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Education Flow's services are rooted in academic research, teaching experience, and practice. We then use these to write/publish papers and books; lecture at colleges and universities; present staff development workshops; mentor teachers; and speak at conferences. Through all of this, we hope to advance the uses of music in schools and develop it as the dynamic resource it is within education.
Patrick Cerria is the Director of Education Flow, a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation. He started Education Flow because of his passionate belief that it's time to expand the way music is used in education. It is a combination of grants, staff development workshops, speaker engagements, and teaching that further this work which fuels his creativity as well as inspiration in showing how music is an amazing resource to all staff and students.
Patrick recently published/presented an academic study on the effectiveness of music based strategies on Autistic children with speech delays, and is now collaborating with a fellow music researcher on a larger study that will go deeper into that area. He also had a paper published in the international music research journal Le Rythme alongside 12 other researchers from around the world. Patrick’s book, Finding The Flow: How Dalcroze Eurythmics and A New Approach to Music Education Can Improve Public Schools, is currently on the syllabus for a graduate music education course at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where he is also a guest lecturer. His book was selected as a featured title for the SXSW EDU Conference bookstore in 2023 and 2024 in Austin, Texas. Patrick was recently asked to contribute a lecture to the Berklee College of Music Digital Learning Platform.
Balancing his commitment to education, Patrick works as the music teacher for a public county school district, teaching developmentally and emotionally diverse student populations. He recently received a grant to develop a curriculum that uses music notation to teach mathematical algorithms to at-risk students and is currently implementing that curriculum in a high school math class.
Patrick’s passion for music education is rooted in his studies in Dalcroze Eurhythmics. He completed a three-year study in Dalcroze at The Juilliard School in Manhattan, and is currently advancing his studies at The Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Prior to his career in education, Patrick spent over ten years as a professional touring musician, concluding as the drummer for the band Fossil, which recorded two albums for Warner Brothers records and toured internationally. He and his wife, Laura, have been married for over twenty-five years. When not spending time with their two children and dog, they are committed to finding the best pizza in New Jersey.
According to the National Center for Educational Statistics - 15% of American public school children require special education services. That's 7.3 million children nationwide. In addition to these populations, the CDC reports the following data related to children's mental health ages 2-17:
- 9.8% have an ADHD diagnosis (approximately 6.0 million)
- 9.4% have an anxiety diagnosis (approximately 5.8 million)
- 8.9% have a behavioral classification (approximately 5.5 million)
- 4.4% have a diagnosis of depression (approximately 2.7 million)
Are your music teachers:
- Currently available to classroom teachers to implement music based classroom management strategies?
- Available to behaviorally classified students to assist in self-regulation protocols?
- Available to school speech or occupational therapists to enhance their protocols?
- Providing SEL lessons and exercises?
Most tend to view music in school within the classic context of band, chorus, orchestra or general music class. Of course we still believe these are essential to a child's complete education ⏤ but also believe music is one of the most underused resources in schools today.
It's time to change that.
The music toolbox runs deep, and the tools music provides can be used to enhance lesson plans, improve social and emotional learning, assist with student/teacher classroom dynamics, and many other things. At Education Flow we see music beyond the notes and believe it can be used in a number of dynamic and creative ways that can benefit your entire school.
Let us come in and show you how!
Please call or email us directly with any questions. You can also go to our form to request a meeting.
We like to think of our workshops as a combination music/design/art studio combined with a laboratory. Teachers always tell us how excited they were because they were moving, interacting, and creating together for the duration of the workshop. Our staff development does NOT involve teachers sitting in chairs for extended periods of time watching Powerpoint decks. We are up, moving, laughing, creating and interacting together.
Here's a sample of what what teachers are saying about our staff development workshops:
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