emergent responsive neurodiverse community
In this new monthly feature, clinical psychologist (and imeetswe Board Secretary) Dr. Brighton Earley, Psy. D., answers questions related to our Neurodiverse Topic Of The Month. This month, Dr. Earley responds to questions related to our featured topic Unstructured Child-Directed Play Q: As a parent, isn’t it my role to teach important life skills? Shouldn’t … Read more
Children need lots of free play, and free-play time with a parent is often one of the highlights of a child’s day. With our busy work schedules, we might forget to create reliable windows of time that are devoted solely to unplanned, unstructured connection–time directed by our child’s attention and supported by our undivided participation. … Read more
topics of interest from the neuroscience, therapy, and neurodiverse communities
by Dr. Brighton Earley, Psy.D. As a psychologist who works with children, I have acquired these bits and bobs of knowledge that I can apply (experiment with) to my own child. In Therapy School we learn that music is one thing that helps us humans with regulation, so we should recommend it to our patients … Read more
It’s been very emotional for me to reemerge from the darkness of lockdown to return to building community through music-making. In my conversations with folks, it becomes clear that a younger generation of families don’t know about some of the ways we connected before, and don’t necessarily remember many of the ways things were different … Read more
Affirming neurodiversity is recognizing that, in a musical space, one person is tuned into the soprano register, even though their voice presents in the bass register; another person hears long melodic phrases when everyone else is creating short rhythmic phrases; and someone else’s brain is turning the patterns of sound into physical shapes, and they … Read more
Originally posted to the EBCMP blog on September 10, 2018. We’ll post occasionally about why we are committed to making space for community music-making. Children don’t like keys, wallets and phones because there is something inherently interesting about them. They like these objects because they see them being used by the adults around them. Humans … Read more
My name is Ryk Groetchen, and I’ve been cultivating creative musical spaces for over 20 years. Neurodiverse families have made a point over the years of reminding me how they have felt included in these spaces. I just want to emphasize that now that i have secured space 6 mornings and 2 afternoons per week, … Read more
String & Sing: Restring your uke in community! An evening of fun and empowerment, as we learn to restring our ukuleles in a relaxed, inclusive, and nurturing environment which might erupt into song. Strings and tools will be provided, no experience necessary. Bring a light snack or come empty-handed. We are your people. Your co-regulating … Read more
Summer is in some ways a time of disruption. As we move out of our academic schedules, there’s a lot of readjustment. The calendar boxes and clock boxes we’ve been in require a certain kind of attention to time, and our bodies align to those schedules. As we step out of those boxes, into a … Read more