003. Clinical transfers, isolation, and overcoming barriers in the Dominican Republic with Luis Armando Rivera

Meet our guest:

Luis Armando Rivera is a music therapist and clinical psychologist from the Dominican Republic. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelors Degree in Clinical Psychology from the Universidad Iberoamericana UNIBE in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2007. Later, he pursued a Bachelors Degree in Music Therapy at Berklee College of Music, interning at Florida Hospital Orlando (now AdventHealth), and then working at Joyful Music Therapy from 2012 to 2013. Luis has received additional training in NICU Music Therapy and Neurologic Music Therapy from the Robert F. Unkefer Academy. He later returned to the Dominican Republic in 2013, where he is the Coordinator of Complementary Therapies at CAID (Center for the Integral Attention to Children with Disabilities), an initiative of the First Lady of the Dominican Republic where children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, and Down Syndrome receive a diversity of medical and therapeutic services. He also works in his private practice, seeing a diverse population of patients both as a music therapist as well as a Clinical Psychologist. In 2016, he taught the Intro to Music Therapy course at Universidad Iberoamericana UNIBE. In the past year, he has released 4 singles of his own music.

References:

• “Atención Atención” main website


• Delicious mofongo recipe!


• Chicharrón


• “In the Heights” by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Dominican concentrations in the USA:

• New York


• Florida


• New England

Popular Songs and Artists to Learn:

• “La Bilirrubina” by Juan Luis Guerra (merengue classic!)


• Reggaeton songs (make sure they are appropriate!)


• “Compadre Pedro Juan”


• Aventura


• Monchy y Alexandra


• Prince Royce

Musical genres:

• Merengue


• Perico Ripia’o


• Bachata

Instruments:

• Tambora


• Congas

Dominican Spanish rules:

1. Substitute certain “r” for “l” and contractions (Ex. Marcado [marked] =Malca’o)


2. Dropped “r” and “l” when at the end of words (Ex. Comprar [to buy] = Comprá)


3. Northerners change words that end in “r” with “i” and “s” is dropped (Ex. Martes [Tuesday] = Maite) 

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