NEUROLOGIC MUSIC THERAPY TRAINING INSTITUTE
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.
Twenty-Ninth International Training Institute
February 23-26, 2012
Fort Collins, CO
The
R.F Unkefer Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy
invites you to attend the
Twenty-ninth
International Training Institute in Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT)
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
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.
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 NMT for three years. This training is open to other 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.
Training will begin at 8 am on Thursday morning and end at 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:
*For current NMT Members interested in refreshing your basic NMT skills
by re-taking the Training Institute, click here.
*
There will be a $50.00 late registration fee for registration forms postmarked more than 1
month prior to the training start date.
Partial
refunds are available by written request only.
Eighty-percent (80%) of fees will be refunded if the request is postmarked within 3 weeks of
the training.
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.
For more information on
music therapy continuing education activities, please visit the CBMT website
at: www.cbmt.org
Upcoming Training Institutes:
Details coming soon…
*******Teaching Faculty*******
Michael
H. Thaut
Michael H. Thaut
received his masters and PhD in music from Michigan State University. He is also a graduate of the Mozarteum Music Conservatory in Salzburg/Austria. At Colorado State University he is a
Professor of Music and a Professor of Neuroscience and serves as CoDirector of the School of the Arts and Chairman of the
Department of Music, Theatre and Dance since 2001. He has also directed the Center for
Biomedical Research in Music for 10 years.
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 since 1995 and was recently appointed as Visiting
Professor at Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences in the Department of
Music Therapy.
Dr. Thaut’s
internationally recognized research focuses on brain function in music,
especially time 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
120 scientific publications and has authored and coauthored 3 books. His words have appeared in German, Japanese,
Korean, Italian and Spanish language.
Popular TV media and numerous print media have featured his research
nationally and internationally. As a
former professional violist in the classic and folk genre he has recorded
several recordings of chamber and folk music in the US and Germany and has
toured in Europe extensively with folkbands and
chamber groups. He is also the author of
a landmark anthology of Northern European and American fiddle music. In 1995 his group ‘Folk Chamber Ensemble’
played 3 invited concerts at the Northwest German Summer Music Festival
entitled ‘Fold Meets Classics.’ He
continues to perform in small chamber and fold 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
*******Training Coordinator*******
Nicole
Wilshusen, MM, MT-BC, NMT
Nicole.Wilshusen@colostate.edu
*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.
970/491-3178
[michael.thaut@colostate.edu]