This course is designed to benefit creative minded clinicians who aim to expand their clinical interventions, while practicing ethically within their skills and expertise. This course includes a definition of music therapy,as well as the different types of music therapy interventions. Each music therapy intervention type will be defined and illustrated with an experiential. The course will conclude with two short case samples, to demonstrate how the interventions can be applied throughout the course of treatment.
Session Learning Objectives
•To demonstrate that you gained an understanding of the music therapy definition
•To demonstrate you can identify the different types of music therapy interventions
•Highlight a clear understanding of music as therapy vs. music in therapy, promoting ethical implementations of interventions
•To demonstrate understanding of general music driven interventions you can safely implement in your clinical practice.
•To demonstrate the importance of making music together as a group, demonstrating a short moment of practical use of music to promote a sense of community in groups.
Course is a self-paced learning experience which includes a recorded training, powerpoint, closing sample activity, quiz and evaluation. all which must be completed to recieve certificate. This course is non-interactive.
Course Outline
Video Study Guide
Introductio20:24 mins
- Introduction
- History & Definition MT.pdf
- History & Definition MT
- Education.pdf
- Education MT
Overview of Music Therapy
29:06
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- Types of Music Experience.pdf
- Types of Music Experiences
- Therapuetic Agent in MT.pdf
- Therapuetic Agent in MT
- Areas and level of practice in MT.pdf
- Areas and levels of practice in MT
Music Therapy in Practice
94:33
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- Experiential_MTin Practice
- Receptive- Lay this burden down
- Improvisation- free or structure
- Composing A Song
- Audio of Creation and Performance
Closing
05:03
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- Cultural Assumption and Closing
- Closing Song and comments
- Reference
Closing Requirements
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- Introduction Music Therapy
- Evaluation Form