American Music Therapy Association

"Music Therapy Perspectives" (Viega, Ed. May 2016) released a special edition on arts-based research (ABR), with the desire to connect clinical practice and research in music therapy. Featuring the authors of that journal, this CMTE is intended to further work on the "Music Therapy Research 2025" AMTA priority and help music therapy clinicians and researchers understand how to design, conduct, and disseminate ABR by providing current examples and hands-on experiential explorations. Audience members will be encouraged to creatively explore possible research questions, designs, and methods for ABR investigation. Come discover the artist-as-researcher within you!

Objectives:

• 1) Participants will learn about arts-based research and identify current examples of it in music therapy. CBMT Domain IV.A.2​
• 2) Participants will learn how to investigate clinical processes by utilizing research design methods that use the creative arts. CBMT Domain I.B.10;C.1,3,5; III.A.1.B.1,3.​
• 3) Participants will conduct performances that will represent group work findings exploring possible research questions. CBMT Domain IV.A.4;B.6,8.

Schedule (Time subject to change)

• 1-2PM: Welcome and Introduction to Arts-based Research, Michael Viega
• 2-3:30: Using Music to Explore Research Questions; Laura Beer, Michele Forinash, Michael Viega
• 3:30-3:50: Break
• 3:50-4:30: Using Creative Arts for Data Generation; Michele Forinash, Michael Viega, and Laura Beer
• 4:30-4:45: Break
• 4:45-5:45: Audience Performances of Workshop Material
• 5:45-6PM: Wrap-up