How to Grow a Young Child's Music Brain
Course: #30450Level: IntermediateSubject Area: Understanding principles of child development and learning 1 Hour 129 Reviews
This course summarizes research about the impact of music on brain development and offers practical suggestions for encouraging families to incorporate music into everyday life for infants and young children. Information about early music milestones will be offered, and links will be provided to music resources readily available to professionals and families.
This course is also offered in a series of recordings titled “Growing a Young Child's Auditory Brain”, course 31145, which is offered for 3 clock hours (0.3 CEUs).
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Course Type: Audio, Video
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to summarize research about the positive impact of music on the developing brain.
- After this course, participants will be able to list general music developmental milestones and specific milestones for the development of rhythm and pitch.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain how music and rhythm activities can be used by parents and professionals to support the development of listening, language, literacy and theory of mind for infants and young children.
Course created on February 27, 2018
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-30 Minutes | Discuss the auditory/neurolinguistic foundations of music, beginning in infancy |
| 30-40 Minutes | Discussion of general music developmental milestones and specific milestones for the development of rhythm and pitch. |
| 40-55 Minutes | Show various types of musical activities for rhythm and pitch at different ages, and align literacy and music milestones at ages of development |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary |
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Carol Flexer
PhD CCC-A, LSLS Cert. AVT
The University of Akron and Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium & Listening and Spoken Language Consulting
Carol Flexer, PhD, FAAA, CCC-A, LSLS Cert. AVT (Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Certified Auditory Verbal Therapist) is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Audiology at the University of Akron. An international lecturer and consultant in pediatric and educational audiology and author of more than 155 publications including 14 books, Dr. Flexer is a past president of the Educational Audiology Association, the American Academy of Audiology, and the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language. For her research and advocacy for children with hearing loss, Dr. Flexer has received four prestigious awards: two from The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing -- the Volta Award and Professional of the Year Award; one from the American Academy of Audiology -- the 2012 Distinguished Achievement Award; and one from Kent State University -- The EHHS Hall of Fame Distinguished Alumni Award, 2015.
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