Video library
YouTube library of videos from Serenade Parent-Child Music Class Program. The songs/activities are designed to promote positive parenting in support of child development and parent well-being with psychoeducation and suggested activities in the video descriptions. This curriculum has been used in published empirical studies (information below): https://www.youtube.com/@serenademusicclass
Song Library
YouTube library of songs written by parents supported by a music therapist in the Vanderbilt Mindfulness-Based Music and Songwriting Study. In this study, parents of children with developmental differences learned mindfulness strategies through songwriting and music-based meditations to support caregiver well-being: https://www.youtube.com/@vumusiccognition
Sample Publications:
Serenade Parent-Child Music Class Program to Support Family Well-Being:
Lense, M. D., Beck, S., Liu, C., Pfeiffer, R., Diaz, N., Lynch, M., … & Fisher, M. H. (2020). Parents, peers, and musical play: Integrated parent-child music class program supports community participation and well-being for families of children with and without autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 555717. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.555717/full
Lense, M., Liu, T., Booke, L., Crawley, Z., & Beck, S. (2022). Integrated parent–child music classes for preschoolers with and without autism: Parent expectations and experiences. Annals of the new York Academy of Sciences, 1517(1), 78-87. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14875
Music and Parent’s Affective Attachment to their Child:
Steinberg, S., Liu, T., & Lense, M. D. (2021). Musical engagement and parent-child attachment in families with young children during the Covid-19 pandemic. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 641733. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641733/full
Steinberg, S., Shivers, C. M., Liu, T., Cirelli, L. K., & Lense, M. D. (2021). Survey of the home music environment of children with various developmental profiles. Journal of applied developmental psychology, 75, 101296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101296