AZ Aspire Academy

HistoryIn January of 2011, Jackie returned to Tucson, AZ where she currently runs her own private practice serving a wide variety of clients. She subcontracts with various adult day programs, after-school programs for children with and without disabilities, and summer and winter camps for children with and without disabilities. She also substitutes at the VA Hospital's Crisis Intervention Unit and the Neurogeriatric Unit as well as nursing homes. She plans to continue with her practice and hopes to have the honor of enriching as many people's lives through music as she can.SpecialtiesJackie, a board certified music therapist, offers private one on one music therapy sessions, sibling/pair music therapy sessions, group music therapy sessions, and traditional/adapted instrumental lessons to a wide variety of clients ranging in age and disabilities. Groups are designed to work on academic readiness along with social skills. Typical session lengths are 30, 45, or 60 minutes long. Most clients have one session per week. However, there are clients that have as many as three sessions a week and as few as one session every other week.