November 5, 2010 - Hospice Music Therapy

This week, I welcome Jennifer Haskins to the show to talk about Hospice Music Therapy.

Jennifer Haskins, the Music Therapy Department Manager and Internship Director at Big Bend Hospice, is a board certified music therapist and has been serving hospice patients and families for over 5 years. Upon graduation from Florida State University, Jennifer completed Internship working with older adults at Sunshine Terrace Foundation in Logan, Utah. She began working at Big Bend Hospice in March, 2005 and was assigned to the hospice in-patient unit where she gained experience in helping terminally ill patients and their families with acute care needs. Jennifer has also served on the facilities hospice team, and multiple home based hospice teams. In the last two years, Jennifer has collaborated with the Bereavement department, serving children and teen bereavement groups, adult groups and individuals. She is currently leading two bereavement groups in the community, serving individuals in residential court-ordered substance rehab facilities. Above all, the focus of Jennifer's career is to continue to push forward and explore and learn as much as possible.

Listen live at noon Eastern, 11 am Central, 10 am Mountain, 9 am Pacific. Or check out the archived show if you missed the live broadcast. Or make it easy on yourself and subscribe to the show in iTunes.

For more information about Big Bend Hospice, check out www.bigbendhospice.org or email Jennifer.
For more information on Hospice Music Therapy, check out these shows:

• June 13, 2009 - Pastoral Music Therapy

• December 13, 2008 - Palliative Care & Hospice

Leave a comment here and let me know what you think!

October 29, 2010 - Erfurt Music Resource

I am excited to have Michelle Erfurt as my guest this week. Michelle currently provides music therapy at Treasure Coast Hospice and in private practice. She has experience working with a variety of individuals of all ages diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders, motor function problems, intellectual delays, communication disorders, medical problems and social skill needs. Michelle has provided music therapy services at the Orlando campus of Florida Hospital and in private practice before relocating to Florida’s Treasure Coast. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Therapy from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania as well as nationally recognized Board Certification. Michelle has also completed specialized certifications in Neurologic Music Therapy and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Music Therapy. She serves as the Membership Committee Chairperson and Student Advisor for the Southeastern Regional chapter of the American Music Therapy Association.

Michelle also maintains The Erfurt Music Resource, a collection of individuals working to promote items and information related to music and music therapy. And she is one of the members of the Music Therapy Roundtable, along with Kimberly Sena Moore and Rachel Rambach.

Listen live at noon Eastern, 11 am Central, 10 am Mountain, 9 am Pacific. Or check out the archived show if you missed the live broadcast. Or make it easy on yourself and subscribe to the show in iTunes.

Leave a comment here and let me know what you think!

October 20, 2010 - Technology and Music Therapy

This week I have an event to attend on Friday, so The Music Therapy Show will broadcast live on Wednesday at 1:00 pm Eastern, 12:00 noon Central, 11:00 am Mountain, and 10:00 am Pacific. Missed the live show? Check out the archives here, or download through iTunes.

My guest this week is John Lawrence, a music therapist practicing in Edmonton, AB Canada. He graduated from Temple University in 1995 with a Master's degree in music therapy and has been in private practice since that time. His specialty area has been geriatrics, especially those with Alzheimer's type dementia and more recently, veterans of multiple conflict zones. He has continually been interested in the use of technology, as it can be utlized to enhance clinical knowledge and skills, and has incorporated various technologies into his instruction of several "Introduction to Music Therapy" courses. He is currently serving as chairperson of the 1st ever, Online Conference for Music Therapy (to be held on March 5-6, 2011). John is affiliated with the Canadian Association for Music Therapy and is past-president of the Music Therapy Association of Alberta (MTAA).

Here are the links mentioned in the show:

Elluminate: www.elluminate.com
Creative commons: www.creativecommons.org
Canadian Association for Music Therapy (CAMT): www.musictherapy.ca

My practice:
John Lawrence MMT, MTA
JL Music Therapy Services
Edmonton, AB
CANADA
Ph: (780) 288-1390
E-mail: jlmt@telus.net

OCMT2011 Conference Info:

WHEN: *Online Conference for Music Therapy (OCMT2011) - March 5-6, 2011

WHERE: Online via Internet

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:
Facebook: OCMT2011 - Online Conference for Music Therapy
Twitter: #OCMT2011
Blog: onlineconference4mt.wordpress.com
E-mail: ocmt2011@gmail.com

Conference registration to commence Nov. 1st, 2010 via our website. Check the resources listed above for more details and contact information. Special rates available for students and groups of MT professionals/educational sites!

*Training for participants and presenters will be available in the new year (2011) prior to the conference. If anyone is interested in a demo of the Elluminate solution, please contact me directly at: jlmt@telus.net. John is presently looking for individuals who could spend 20-30 minutes, to allow me to practice my moderator skills, and learn about the Elluminate product.

October 15, 2010 - imagine with Dr. Petra Kern

imagine, is the first annual online magazine dedicated to Early Childhood Music Therapy, sponsored by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). The purpose of this new publication is to improve access to and distribute knowledge and information about early childhood music therapy in clinical terms.

imagine is free to everyone and accessible around the world. The inaugural issue of imagine has been released on September, 1 2010 with over 50 contributions from 10 countries. Initial reviews of imagine readers speak for a remarkable success of AMTA’s new publication line. You can find imagine on the web at www.imagine.musictherapy.biz

Today, I am speaking with Dr. Petra Kern, the editor of imagine. She will tell as more about the development, goals, and content of the new early childhood online magazine.

Listen live at Noon Eastern, 11 am Central, 10 am Mountain, 9 am Pacific. Call in during the show: 646-652-2850 to listen or join the discussion. Subscribe on iTunes. Or listen to the archived show, available 15 minutes following the end of the show.

October 8, 2010 - Creating Performance Opportunities

Last week I talked about the therapeutic benefits of performance. This week I will discuss how to find or create the right performance opportunity for your child.

Listen live at 12 noon Eastern, 11:00 Central, 10:00 Mountain, 9:00 Pacific, or listen to the archived show (available 15 minutes after the show ends), or subscribe via iTunes.

I would love to hear from you about what topics you'd like to hear in the future. Leave me a comment and let me know that you listen and why! Have a great week!

October 1, 2010 - Performance

I have many clients who perform as part of their therapeutic program. I have a bell choir of adults with developmental disabilities, a group that wrote and is producing a musical, and a guitar student who performed at a benefit concert with a country music star. These performances brought out some amazing qualities and provided some amazing opportunities for my clients.

This week, I'm going to talk about the importance of performance for personal growth and development and the goals that can be accomplished in performance opportunities. Listen live at 12 noon Eastern, 11:00 Central, 10:00 Mountain, 9:00 Pacific, or listen to the archived show (available 15 minutes after the show ends), or subscribe via iTunes.

What has performance done for you? I'd love to hear your comments or questions about the show. Leave a comment here.

Fall Playlist

I haven't broadcasted since August and fully intended to get back to it the very next week after my vacation, but have been dealing with a lot of other things that needed my "urgent" attention. So here's what I was going to talk about today, had I had the time to do a show.

I have many clients who appear to have minimal awareness of their surroundings. However, I believe that they are aware when things change, like the seasons, and I like to use music to help communicate that change to them. So each season, I try to come up with some songs that reflect that time of year. I encourage parents to play and sing them so that they can reinforce the concept.

I also like to use music for myself that reflects the seasons or my mood. I have a playlist for Rain, Moon, Halloween, and Fall that I listen to during Autumn.

Here are the songs I use in my playlists for myself and for my clients:

• Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Spooky by Classics IV
• Shine On Harvest Moon (I like the version sung by Rosemary Clooney)
• Paper Moon (sung by Ella Fitzgerald)
• Moondance by Van Morrison
• By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Doris Day version)
• Moonlight Bay (Doris Day version)
• For Baby (For Bobbie) by John Denver
• Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Blue Moon sung by Ella Fitzgerald
• California Dreamin' by The Mamas and The Papas
• Fly Me to the Moon sung by Frank Sinatra
• Thriller by Michael Jackson
• Ghostbusters theme song
• Abracadabra by Steve Miller and the Band
• Soul Man from the Blues Brothers
• Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
• Stayin' Alive from that John Travolta movie
• Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice Cooper

And of course I listen to the Autumn movements from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

Gives a little variety from Monster Mash...

What are your favorite fall songs?

I'll broadcast next week. In the meantime, listen to one of the archived shows!