by LotusCentreMusic | Jan 14, 2022 | Blog
By: Erin Parkes, PhD We talk a lot about using a strengths-based approach for students with exceptionalities. This is a critical part of helping students reach their full potential. But in order to take a strengths-based approach, we need to first and foremost... 
by LotusCentreMusic | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog
By: Erin Parkes, PhD Taking a Trauma-Informed Approach to Music Education An awareness of the impact of trauma on learning and behaviour is gaining more and more traction in education, and it’s about time! Research in psychology has clearly demonstrated the link... 
by LotusCentreMusic | Oct 25, 2021 | Blog
By: Erin MacAfee Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Unmotivated. Inability to feel excited about teaching. Any of this sound familiar? As music teachers, most of us have personally experienced burnout at some point during our teaching careers or know someone who has. Between... 
by LotusCentreMusic | Sep 27, 2021 | Blog
By: Jeff Sabo Many of you may have had the following experience: you are teaching a student, and it has not been going well for a while now. You have been using all of your usual activities, tricks, and tips, and they don’t seem to be working. The student... 
by LotusCentreMusic | Aug 30, 2021 | Blog
By: Erin Parkes, PhD Teaching Music to Twice Exceptional Students As a music teacher, you may not be familiar with the term twice exceptional, but you’re most likely familiar with twice exceptional characters in popular culture. The eccentric genius, the... 
by LotusCentreMusic | Jul 28, 2021 | Blog
By: Jeff Sabo When you consider teaching exceptional students, you may find yourself thinking some of these thoughts: “That’s not my specialty…” “I don’t have the right personality…” “I have no idea where to start…” ...
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