How Important are Music Skills for the Music Therapist?

How Important are Music Skills for the Music Therapist? As an educator and clinical supervisor, the question regarding the importance of music skills on the part of music therapists continues to repeat itself. How important is it for the music

What informs treatment and clinical interventions? Past or Present?

Abstract: Research on the Effectiveness of Music Therapy & DIR/Floortime with Children with Autism (does this count as evidence? why? why not?)         The Effectiveness of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy within a Developmental, Individual-Differences, Relationship-based (DIR®)/Floortime™ Framework to

Musical Resources for Improvising Music Therapists: Mixolydian for the Guitar & Voice

Below is a brief introduction to the mixolydian mode for the guitar. Also included,  are some practice ideas to help incorporate this mode into your clinical tool box.  I. INTRODUCING MIXOLYDIAN Mixolydian Mode The relationship to the major scale Relationship

Individual Music-Centered Assessment Profile Assessing Level II on the IMCAP-NDRC: Musical (self) Regulation

The Individual Music-Centered Assessment Profile for Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Relating and Communicating (IMCAP-NDRC®) is a population specific, music-centered based music therapy assessment profiling system targeting specific areas of musical resposnsiveness pertaining to the child’s ability to engage, relate and communicate within