NEUROLOGIC MUSIC THERAPY TRAINING INSTITUTE
Thirty-Fourth
International Training Institute
October 17-20, 2013
Fort Collins, CO
Colorado State University/University Center for the Arts
Academy training in NMT is recognized
by the World Federation for Neurologic Rehabilitation (WFNR)
and the International Society
of Clinical Neuromusicology (CNM).
Members of CNM and the
WFNR’s special interest group for NMT are conducting the academy training.
Neurologic Music Therapy is
defined as the therapeutic application of music to cognitive, sensory, and
motor function due to neurologic disease of the human nervous system.
Neurologic Music Therapy is research-based. Its treatment techniques are based
on the scientific knowledge in music perception and production and the effects
thereof on nonmusical brain and behavior functions. Populations served by
Neurologic Music Therapists include, but are not limited to: stroke, traumatic
brain injury, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer's
disease, autism, and other neurological diseases affecting cognition, movement,
and communication (e.g., MS, Muscular Dystrophy, etc).
The 4-day, 30-hour workshop will
provide therapists with advanced clinical training and scientific knowledge in
the field of NMT.
Upon successful completion of this course and a
written test, a certificate of completion in advanced Neurologic Music
Therapy training will be issued by the Robert F. Unkefer
Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy.
Completion of the NMT training allows the board-certified music
therapist to practice and use the credential of Neurologic Music Therapist
(NMT) for three years. This training is
open to students and professionals outside of the field of music therapy, however, completion
of the NMT training does NOT allow one to practice outside their professional
licensure-training certification.
There are no required prerequisites to take this training. Completion of the training in its entirety is
expected to gain the NMT credential and certificate
Upon completion of this course, participants, will:
1) Be able to
demonstrate a basic definition and introductory knowledge about neurologic
music therapy (NMT), including the taxonomy of techniques used in NMT;
2) Demonstrate an increased knowledge of current
research supporting NMT techniques;
3) Demonstrate a
working knowledge of the Transformational Design Model; a model to assist in
treatment selection based on functional goals;
4) Identify current clinical assessments that
can be used by NMT’s for treatment evaluation
5) Be able to answer basic neuroanatomy
and pathology questions related to a variety of neurologic disorders.
Training will begin at 8 am on Thursday morning and end by noon on Sunday. Please make sure that your travel
arrangements allow you adequate time to get to/from the airport (a 1 ½-2 hour
trip), as completion of the training
in its entirety is expected to gain the NMT credential and certificate.
The following links will provide you with more
information about registering for the
training, useful hotel and transportation
information, and a training schedule
for the weekend:
Registration
and Payment Information
*For current NMT Members
interested in refreshing your basic NMT skills, register to re-take the
Training Institute - click here.
Hotel and
Airport Shuttle Information
We strongly encourage
you to make your hotel reservation as soon as possible. The training weekend is
busy for the hotels and room availability cannot be guaranteed after the
reservation cut-off date.
*The 30-hour
Institute will provide the board-certified music therapist with 36 CMTE credits
that can be applied towards recertification.
Your certificate of completion can be submitted as proof of your
attendance and participation.
Upcoming Institutes…
*May 15-19, 2013 – Thirty-Second International
Training Institute – Toronto – Training Full
*June 13-16, 2013 –
SRH Rehabilitation Hospital Bad Wimpfen
For more details, contact:
or
*September 26-29, 2013 –
Thirty-Third International Training Institute – Enschede,
Holland - http://www.artez.nl/Music/Music_Therapy/Neurologic_Music_Therapy_Trainings
*November 21-24 -
Yoshikawa Rehabilitation Hospitals Tokyo
For
more details, contact:
*January 30-February 2, 2014 – Thirty-Fourth
International Training Institute – Fort Collins, Colorado
*******Teaching Faculty*******
Dr. Michael H. Thaut
Michael H Thaut received his masters and PhD in music from Michigan
State University with a minor in movement science. He also studied at the Mozarteum Music University in Salzburg/Austria and holds a
German Diplom in Psychology and Education. At
Colorado State University he is a Professor of Music and a Professor of
Neuroscience and served as Administrative Director of the School of the Arts
from 2001 to 2010. He has been the Director of the Center for Biomedical
Research in Music since 1994. He was a Visiting Professor of Music at the Mozarteum in 1985, and a Visiting Professor of Kinesiology
at the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor in 1993. He has also been a Visiting
Scientist in Neurology at Duesseldorf University
Medical School 1995-2001, a Visiting Professor at Heidelberg University of
Applied Sciences in 2002. He holds a Visiting Professorship of Music at
Kurashiki Sakuyo University/Japan since 2005. Since
2010, he holds the position of Chancelor of the
SRH-University System Germany, an alliance of 6 private colleges, and also
served as Interim President of the SRH University of Health Sciences in
Gera.
Dr. Thaut’s internationally recognized
research focuses on brain function in music, especially temporal information
processing in the brain related to rhythmicity and biomedical applications of
music to neurologic rehabilitation of cognitive and motor function. He received
the National Research Award in 1993 and the National Service Award in 2001 from
the American Music Therapy Association. He has over 130 scientific publications
and has authored and coauthored 4 books. His works have appeared in German,
Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Spanish language. Popular TV media and numerous
print media have featured his research nationally and internationally. He is an
elected member and the treasurer of the World Academy of Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology, a member of the management committee of
the World Federation of Neurologic Rehabilitation, and serves as Vice President
of the International Society for Music and Medicine. He was elected in 2007 as
President of the International Society for Clinical Neuromusicology.
As a former professional violinist in the classic and folk genre he
has recorded several LPs/CDs of chamber and folk music in the US and Germany
and has toured in Europe extensively. He is also the author of a landmark
anthology of European and North American folk fiddle music. In 1995 his group
‘Folk Chamber Ensemble ‘ played 3 invited concerts at the Northwest German
Summer Music Festival entitled ‘Folk Meets Classic’. He continues to perform in
small chamber and folk ensembles as time permits.
Dr. James
Gardiner
A neuropsychologist at the Community
Transitions brain injury rehabilitation center in Rapid City, South Dakota, Dr.
Gardiner performs neuropsychological evaluations and teaches wellness classes
on how to improve mental skills using musical and cognitive exercises. His education: a master’s degree in speech from the
University of Nebraska, a PhD in speech-communication from Michigan State
University, a PhD in psychology from Utah State University, and a clinical
psychology internship at the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Hospital. As a NMT-Fellow, he has developed music based
cognitive treatments for neurological injuries, and for the past few years has
conducted research on the effects of music on brain functioning. He lives in Rapid City with his wife. He has three adult sons and six
grandchildren.
Sarah B.
Johnson
Sarah Johnson received her MM
degree in Music Therapy from Colorado State University (1989) and her BS degree
in Music Therapy from the University of Minnesota (1984). She supervises graduate music therapy
students at CSU, and co-coordinates the community therapeutic outreach program
of the Center for Biomedical Research in Music (CBRM). She also assists with the International
Training Institutes and Fellowship Trainings in Neurologic Music Therapy held
at CBRM. Since graduate teaching
assistant days at CSU, she has either taught, substituted for colleagues,
and/or guest lectured in a variety of courses in the
music therapy departments. Sarah has
presented on Neurologic Music Therapy on the state, regional and national level
as well as in Canada, Japan and South Korea.
In addition to her work at CSU, Sarah is the neurologic music therapists
for the In-patient Rehabilitation and Out-patient Children’s Therapy Serviced
of Poudre Valley Hospitals programs. The
American Music Therapy Association recently awarded Sarah the “Professional
Practice Award” which recognizes “a significant contribution to the profession
by utilizing special skills and/or knowledge in the therapeutic practice,
clinical supervision, education and/or administration.”
Dr.
Blythe LaGasse
Dr. LaGasse received a Bachelor
of Music in Music Therapy from the University of Kansas, a Master of Music in
Music Therapy from Colorado State University.
She completed her Doctoral Degree in Music Therapy at the University of
Kansa. She teaches both undergraduate
and graduate courses and is Director of Music Therapy Clinical Practicum. Her clinical background included working with
persons with autism and developmental disabilities, woth
an emphasis in speech and language communication. She has contributed to several music therapy text including An Introduction to Music Therapy: Theory and
Practice (3rd ed.) and Introduction to Approaches in Music Therapy
(2nd ed.). Dr. LaGasse’s research interests include the effect of auditory
stimuli for motor synchronization in children and the use of music therapy for
development of speech in children with neurological and developmental
disabilities.
Gerald C.
McIntosh, MD
Dr. Gerald McIntosh, a
neurologist and neurorehabilitation specialist,
serves as the medical director for the Center for Biomedical Research. Dr. McIntosh currently has his own practice,
Neurology Associates of Northern Colorad and is also
affiliated with many local hospitals and clinics, including the Center for Neurorehabilitation Services, Poudre Valley Hospital,
Medical Center of the Rockies and Northern Colorado Reahbilitation
Hospital. Dr. McIntosh has published
over 45 studies, several of which have been done in conjunction with the Center
for Biomedical Research. In addition,
Dr. McIntosh has served as an Ad Hoc Reviewer for the journal Neurology on
multiple occasions and has been a clinical assistant professor at the
University of Colorado in both neurology and family medicine.
Ruth R.
Rice, DPT
Ruth Rice, Physical Therapist,
has been involved with research on the effects of rhythm and music for the
neurological rehabilitation techniques for the last 20 years, and has also been
a clinician treating orthopedic and neurological diagnoses for the last 22
years. Ruth received her Masters degree in Physical Therapy in 1988 and a Doctorate
in Physical Therapy in 2008. She has
been a clinician at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins for the last 20
years and also is an instructor/facilitator for 3 Neurologic Music Therapy
community exercise groups per week, she also continues with research projects
with the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State Univeristy.
Corene P.Thaut
Corene P. thaut is a special assistant professor of music
therapy in the Department of Music Theatre and Dance at Colorado State
University. She has also been a research
associate at The Center for Biomedical Research in Music since 1997. She worked as a Neurologic Music Therapist at
the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University Medical School in
Atlanta from 1992-1995 and at Poudre Valley Hospital in For Collins from
1997-2003. Her clinical experience has
included work with stroke, Parkinson’s Disease,
traumatic brain injury, multiple schlerosis,
Alzheimer’s disease and autism. She has
served on the exam committee of the Nation Certification Board for Music Therapy )CBMT) as both a member and Committee Chair from
2001-2006, and is currently an elected member of the National Board of Directors
(8 National Directors) for CBMT. She has
also served as President and Vice President of the Midwestern Region of
American Music Therapy Association. She
has several research publications and three recent book chapters to her
credit: Music Therapy in Pediatric
Healthcare: Research and Evidence Based Practice (AMTA), An Introduction to
Music Therapy (Davis, Gfeller, Thaut, 2008) and the
Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology (Oxford University Press, 2009).
********Program Coordinator*******
Corene Thaut, MM, MT-BC, NMT
Corene.Thaut@colostate.edu
View Institute Schedule at: www.colostate.edu/depts/CBRM/
*The International Neurologic Music Therapy Training
Institute is approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT)
for 36 Continuing Music Therapy Education (CMTE) credits. Credits awarded by CBMT are accepted by the
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC).
CBMT maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT
policies and criteria, contact us.
Completion of this course does not
ensure that the participant is currently a Board Certified Music Therapist
(MT-BC).
Verify music therapy board
certification status at www.cbmt.org.