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This Week

Kim Bell is a music therapist at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, LA and an Information Specialist for the American Music Therapy Association. She is trained in NICU Music Therapy, Infant Massage, and Neurologic Music Therapy.

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Next Week

Next week is Spring Break! So the Music Therapy Show will be taking a vacation. Enjoy your week! We will be back on March 22 talking with Ronna Kaplan about Community Music Schools.

Last Week

Last week, my guest was Natasha Thomas.She is a graduate of the University of North Dakota (MS, Special Education, BM Music Therapy, BA Honors Program) & Board Certified Music Therapist, serving individuals statewide through North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind (NDVS/SB) and ND School for the Deaf, in addition to private clients she sees in the home and in settings like LISTEN Day Services and the LISTEN Drop-In Center. Natasha is also a member of the American Music Therapy Association and regularly attends their annual conferences. She enjoys educating her community on Music Therapy, supervising UND practica students, and teaching/performing Middle Eastern Dance in her spare time (when she has it!) Her twitter handle is @MusicMovesND. You can email her at Natasha.MTBC@gmail.com

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About Me

I’m Janice Lindstrom, a board certified music therapist with over 15 years of experience using music to help adults and children work on motor skills, cognition, communication, and wellness. I’ve worked in hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, nursing homes, schools, and home health care. I currently maintain a private practice in Dallas, TX offering music therapy and adapted piano and guitar lessons. I have met many moms and dads who are overwhelmed with caring for their child who has a learning, neurological, or developmental disability. My passion is to help parents make their lives easier, and more fun, by connecting with their child through musical play. We all know that music is essential for healthy brain development, but I know busy parents may not know where to start. So my mission is to provide resources that parents can easily use during their day to offer that musical stimulation that is so important for our children.

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Kate draws upon her knowledge of the birth process and her experience co-treating with creative arts therapists to develop innovative curriculum for expectant parents. Her work includes the use of music therapy in pre-natal and post-partum care as well as music therapy during childbirth.  Kate is uniquely qualified to guide couples through childbirth and has implemented music therapy at nearly a dozen hospital and home births.  Ms. Taylor has presented her work at music therapy conferences and international conferences on parenting.

Kate is interested in connecting with other birth professionals and developing new research in music therapy assisted childbirth.  Please reach out to her to share your experiences and ideas.

Contact Kate Taylor at mymusictherapist@gmail.com or visit www.musictherapy4me.com for more information about her music therapy and doula services.

Follow her facebook page Creative Childbirth Concepts 

https://www.facebook.com/CreativeChildbirthConcepts

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Major areas of Dr. Reuer’s current professional involvement are in the area of music therapy program and job development in San Diego County including an international music therapy internship program.  In addition to her clinical work, she provides workshops and seminars (wellness, community building, stress management and pain management) nationally and internationally for health care professionals, educators and corporate clients.  She has authored and co-authored several books and articles.  Public notice of her work extends from recognition in publications to the Lifetime network show, New Attitudes, and the UCSDTV Health Matters:  Music and the Mind.   She has been interviewed in print media and television at the local, national and international levels.

Dr. Reuer is a 2008 Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative Awardee for excellence in pain management.  She has served as President of the National Association for Music Therapy and is recipient of the American Music Therapy Association’s national Professional Practice Award in 2000 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. In 2006, she was awarded by her peers the Betty Isern Howery Award, at the Western Regional AMTA conference, the highest award for professional contribution in the field of music therapy in the region.

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Since 2005, the American Music Therapy Association and the Certification Board for Music Therapists have collaborated on a State Recognition Operational Plan. The primary purpose of this plan is to get music therapy and our MT-BC credential recognized by individual states so that citizens can more easily access our services. The AMTA Government Relations staff and CBMT Regulatory Affairs staff provide guidance and technical support to state task forces throughout the country as they work towards state recognition. To date, their work has resulted in over 35 active state task forces, 2 licensure bills passed in 2011, 1 licensure bill passed in 2012, and an estimated 7 bills being filed in 2013 that seek to create either title protection or a licensure for music therapy. This month, our focus is on YOU and on getting you excited about advocacy.

What is Advocacy?

Advocacy is for anyone. Advocacy happens everywhere, any day of the week, any time you are engaging in a professional capacity. You can advocate at every level, from grassroots in your community to state agencies and governors to national legislators. In fact, any opportunity and conversation is a way to advocate for the profession.

Advocacy also happens within our profession–as when you talk to a person trained in music therapy about board certification. Plus, the skills needed to be an advocate are skills you already have, since you already advocate for your clients, your employment, and your pay.

Advocacy is a language. You need to know your audience and tailor your advocacy skills for that audience. It’s just like tailoring your clinical skills for different clinical populations. Don’t forget that experience is the best teacher–having your audience experience music therapy firsthand is very powerful.

What is the State Recognition Operational Plan and why is it important to music therapy?

The State Recognition Operational Plan is a national initiative being implemented jointly by CBMT and AMTA to obtain state recognition of music therapy and the MT-BC credential. This collaborative effort between AMTA Government Relations staff and CBMT Regulatory Affairs staff provides guidance and technical support to state task forces throughout the country as groups of music therapists work toward recognition as defined by their particular state.

The plan involves increasing awareness of the music therapy profession and of what it means to be board-certified. The ultimate goal is that, in all situations, the MT-BC be a minimum requirement as a service provision in every work setting.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT!

We are wrapping up Social Media Advocacy Month on January 25 by talking with Michael Ricucci and Michelle Murphy Akaras of Terra Rising Records. They are creating a documentary on the power of music in education and therapy, making the case for keeping music education in schools and for music therapy as an essential medical treatment.

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Since 2005, the American Music Therapy Association and the Certification Board for Music Therapists have collaborated on a State Recognition Operational Plan. The primary purpose of this plan is to get music therapy and our MT-BC credential recognized by individual states so that citizens can more easily access our services. The AMTA Government Relations staff and CBMT Regulatory Affairs staff provide guidance and technical support to state task forces throughout the country as they work towards state recognition. To date, their work has resulted in over 35 active state task forces, 2 licensure bills passed in 2011, 1 licensure bill passed in 2012, and an estimated 7 bills being filed in 2013 that seek to create either title protection or a licensure for music therapy. This month, our focus is on YOU and on getting you excited about advocacy.

CONNECT with Music Therapy

Our theme for this year is CONNECT:

C = Cooperation

O = Objective

N = Nurture

N = Nuance

E = Exchange

C = Coordination

T = Timing

How do you feel these relate to advocacy, to our ability to connect with our legislative and state agency officials, as well as our community and grassroots supporters?

On January 18, I’ll ask these questions of  Brian Abrams and Karen Goodman, also about the music therapy program at Montclair. The Music Therapy training program at Montclair State University is one of the oldest (1969) and foremost training programs in this country. It features closely supervised clinical work each semester, which takes place at both highly reputable local facilities as well as schools, nursing homes and hospitals in New York City. In addition, the program offers a Music Therapy Training Group, Introduction to Guided Imagery and Music, an on-campus music therapy clinic, and specialized courses in piano accompaniment and clinical improvisation. Guest clinicians from the U.S. and other countries frequently make presentations and give workshops. In the past, the following guest clinicians offered workshops and lectures to our students: Clive Robbins, Clare O’Callaghan (Australia), and Elaine Streeter (Great Britain).

The MSU Music Therapy program is the only program in the state of New Jersey for educating music therapists and one of the most competitively priced undergraduate and graduate program in the tri-state metropolitan New York City area. All students who have completed this program have found positions.

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Introduction: Advocacy –> Recognition –> Access

Since 2005, the American Music Therapy Association and the Certification Board for Music Therapists have collaborated on a State Recognition Operational Plan. The primary purpose of this plan is to get music therapy and our MT-BC credential recognized by individual states so that citizens can more easily access our services. The AMTA Government Relations staff and CBMT Regulatory Affairs staff provide guidance and technical support to state task forces throughout the country as they work towards state recognition. To date, their work has resulted in over 35 active state task forces, 2 licensure bills passed in 2011, 1 licensure bill passed in 2012, and an estimated 7 bills being filed in 2013 that seek to create either title protection or a licensure for music therapy. This month, our focus is on YOU and on getting you excited about advocacy.

This week, I’ll be talking with Victoria Storm from Oak Park Music Therapy about why she loves music therapy.

Oak Park Music Therapy is based in a client-centered model; clients are served through a process of assessment, treatment/educational planning, intervention, and evaluation. Services are provided by a Board Certified Music Therapist to a variety of clientele.  Home-based individual sessions, contractual arrangements with local facilities, and community based creativity workshops are the core of our offerings.

Our Music Therapist - Victoria Storm, MM, MT-BC uses the transformative power of music to assist people to gain new insights through the metaphors inherent in non-verbal and symbolic self expression.  Using the elements of music (rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, tempo, and dynamics) along with lyrics and story, Victoria customizes every session specifically for the needs of each client she sees.

Her clinical background includes 20 years of bringing music to persons in need through her work in a community music school, special education classrooms, physical and mental health hospitals, and elder care facilities.  Her Master and Bachelor of Music degrees in Music Therapy are from Western Michigan University.

Victoria is a singer/songwriter, forever dedicated to the healing power of music.

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Amy Clements-Cortes began her career as a music therapist, performer, and vocal teacher. Her extensive clinical experience involves working with a variety of clients including: geriatrics, adult psychiatry, palliative care, children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities and developmental delays, cognitive impairment, Parkinson’s, stroke, etcetera. Dr. Clements-Cortes has worked both in hospitals and nursing homes, including 15 years at Baycrest Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Her business Notes By Amy was founded in 1995 and provides a variety of professional services including: Summer Performing Arts Program, Private Music Therapy and Guided Imagery and Music Sessions, Performances, Clinical Music Therapy Supervision and Mentoring, Voice Lessons, Music Therapy Courses, and Research Collaboration.

Clements-Cortes obtained her Masters and Doctoral Degrees from the University of Toronto. Her work has been presented throughout the world at numerous conferences including: the World Federation of Music Therapy, European Music Therapy Congress, American Music Therapy Association, Canadian Association for Music Therapy, Ontario Gerontology Association Conference, International Symposium on Music Therapy in Supportive Cancer Care, and the International Congress on Palliative Care. Dr. Clements-Cortes’ scholarly writings have been published in the Canadian Journal of Music Therapy, Canadian Music Educator’s Journal, and the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

With her strong commitment and interest in supervision Clements-Cortes has written a handbook on Internship Supervision and created a workbook for workshops that she provides to train new Internship Supervisors. She has developed an on-line supervisor training course which is approved for CBMT credits. Her commitment in this area is evidenced in her volunteer work on the Canadian Association of Music Therapy (CAMT) Board of Directors where she held the position of Internship Chair for 5 years. Currently, she is President of CAMT, Clinical Commissioner for the World Federation of Music Therapy and Vice-Chair and BOD Member for the Room 217 Foundation.

Dr. Clements-Cortes has produced several recordings. Recently she released Soothing Relaxation Journeys and Episodes of Relationship Completion. Her collaboration with musician David Bradstreet saw the emergence of two therapeutic CDs: Theracalm and Therasleep. These CDs were specifically designed to target brain waves to induce states of calm and sleep for those experiencing anxiety, and sleep disorders. www.theramusic.com Her other areas of past and current research projects and interests includes: music to reduce pain perception; music to facilitate sleep; music therapy to reduce anxiety; and the incidence of burnout in palliative care music therapists.

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