Early Intervention and singing?
I’m still a grad student and this is my second external placement. I love this setting and the child-led, neurodiversity-affirming approach, and my supervisor is really supportive. I can see her taking the effort and time to really try to support me. The thing I’ve been struggling with is adding music to the session. A lot of children on our caseload can sing and recite lyrics but cannot use speech or aac to request yet. My supervisor sings a lot and I feel like it is a great way to connect with the kids, develop joint attention skills, and encourage communication. The problem is that I can not really sing 💀 I love art and literature but for some reasons music has never been my interest, and I feel really uncomfortable singing in front of people. I am an introvert and a pretty reserved person, I do feel like this setting has brought me out of the shell a lot, and I am feeling more confident talking to parents and teachers. But thinking about singing just makes me really anxious. Just curious is it possible to be a good clinician without being able to sing? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I just kind of feel stuck at the moment. Maybe it is just another thing I can learn and do, and maybe there is another way to do it?
