Neurologic Music Therapy

5…No! 6 Bits of Mish-Mash and Nuggets

February 23, 2010

Today’s article is a bit of a mish-mash of different topics. I tried to find a common thread between them…but no luck. And I didn’t want to focus on one particular area because I thought you’d be interested in all of them! (You are, aren’t you?)
So here are 5 bits of mish-mash and nuggets, in [...]

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What is Music Therapy? (The Video)

September 24, 2009

I feel like I’ve finally entered the 21st century. Millions have done it before me, but I have procrastinated, putting it off until I felt “ready.” But I finally bit the bullet and buckled down until it was done.
I just uploaded my first video to YouTube.
In this video I answer the question “what is music [...]

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Therapeutic Relationships and Treatment Protocols: Can You Have It All?

September 1, 2009

Music therapists tend to specialize in a certain clinical area. Thus is makes sense that a board-certified music therapist can get advanced trainings and certifications beyond the MT-BC credential that help them work with certain clinical populations. Examples of available advanced trainings include:

NICU Music therapist (NICU MT)
Hospice and Palliative Care Music Therapy (HPMT)
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Musings on a Dancing Bird

May 14, 2009

It went viral. Millions of people have watched it. I posted links to three separate articles about it. It’s Snowball the dancing bird.
I listened to the following podcast this morning. Irena Schultz from NPR’s On Science did a more in-depth story on the science (and research) of dancing animals. To summarize:

It seems that Snowball adapts [...]

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