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The
Rebecca Center's E-Newsletter Summer/Fall 2006
In This Issue:
- NEWS
& DEVELOPMENTS: NYC Clinic opening
in 2007; partnering with Rebecca
School, Elijah School, Kulano & Rivington House
- ON
THE HOME-FRONT: Expanding to 6 days per
week, NEW Programs: Musicing for Infants & Tots (Moms included too!) &
Early Intervention
- SPRING EVENT: Cocktails for a Cause brings in nearly 300 supporters
including Corporations, Foundations, Community business’s, professional
sports team, and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg
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REBECCA
CENTER STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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NEWS & DEVELOPMENTS
-Partnering
with The Rebecca School ,
New York City ,
N.Y.-
The Rebecca Center for music
therapy has partnered with The Rebecca SCHOOL,
a New York City based school for children diagnosed within the autistic
spectrum that will be opening its doors in September 2006.The Rebecca School,
currently being built, will be the largest school for children with autism in
the United States. (The school will be guided under the
Stanley Greenspan method / Floor-time Approach)
For more information on the Rebecca
SCHOOL visit their
website: www.rebeccaschool.org
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-Collaborating
with Elijah, Levittown ,
N.Y.-
The Rebecca Center is partnering with the Elijah school, Elijah Foundation and its affiliate, Effective Interventions.
This unique program will be the first music therapy program to combine multiple
perspectives in psychology / philosophy / approach orientations; intertwining
qualitative and quantitative components. For information on the Elijah school, Elijah Foundation and/or Effective Interventions visit website: www.effectiveinterventions.com
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-Referral
Based Project in Lower Manhattan ,
New York , N.Y.-
The Rebecca Center and Rivington
House- a long term care residential facility with people living
with AIDS, have finally launched
a referral based music therapy program which will provide
services for any Rivington house resident who requires music therapy, based on
treatment team referral. Following a one-day lecture / in-service, given by Rebecca Center’s
executive director John Carpente to the medical staff at
Rivnigton House, referrals began pouring in as treatment team members clearly
identified the benefits of our unique Music Therapy & AIDS program.
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-Sunday
Program with Kulanu, Cedarhurst ,
N.Y.-
The
Rebecca Center
is looking forward to its newest relationship with Kulanu’s special education
program. Thanks to Social Worker Jonathon Cooper, who
immediately recognized the effectiveness and uniqueness of our program, we are
all set to begin a Sunday
morning music therapy program in September 2006 in
Cedarhurst , N.Y.
For more information of this new program, please contact Jonathon Cooper
(email: kulanuguy@yahoo.com &
phone 516-569-6664)
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-Music
and Early Child Development: Musicing for Infants & Tots-
In
January 2007 The Rebecca Center will be launching its long awaited program, Musicing for Infants & Tots.
This program is an early
childhood music program for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners,
and their caregivers. This interactive music making program is
comprised of a developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum
that strongly emphasizes and facilitates child-adult musical experiences.
Musicing for Infants & Tots is based on the belief that all children are
musical and can participate in singing, playing various instruments and enjoy
the experience of making music with others.
The main differences between
Musicing for Infants & Tots and other “similar” programs are:
- Our facilitators are EXPERTS
in the use of music and child development, who are professionally credentialed
and have extensive experience and training
- Our program will consist of SMALL SIZE GROUPS (5-6 children & caregiver) that will
enable the instructor to attend to each child (We are focused on QUALITY not
QUANTITY!)
For more information and early enrollment, please
contact The Rebecca
Center at 516-678-6643
ext. 6643
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-Rebecca Center for Music Therapy Opening a Clinic
in NYC in 2007!-
A
Rebecca Center
Clinic in NYC? Yes! As promised, The Rebecca
Center for Music Therapy
will be opening a state-of-the-art after-school music therapy clinic in NYC, on
40th East 30th
street . Thanks to The Rebecca
School, the clinic will offer group and individual music therapy services after
school hours. For more information please contact the center at 516-678-5000
ex. 6643
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RC STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
-Who’s
Who Award to RC’s John Carpente-
Each
year, a select group of individuals is called forward to accept one of the most
prestigious awards the academic community can bestow -- selection to Who's Who Among Students.
This exclusive honor is conferred by more than 1,900 schools in all 50 states
and the District of Columbia .
In 2006, The
Rebecca
Center ’s own John Carpente was awarded the
prestigious award of Who’s Who Among Students in Universities and
Colleges.
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NYS
License for RC staff
The following Rebecca
Center associates have been granted a
New York
State License to practice- Licensed
Creative Arts Therapy (CAT):
§
John
Carpente, MA, MT-BC, LCAT, NRMT (Executive Director)
§
Heejin Chung, MA, M.ED., MT-BC, LCAT, NRMT (Program Coord.)
§
Evelyn
Selesky , MA ,
MT-BC, LCAT (Senior Clinician)
§
Dr. Suzanne Sorel, MT-BC, LCAT, NRMT (Dir.
Clinical Services)
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RC STAFF EDUCATE AND PROMOTE MT!
-RC staff, Jill Lucente promoting through research
and awareness-
Rebecca Center’s Special Projects
Coordinator Jill Lucente spent
extensive time educating college students about the field of music therapy, through assisting in research with
New York Institute of Technology students, and allowing students
to observe her work. In addition, Jill recently was interviewed by Metro and participated in an article entitled
“Soothing Sounds: Music
therapists help those for whom words aren’t enough.”
(to access this article visit our online library: http://www.therebeccacenter.org/library/index.html
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-Educating
at all levels, Nationally & Regionally-
Rebecca Center’s John Carpente and Dr. Suzanne Sorel have spent a
considerable amount of time lecturing and presenting through 2005-2006; including national &
regional music therapy conferences, research symposiums, and various school and
community based programs
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SUMMER EVENT
Our June 16th summer event, Cocktails for a Cause,
which was spearheaded by parents of children that attend The Rebecca Center,
turned out to be an incredible evening! Over 300 supporters including parents,
family members, professional sports teams, community and national organizations
& businesses, and NYC’s
Mayor Michael Bloomberg showed their support to help make help
our event a huge success!
The
Rebecca Center
would like to thank everyone who helped make this event a reality.
A
special thanks to:
Tara
& Pat Kuhn
Randi
& Paul Tessitore
Frank
& Pat Troiano
Bob
& Schmid
Valerie
Powell
Madison
Hall and their incredible staff
The
Rebecca Center family, especially Jenn Toti, Jill Lucente, Lena Cutrone, Liz
McGlichey
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SUPPORT THE CAUSE OF BRINGING MUSIC INTO THE LIVES
OF SPECIAL PEOPLE!
If you
would like to make a contribution or donate your time and passion to our cause
please give us a ring!
You can
make-out your tax deductible contribution to The Rebecca Centre for Music
Therapy C/o Molloy
College ,
1000 Hempstead Ave. ,
Rockville Centre , N.Y.
11571 .
The Rebecca
Center for Music Therapy
www.therebeccacenter.org
516-678-5000 ext. 6643
C/o Molloy
College
1000 Hempstead
ave.
Rockville Centre, N.Y.
11571
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