Music Therapy
Music therapy is an allied health care profession with an independent certifying body.
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Music Therapy: Emerging Trends in Research and Clinical Practice
On May 4 and 5, 2012 the Music Therapy Association of Washington will host an exciting two-day event at Seattle Pacific University for music therapists, expressive arts therapists, healthcare workers, and the public. From 12-4pm on May 4, Dr. James Gardiner will be offering his “BrainTuning” wellness playshop (see below). May 5 will feature Dr. James Gardiner as keynote speaker followed by afternoon break out sessions led on a variety of topics by local professional music therapists. Attendance at the keynote speech from 9:30-11:30 is free, cost of the afternoon concurrent sessions is $40. Visit the Music Therapy Association of Washington website for more information and mtaw2012.eventbrite.com to register.
Brain Tuning:
You are invited to a Wellness Playshop, designed to improve your attention, memory, and problem solving, and based on research in Music Therapy and Neuroscience.
During this Wellness Training you will:
Learn that attention to all aspects of your life—physical, emotional, social, spiritual, mental, and daily living—can work together to improve your mental abilities.
Understand how attention—Living in the here-and-now—is part of the foundation for good mental functioning.
Learn the principles and specific techniques for improving your memory.
Use constructive thinking in order to get what you want from life.
Develop your executive functioning skills so you can become more motivated, set goals, plan, execute plans, and make necessary adjustments in order to reach your objectives.
Utilize the power of music to enrich your life and improve your mental abilities.
Develop a personal Brain Improvement Plan.
Seattle Pacific University
May 4, 2012, 12:00pm to 4:00 p.m. $50
Go to mtaw2012.eventbrite.com for details and online registration
Presented by James C. Gardiner, Ph.D.
Dr. Gardiner is a Neuropsychologist from Rapid City, South Dakota. As a musician, he has developed musical treatments for neurological injuries, and has researched how music improves brain functioning. He has presented BrainTuning in Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Cleveland, San Diego, San Francisco, Boise, and Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Music therapy on Weekday
KUOW FM 94.9 Seattle February 24, 2011
People with neurological disorders that prevent talking or moving, are often able to sing or dance. Doctors and therapists have been harnessing this power of music for many years. Music therapy has also helped lessen the pain of cancer patients, and calm behaviorally challenged adolescents or those with autism. KUOW’s Steve Scher talks with music therapists Dr. Deforia Lane, Patti Catalano and David Knott about their profession today.
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When we play and listen to music, we are profoundly effected in many ways. Music calms us, motivates us, inspires us; it establishes and recalls memories, can help us learn, even marks important points in our lives and draws us together in shared experience. How and why music effects us has been examined from many different theoretical perspectives and research methodologies.
Recent advances in brain imaging technology are influencing how music therapists understand these effects on the brain and plan interventions to meet clinical needs and in some cases facilitate new neural pathways where others are damaged.
Resources to learn more about music neuroscience:
Canadian Geographic magazine article with visual representations of brain regions engaged by specific musical tasks.
University of Washington’s Eric Chudler put together some neuroscience resources for kids, his “The Musical Brain” is most excellent and suitable for all ages.
The Brain Injury Association of Sudbury & District’s brain map with corresponding descriptions of function.
_______________________________For more about music therapy, please visit:
American Music Therapy Association: http://www.musictherapy.org
Certification Board for Music Therapists: http://www.cbmt.org
Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy and Center for Biomedical Research in Music: http://www.colostate.edu/dept/cbrm/
Music Therapy Voices, World Forum for Music Therapy: http://www.voices.no/
Music Therapy Research Blog: http://www.musictherapyresearchblog.com/
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Recent Article:
11th International Conference of Music Perception and Cognition
David Knott, MT-BC, NMT is a board-certified music therapist, fellow in the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy, instrument maker, improvisor and composer living and working in Seattle. He specializes in using musical improvisation to engage and facilitate therapeutic change with critically ill infants, children, adolescents and their families at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
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Music Therapy in the News
Read a press release about availability of Dr. Jayne Standley’s Pacifier Activated Lullaby system to improve non-nutritive sucking skills in hospitalized premature infants.
A Bangkok Post article illustrating the use of the therapeutic instrument music performance technique facilitating range of motion exercises with a young person with cerebral palsy. Music therapy is happening in Thailand.
Wounded warriors in San Diego participate in 8 week Neurologic Music Therapy groups to work on pain and stress management and improved motor function, memory and speech articulation skills.
Recent article in the UK’s Telegraph about how Representative Gabrielle Giffords engagement in music therapy is aiding her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head. Good Morning America article with more information about how music therapy is being used with Rep. Giffords. Excellent context for the effectiveness of music therapy provided in this article informed by Dorita Berger and Connie Tomaino.
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The Music Never Stopped
A new movie telling the story of Dr. Connie Tomaino’s work with a young man with a brain tumor and how music therapy provides a bridge for communication between him and his estranged family. Click here for info about the movie and screenings in your area.
Press Release at the San Francisco Chronicle
Marshall Fine’s Huffington Post review of The Music Never Stopped.
