American Music Therapy Association

This CMTE will provide participants with an array of musical resources, accessible experiences in clinical improvisation, and practical techniques in the flexible use of clinical compositions. Instructors create a supportive learning environment in which participants can renew their relationship to music and apply the self-learning to clinical work with a range of clients. Excerpts will illustrate the use of musical interventions with the many populations served at the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy in New York City.

Objectives:

1. Participants will identify at least three principles and practices of the Nordoff-Robbins Model of Music Therapy (II.A.3. d, f;  II.A.4. c-f.)

2. Participants will identify the clinical functions of various elements of music (II.A.5.a-i, o, x, aa, ac)

3. Participants will state ways in which clients’ moment-to-moment responses—instrumental, vocal, physical, verbal and/or emotional—may be incorporated in goal-directed improvisation (II.A. 1. a, b; A.2. u, w, aa, ac, ao, ap, aq, av; A.5. a, d, f, o, r, x, z, aa, ac)

Schedule:

Introduction to basic principles and practices of Nordoff-Robbins music therapy: 30 minutes
Workshop on the clinical functions of various elements of music: 60 minutes
Break: 15 minutes
Clinical examples of moment-to-moment responses in goal-directed improvisations 80 minutes
Break: 20 minutes
Principles and practices of Nordoff-Robbins group music therapy: 80 minutes
Course Evaluation: 15 minutes