Welcome to Music Therapy Kids
music strategies for kids wih special needs
Meet Mary
Mary is the founder and creator of Music Therapy Kids. She is a board certified music therapist since 2007. Mary has a passion to help parents, teachers, and therapists use music strategies with children who have special needs. That’s when Music Therapy Kids was born!

Locally
Mary is the owner of Sound Starts Music, a center for music therapy and adapted music lessons in Frisco, TX. At Sound Starts children grow bright and strong through music! Mary is a firm believer that music is a language that transcends DIS-ability and creates A-bility.
Mary also serves as Client Services Manager for Music Therapy Services of Texas and provides IEP based evaluations and contractual music therapy services to school districts across the metroplex.

Professional Organizations
Mary is an active member of the American Music Therapy Association and is Vice-President Elect of the Southwestern Region American Music Therapy Association. She enjoys attending national and regional music therapy conferences and has presented at regional conferences about her work with children.

The Family
Mary is married to Ben and they have two children – Jaxon & Lily. She enjoys reading and “pinteresting” in her spare time! Mary is known for having an idea every five seconds and loves being a creative entrepreneur!

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