Music & Art Therapy & Instruction

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1 Primary Secondary Mary Anne Adams 44 Main St. PO Box 348 West Stockbridge, MA (413) (413) Provides career and/or vocational assessments as well as independent living skills assessments. Also can additionally develop a career/transition action plan and provide support to implement the plan (including job coaching). Movement and expressive arts therapist and can assist with anxiety, self-esteem and anger management. Other services: special educator (learning strategies) and can provide functional behavioral assessments Accepts Health Insurance? No Accepts MassHealth? No Bilingual staff? No Waiting list for services? No Ages of clients? 14-Adult Laura Morgan 311 Brookside Circle Florence, MA (413) certified art therapist small group or individual Has experience working with children with autism. Charges $45 for 1 1/2 hrs. Working with individuals also in small groups. Provides instruction for self-expression with paint, pottery & music. Joanne Robin 78 Woodbridge St South Hadley, MA (413)

2 chapman Amherst Community Arts Center Amherst, MA (413) Amherst Community Arts Center (ACAC) is a non-profit visual arts education center located at 534 Main Street in Amherst Massachusetts. We offer beginner through advanced art classes to children (starting at age18 months old, accompanied by parent/guardian), adults and seniors. The arts curriculum varies widely including pottery making, drawing, painting, mixed media, cartooning, sculpture, soap making, mask making, printmaking and various other art/craft classes. Classes are open to the public, we are a handicapped accessible facility. ART FOR ALL: is an inclusion program for children ages Offers young people the opportunity to work with clay and express themselves in a creative environment that respects the unique circumstances of all children, with and without special needs. Fall and Spring sessions. $50 per student--everything included. Accepts insurance? No Accepts masshealth? No Biligual? Yes, french Waitinglist? No All ages Laura Morgan Art for All/French and Art 311 Brookside Circle Florence, MA (413) Art classes: Drawing, waterpainting, acrylic, mosaic, sculpture, crafts and more. Art Works 11 Salem St. Medford, MA (781) [email protected] Art classes for children with special needs. Serving: statewide

3 Berkshire County Arc 395 South St. Pittsfield, MA (413) fax: (413) Accepts Insurance? Yes Accepts MassHealth? Yes Bilingual? Yes t likely Ages: All ages We have a Sat. morining program for children with Autism. Also commumity based services for individuals with Developmental Disabilities,Autism and Brain injuries. We support 21 individuals in 7 homes with residential programs that are designed to help people with brain injury to learn to live in a home and their neighborhood. web: Berkshire Hills Music Academy (BHMA) 48 Woodbridge St. South Hadley, MA (413) fax: (413) [email protected] serving: statewide Private, Post-secondary school for special learners with musical abilities. Both residential and cetificate programs for special learners. Residential help with the growth of students indepence in life and social skills. There is also a Two-Year certificate program and the LIVE Program (Long-term Independent Vocation Experience. There is also a Summer program. Accepts health insurace/masshealth? No Biligunal? Yes Waitlist? No Ages: 18-30

4 Holly Majkut Clinical Art Associates, LLC 235 Greenfield Road South Deerfield, MA (413) fax: (413) Holly Majkut LMHC, ATR-BC Co-Program Director Dr. Leslie Abrams LMHC, ATR-BC Social Skills Development and Art Therapy Licensed Mental Health Counselors Registered Art Therapists--Board Certified Accepts insurace? Yes BMC,BC/BS,Fallon and sliding fee scale Accepts MassHealth Yes Biligual? No Waiting list for services? 3-4 months Ages of patients? 4-21 Combine cognitive behavioral strategies with art therapy. Also used social curriculums in treatment. Clincal Art Associates is to provide children and adolescents the opportunity to utilize creative experiences for processing feelings,thoughts, relationships and behaviors through art expression. Kira Morrell Create Art Studio Easthampton, MA (413)

5 Primary Secondary Web: Michael Williams-Russell Heart Beats Music Therapy 76 Hastings Street Greenfield, MA (413) (413) Board certified by the Certification Board for Music Therapy. They provide group or individual, client centered music therapy. They operate primarily in Western Mass. Also contract in the Berkshire, Worcester, and Hartford Counties. Have contacts in Boston, Cape Cod. Vermont and New Hampshire Accepts Health Insurance: Yes Accepts MassHealth: No Biligual Staff? Yes, Portuguese, German and Spanish Waiting list for services? Yes How long? 30 days Ages served? All ages Lui Collins, Director Hilltown Music Together 1692 Cape Street Williamsburg, MA (413) web: Ashfield - Shelburn Falls

6 Kehillah Special Needs Program, Springfield JCC 1160 Dickinson St. Springfield, MA (413) fax: (413) Contact person Linda Lapointe x315 Program is a lot like Whole Children. Offers recreational cla and actrivities afterschool, weekends and summers. Have an inclusion model day camp during the summer. Periodically have special bicycles available to childre/families who need them. Accepts insurance/masshealth? No Bilingual? No Ages of clients? 4-40 Primary Secondary (413) Children ages: 0-7 with parent Lui Collins Lui Collins' Upside-Up Music P.O. Bos 4005 Ashfield, MA fax: (413) [email protected] Music together-family music classes for children 0-5 w/ parent or caregiver Kids Jam family music workshop - family music classes for children agse 5-7 with parent/caregiver Mixed age classes allow patients for focus on their own childs needs and adapt activities in class and at home, for their special needs child.

7 web: Mercy Centre-Catholic Charities 25 West Chester Street Worcester, MA (508) fax: (508) Accepts insurace/masshealth? No Bilingual? No Age? 6-22 Mercy Centre provides services for students and adults with moderate special needs, developmental disabilities, and mental retardation. Services include a 10 month educational program for ages 6-21, summer recreation program, and a full-year adult support program. Focus on developing independence, employment skills, total communication and functional skills. Milestones 41 Russell St. Hadley, MA (413) fax: (413) [email protected] Accepts Insurance/MassHealth? No Bilingual Staff? Yes, spanish Ages: 22+ Milestones offers programs and classes to older teens and young adults. Focus of the classes are the transition to adulthood, learning independence, socialization, as well as, recreation

8 Debbie Weyl, Director Music Together for Valley Families 161 Pelham Road Amherst, MA (413) web: Amherst - Sunderland - Holyoke - Belchertown - South Hadley - Greenfield web: Accepts insurance/masshealth? No/No Bilingual staff? No Ages: All ages Jason Trotta Northampton Community Music Center 139 South St. Northampton, MA (413) fax: (413) [email protected] Music therapy financial aid available for qualifying families. Sensory Learning Center 85 Constitution Lane; Ste. 2A Danvers, MA (978) fax: (978) [email protected] web: Accepts insurance/masshealth? No Bilingual Staff? No Wait list? No Age: Drug-free approach to developing learning abilities for people of all ages and levels of functioning. Uses simultaneous, repetitive, sensory activation integrating visual, vestibular, and auditory training to promote perception, understanding and the ability to learn.

9 Linda LaPointe Springfield Jewish Community Center 1160 Dickinson Street Springfield, MA (413) The Springfield JCC Program for Children with Special Needs is designed for preschoolers, children and teens with cognitive and developmental delays, Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders. All Classes are designed to enhance socila, emotional and phisical skills of participants. Whole Children 41 Russell St. Hadley, MA (413) fax: (413) Accepts Insurance/MassHealth? No Bilingual Staff? Yes, spanish Ages: 3-18 Whole Children provides programs and classes to children and teens. Classes are generally recreation, music, theater, social skills, martial arts, yoga and are held after school and weekends. We also run summer camps when kids are out of school. We have an onsite social skills therapist that creates curriculum around social and lifes skills and growing up/sexuality classes