Creative Tutors of Wake County, North Carolina
Category: music
Jan 13 | Interactive Metronome Therapy
Interactive Metronome therapy is a neuro-motor therapy that assists people in reaching greater functional gains in a much shorter period of time than traditional therapies. An IM program provides a structured, goal-oriented process that challenges the child to synchronize a range of hand and foot exercises to a precise, computer-generated reference tone which is usually heard through headphones. The child attempts to match the rhythmic beat with repetitive motor actions.
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Nov 06 | Music, Music, Music
6,440,000. That's how many results you get when you do a Google search on "music and brain development." Certainly there's no shortage of information backing up the idea that our brains and music are as compatible as Adam and Eve or Romeo and Juliet. The fact is: our brains love music. Our brains thrive on music. Our brains physiologically change in response to music. In Dr. Oliver Sacks' book, Musicophilia, he states: "Anatomists would be hard put to identify the brain of a visual artist, a writer, or a mathematician - but they could recognize the brain of a professional musician without a moment's hesitation." Dr. Michael Thaut writes in his book, Rhythm, Music, and the Brain, "The brain that engages in music is changed by this engagement."
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Meet Kim Ashby | Owner
Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.
Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Mark Twain