: Participants will be able to examine their own interventions and repertoire to determine whether or not the music is ethical and culturally inclusive. (CBMT Domain III.A.5.x.)

Number of CMTEs or Professional Development Credits: 10 Materials Included: Instructional PDF course, recorded webinars, and access to a private Facebook group for community support.

Refund Policy: 100% refund available within 30 days of event if you’re unsatisfied with the quality of the course. Refunds are only given with proof of course completion. No refunds are available after CMTE credits have been granted or after 30 days of event. Please email hello@musicforkiddos.com for more information.

Please visit musicforkiddos.com/courses for our grievance policy in participation with the Certification Board of Music Therapists.

Music for Kiddos strongly encourages course participants to communicate any questions, concerns or grievances so we can help foster a supportive and pleasant continuing education experience. Please contact Stephanie Leavell, MT-BC, at hello@musicforkiddos.com with any questions or concerns. Emails will be returned within 2 business days. In the event that a suitable resolution is not provided, the participant may contact the Continuing Education Committee of CBMT to report a grievance.

Music For Kiddos Symposium is approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) for 10 Continuing Music Therapy Education credits (fulfills ethics requirements). Music For Kiddos, Inc. (Provider Number P-196) maintains responsibility for program quality, and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.