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Music Therapy and neurodivergent children with Samantha Foote

June 26, 2024 • Katey Fortun • Season 4 • Episode 170

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Samantha talked about learning, in her 30's, she has ADHD! We dive into her childhood, growing up, and now looking back at her life realizing that ADHD makes sense for her. She also talks about her career and the amazing business she owns all about helping neurodivergent children through music therapy. Her company also supports parents with childern that are neurodivergent. She also has a wonderful podcast called "Every Brain is Different Podcast". The link to that is below!

Samantha's Bio:
Samantha is the owner of Boise Music Therapy Company and the host of the Every Brain is Different Podcast. She is a board-certified music therapist, a Positive Discipline Parent Educator, and a registered Music Together teacher.
She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Utah State University and completed her Master of Music with a specialization in Music Therapy degree from Colorado State University. She is a Neurological Music Therapy Fellow and a Dialectical Behavior Therapy-informed Music Therapist.

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