Creating Capacity: What Music Therapist Need to Know About Advocacy for Music in Early Childhood

by imagine | Oct 1, 2016 | Advocacy, Music Therapy, Young Children

Dena Register, Ph.D., MT-BC This podcast focuses on advocating for music and the arts in early childhood as a way for all children to interact, communicate, and grow. Resources: Who is my elected official? at https://capwiz.com/nra/dbq/officials/ What advocacy is...

What Music Therapists Need to Know About Engaging in Advocacy

by imagine | Oct 1, 2016 | Advocacy, International, Young Children

Amy Rodgers Smith, MMT, MT-BC This podcast discusses practical steps to engage in advocacy at every level with a variety of parents, professionals, and administrators. Resources: American Music Therapy Association (2016). Policy and advocacy. Retrieved from:...

What Music Therapists Need to Know About Starting a Private Practice

by imagine | Oct 1, 2016 | Business, Music Therapy, Young Children

Kimberly Sena Moore, Ph.D., MT-BC This podcast offers seven core principles underlying a successful private music therapy practice. Resources: Music Therapy Business Owners [Facebook Group] at https://www.facebook.com/groups/MusicTherapyBusinessOwners Score Small...

What Administrators Need to Know About Early Childhood Programming Budgets

by imagine | Oct 1, 2016 | Advocacy, Business, Music Therapy, Young Children

Adrienne C. Steiner, M.M., MT-BC This podcast addresses consideration for preparing and proposing a budget for a music therapy program to administrators. Resource: Download Handout About the Author: Adrienne C. Steiner is the clinical coordinator and primary therapist...

What Educators in Mexico Need to Know About Music Therapy and Early Childhood

by imagine | Oct 1, 2016 | Higher Education, International, Music Therapy, Young Children

Patricia E. Altieri Ramírez, M.A., B.A. This podcast discusses the status of professionals using music as a tool for learning and development with young children in Mexico. Resources: Akoschky, J. (2014). El lenguaje musical en la primera infancia. En P. Sarlé, E....

Beyond the Clinic: What Music Therapists Need to Know About Extending Their Services Into the Home

by imagine | Oct 1, 2016 | Generalization, Music Therapy, Parents, Young Children

Rachel Rambach, M.M., MT-BC This podcast provides several ways music therapists can extend their services outside of the clinic, giving parents the opportunity to continue reinforcing skills learned in music therapy at home. Resources: Rambach, R. (2015). Working...