The Music Therapy Show

Dr. Meganne Masko and Janice Lindstrom will discuss the articles published in the Journal of Music Therapy Volume 53 number 3 (Fall 2016). In this issue, there are four articles: Analysis of Lyrics from Group Songwriting with Bereaved Adolescents (Fiore), Development of the Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Advanced Huntington's Disease: A Pilot Validation Study (O'Kelly & Bodak), Neural Activations of Guided Imagery and Music in Negative Emotional Processing: A Functional MRI Study (Lee, Han, & Park), and Training Endogenous Task Shifting Using Music Therapy: A Feasibility Study (Lynch & LaGasse).

Join Dr. Meganne Masko and Janice Lindstrom as we talk about the articles in Music Therapy Perspectives Volume 34 Number 2. There's a special focus on Multicultural Musical Competence, a summary of music therapy research published in 2014, and much more!

We took a break because Janice went back to school and started a new job. Meganne moved and started a new job. But now we're ready to catch back up! Join us for music therapy journal club--where we discuss the journal articles in music therapy publications just so we can keep up with the research. All you have to do to join is listen. If you're really motivated, read the abstracts of the journal articles prior to the show. And if you're REALLY motivated, call in and share your opinions!

Dr. Meganne Masko and I are back to discuss the many, many articles in Music Therapy Perspectives Volume 34, Number 1. We'll share a summary of each article, plus our thoughts about them and how we might apply the research into our practice.

Dr. Meganne Masko and I will discuss the articles published in the Spring 2016 Journal of Music Therapy (volume 53 number 1). This edition features articles on the Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC), Parents and Young Children with Disabilities, a Meaningfulness of Songwriting Scale (MSS), and the Music Attentiveness Screening Assessment, Revised (MASA-R). We will summarize the articles and share our opinions and how we apply this research to our clinical practices.

The next Radio Show with Janice Lindstrom on April 29, 2016 at 1:30 PM (CST) will feature Dr. Petra Kern, Dr. DeLoach and their students Madison, Holly, Emma, and Garrett. They will talk about “Intercultural Competences” that are necessary to shape music therapy practice with a culturally diverse population in today's global world. Join me coming Friday at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mtshow

It's time for another edition of Music Therapy Journal Club to discuss the research published in the Journal of Music Therapy Winter 2015 edition (volume 52 number 4). Join us as Dr. Meganne Masko and I talk about the research articles and how we apply the research to our clinical practice or in the classroom.

Tory Sherlock is currently in the last year of her undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, graduating with Honors and a BA in Psychology. She is trying to continue on to graduate school for music therapy. For her senior thesis this year, she is researching the efficacy of art therapies in a variety of contexts including healing and rehabilitation. This study will focus on the perspective of the therapist and giver of treatment, not just client/patient outcome. Part of her research will include carrying out interviews with prospective therapists who are willing to answer some questions about their stance on their work, what brought them to the field, along with some other similar topics. Since I get requests for interviews or information from students frequently, I thought I'd record this one so that other students looking for similar information might be able to use it for their projects, too.

Dr. Maganne Masko and I will talk about the most recent music therapy research published in the Journal of Music Therapy, volume 52 number 3. You can participate in journal club by reading the abstracts and listen in to our discussion so that you can stay updated on music therapy research. Or you can just listen to our thoughts and decide which articles you want to explore later.

Join Dr. Meganne Masko and me for another edition of Music Therapy Journal Club. This week we'll discuss the articles published in Music Therapy Perspectives Volume 33 Number 2.

I thought this year's conference was one of the best I've attended in a long time! In this episode, I'll give you the highlights of the sessions I attended at the American Music Therapy Association Conference in Kansas City, including what I learned and how I plan to incorporate that information into my work.

The American Music Therapy Association's Strategic Priority on Autism Spectrum Disorder is wrapping up their 3-year endeavors. Marcia Humpal (Chair), Blythe LaGasse, and Petra Kern will be sharing the outcomes of this work group on this episode.

A long overdue episode of Parent Support group is finally here! Amy Zuniga, mother of two and a parenting support professional, joins me, Janice Lindstrom, mother of one and music therapist, to talk about what our families have been dealing with this month and the things we have been worried about as parents that have turned out to be fine, in spite of ourselves!

Dr. Meganne Masko and I discuss the research published in the Journal of Music Therapy Volume 52 Number 2. This edition features msuic therapy research for infants with Down Syndrome, Canadian Music Therapy Internships, Improvisation with Autistic children, and Dialectical Behavior Thrapy. Plus a book review of Music Therapy Handbook edited by Barbara Wheeler!

Members of the OCMT organizing committee will join me to talk about the 2016 Online Conference: Expanding Horizons in Music Therapy. This 24-hour worldwide online conference will be held February 6th, 2016! The OCMT is a grassroots initiative with big dreams; in 2015 we became a non-profit organization. As a non-profit organization the OCMT will ensure good quality, peer reviewed research and information will be accessible by all Music Therapists around the world; therein by preserving our profession, the quality of our methodology and ultimately improving interventions for our clients. The idea is to provide an online service to allow music therapists from around the world to connect and share educative experiences about their work and profession. For now the OCMT is a conference, but maybe later, as an organization it could well become an open forum with a variety of thematic chambers where members could chat, share solutions for some issues or simply get re-energized or feel empowered and less isolated.

Amy Zuniga joins me for this edition of Parent Support Group. This month, we're talking about dealing with the start of school, getting back into the regular routine, and starting daycare.

Dr. Meganne Masko joins me to discuss music therapy research in the Journal of Music Therapy, Spring 2015, Volume 52, Number 1. If you'd like to participate or prepare for Journal Club, read the abstracts of each article prior to the show. We'll discuss our impressions of the research and how we apply each article to our work as board certified music therapists.

The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)  hosted, “IMPROVING ACCESS AND QUALITY: MUSIC THERAPY RESEARCH 2025” (MTR 2025) July 16-18, 2015. This was a working symposium sponsored by AMTA to recommend guidance for future research in music therapy. The meeting was comprised of invited speakers and delegates. Interested music therapy professionals were invited to attend this meeting as general attendees and observers.Dr. Meganne Masko and Annette Whitehead-Pleaux were able to attend this symposium and will join me to share what they experienced at #MTR2025 on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 1:00 pm CDT.

Amy Zuniga joins me to discuss creating rhythm in parenting. Having a rhythm for your day can help you and your typically-developing or special needs children have some predictibility in the world around them, which is important for developing social competence and learning. We'll share our own struggles and explorations in finding the rhythm for our families, plus some research behind this concept. Call in to share your story or ask questions.

Dr. Meganne Masko joins me to discuss the first Music Therapy Persectives of 2015. Listen live at 2 pm Central on Thursday, June 18, or the archived podcast following the live broadcast. Want to prepare for this journal club meeting? Read the abstracts of each article before listening!

Amy Zuniga is a mom of a 2 year old and a 4 year old. She leads the Mommy Mixers at Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas (Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:00 am). She has a counseling degree and teaches many of the new mom classes at the hospital. I am a mom of a 19-month old. I attend the toddler mommy mixer group. I'm also a board certified music therapist with over 20 years of experience working with children and their families. Together, we meet once a month on The Music Therapy Show to discuss any topic that relates to parenting. Call in with questions or comments on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 1:00 pm Central to 646-652-2850 or contact me with your questions. This week, we'll discuss Models of Parenting. The show archives as a podcast 15 minutes after the live show ends.

Amy Zuniga is a mom of a 2 year old and a 4 year old. She leads the Mommy Mixers at Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas (Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:00 am). She has a counseling degree and teaches many of the new mom classes at the hospital. I am a mom of a 20-month old. I attend the toddler mommy mixer group. I'm also a board certified music therapist with over 20 years of experience working with children and their families. Together, we meet once a month on The Music Therapy Show to discuss any topic that relates to parenting. Call in with questions or comments on Friday, April 27, 2015 at 1:00 pm Central to 646-652-2850 or contact me with your questions.

Universities increasingly offer online learning, which requires educators to reformate personal relationships with students, rethink pedagogic concepts, transform content, and learn about new technology. This show features Dr. Petra Kern who talks about lessons learned from seventeen 3-credit music therapy courses taught at three universities in the United States plus various online guest lectures conducted worldwide. We will also hear about from the experiences of her students.

Board Certified Music Therapist CJ Shiloh of The Musical Autist and Sensory Friendly Concerts will join me to talk about Neurodiversity and Identity First Language in the Autism community

Join Amy Zuniga and me for a discussion of parenting--the joys and the struggles. Call in with your own questions and comments or email them to me through www.heartbeatmusictherapy.net.

Dr. Meganne Masko and I are discussing the articles in the Journal of Music Therapy volume 51 issue 4.

Amy Zuniga will join me today for Mommy Support Group. Call in or contact me through www.heartbeatmusictherapy.net to ask questions. This group is for all parents of all children of all ages and abilities. We'll answer your questions first and then if there's time left, we'll cover picky eating and other eating challenges.

In this episode, I'll sing the songs I've been posting about on my website: HeartBeatMusicTherapy.net in the Parenting category. These include songs for diaper changes, brushing teeth, eating, and walking. I'll also sing the songs included in my ebook: 6 Songs to Connect with Your Child. You can get this ebook by signing up for my newsletter at HeartBeatMusicTherapy.net. It includes songs for developing motor skills, speech and language skills, and social skills.

Amy Zuniga runs the Mommy Mixers at Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas TX. She is joining me to discuss support for new moms--why it's important, how to connect with other moms, where to find support, and other topics. I'll discuss some ways that I use music as mommy support. We'll even take questions if you want to call in. This will become a monthly series, too, so that we can provide ongoing support for other moms.

Dr. Meganne Masko and I are back for another edition of The Music Therapy Journal Club to discuss the latest Music Therapy Perspectives issue, published by Oxford University Press. Join us to discuss the latest music therapy research.

Brittany Trinite from Austin TX sent this in: I have been a musician for most of my life and have always wanted to sing to give back in some way, but wasn't sure how for many years. Last year, I discovered how to bring the idea of a concert to benefit a great cause to life. When I was in middle school, I discovered music is used to entertain and as a wonderful creative outlet, but can also act as medicine to heal and is being studied and researched to support these ideas, in music therapy. I reached out to the music community of Austin to help me in producing “Healing Sounds”, what would be the first concert benefiting the Research fund of the American Music Therapy Association. The musicians all chose pieces that they found to be healing, either personally or to others in all kinds of ways from enjoying the sounds to the words and the feelings that surfaced. “Healing Sounds” brought together friends and musicians that knew each other as well as those who had not met yet! The music healed in the experience itself and raised awareness and $207 for AMTA's research fund. This year's concert, “Music Smiles” will feature pieces that, you guessed it, make people smile! The musicians are choosing their own individual or collaborative pieces to perform for the show on January 10, 2015 at 7pm at the chapel of First United Methodist Church, 1201 Lavaca, Austin, TX. Tickets are $10 each with a military and student discount of $7, but more donations are welcome! All proceeds benefit the Research fund of the American Music Therapy Association. Brittany will by my guest on this show to talk about the concert, how you can attend, and how you can donate to music therapy research!

Unitus Therapy Intelligence (UnitusTI) is an electronic therapy recordsmanagement system and curriculum server that allows educators and therapists the ability to:  Create & Customize assessments and curriculaManage Data Acquisition, Graphs and Reporting Professionalize your practiceAutomate administrative functions, program execution, data analysis and trackingStandardize staff operations and communicationsCommunicate instantly with parents and providersSecure client records and control access to client informationAccess pre-defined, ready to run curriculum solutionsDisaster Recovery backups and recovery program at the readyGlobal Access increases the reach of your practice to anywhere, day or night The Internet is the new front door to your practice, Unitus therapy Intelligence makes it easy to start collecting, analyzing and sharing data with your staff and clients today. http://www.mundopato.com/unitusti/ Esther Thane, MTA, AVPT, is the Director of Special Education for Mundo Pato, Inc. and is my guest today to talk about Electronic Medical Records for Therapy Practices.

This episode will provide an update on the State Recognition Operational Plan being implemented jointly by CBMT and AMTA. This collaborative effort provides guidance and technical support to state task forces throughout the country as these groups of music therapists work to obtain state recognition of music therapy and the MT-BC credential. We'll discuss the basics of advocacy and how music therapists can use these skills to improve access to music therapy services in Texas. Participants will be encouraged to become involved in this professional initiative by communicating with state legislators and building support for potential music therapy legislation.

This is the 200th Episode of The Music Therapy Show! To celebrate, I'm going to share my secrets for working smarter, not harder, as a music therapist in private practice for over 20 years. I've worked with all kinds of populations, from neurological impairments to developmental disabilities to psychiatric disorders. I've had contracts with home health agencies, hospitals, school districts, and hospice. Through the years, I've devoloped strategies that work for me, and I'll share them with you.

Daniel J. Schneck is my guest today and will be talking about his forth-coming book, Basic Anatomy and Physiology for the Music Therapist. Providing need-to-know information about the human body for music therapists, this book covers the elements of anatomy and physiology that are of particular relevance to clinical practice. Addressing both the structure and function of the human body, the material is presented with the music therapist in mind. Particular attention is paid to the role of music in affecting responses from the organ systems, including the senses, the endocrine glands, the immune system, the musculo-skeletal system, the nervous systems and the vestibular system. Dr Schneck also uses accessible musical metaphors to explain complex biological information. Emphasising the symbiotic relationship between music and the body, this book reveals how an understanding of this relationship can help music therapists to practice more effectively, and will be of interest to students and practitioners alike. The author's previous co-authored book, The Music Effect (ISBN 9781843107712), has sold over 2200 copies since Dec 2005. Dr Daniel J. Schneck is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He has published widely, including 24 books, and is a National Book Award nominated author. He is an international consultant on basic physiological function and the role of music in human adaptation. He is also an accomplished violinist and continues to perform professionally. He is based in Virginia, USA. Publication date Sunday, June 21, 2015 USA Price $39.95 Jessica Kingsley Publishers

I'm broadcasting live from the American Music Therapy Association Conference in Louisville, KY on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 12:30 EST. I thought I'd try to broadcast on Saturday this year. I usually broadcast on Friday, but concurrent sessions don't really get going until Friday after lunch, so perhaps this Saturday broadcast will allow participants on the show to talk more about conference sessions they've attended. If you are going to conference, please find me and come talk about your conference experience! I'll ask you who you are and where you work/where you're from, so that you can promote yourself a little, and then I'll ask you to tell me about a session you attended and give a main point that you took from the session that you can use in your practice.

Join Dr. Meganne Masko and I as we talk about the rest of the articles in the newest Music Therapy Perspectives journal.

This show will be broadcast live in the Music Therapy Practicum Class at Southern Methodist University to show students how this radio show works and to talk about broadcasting and podcasting about music therapy. This will partially address the Technology competency  

It's time for Journal Club again! Join Dr. Meganne Masko and me as we discuss the American Music Therapy Association's Music Therapy Perspectives 2014 Vol 32 No 1.

Last month, Carolyn Dobson, MT-BC, and I were invited to be on a panel following a screening of the documentary, Alive Inside. This documentary is about Dan Cohen, who volunteers in nursing homes and brings iPods to people who have Alzheimers. On today's show, we'll share our experience on the panel and our thoughts about the documentary and the Music and Memory Certification that is based on the iPod project.  

It's time for Journal Club again! Join me and Dr. Meganne Masko as we discuss the American Music Therapy Association's Journal of Music Therapy Summer 2014 Vol 51 No 2.

It seems obvious to me that all music therapy is music-centered. However, several discussions keep popping up on listservs and facebook groups and music therapy blogs that seem to indicate that my perception is not shared by all music therapists (which is great, because how boring would this field be if everyone were exactly like me?!). On this episode, I will ask some questions I've had about Music Centered Music Therapy of my guest, Karen Goodman.

Dr. Meganne Masko and I will discuss the articles from the Journal of Music Therapy, Spring 2014 issue, volume 51 number 1.

The Music Therapy Show has been on the air for 6 years! In 2008, I started this show to talk about music therapy. On this episode, I'll give some updates (since I haven't broadcasted in a while) and share some thoughts about the future of this show.

I'll be broadcasting live from the exhibit hall of #SWAMTA14, the annual conference of the Southwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association.

TaKeTiNa is pure rhythm—four decades of music, a new kind of rhythm education and therapy, plus international research. Worldwide, countless people are using the TaKeTiNa process as a musical method for personal development. TaKeTiNa was created by Reinhard Flatischler in 1970. In 1990, the TaKeTiNa Institute for Rhythm Education and Rhythm Research was established under the direction of Reinhard and Cornelia Flatischler; they work together with a team of certified TaKeTiNa teachers from all over the world.

Dr. Megan Masko and I will talk more in depth about the articles in the latest Music Therapy Perspectives.  

In a special Monday edition of the Music Therapy Show, Dr. Megannne Maskso will join me for Journal Club. We will discuss the articles in the recent American Music Therapy Association publications of the Journal of Music Therapy and Music Therapy Perspectives.

Join me for a discussion of the profession of music therapy. I'll also let you know about the 2014 music therapy show plans! 2014 Social Media Advocacy Theme This year's theme is "We are . . . " and will center on exploring and honoring our identity as music therapists and as a distinct and stand-alone profession, unique from other professions and professionals with which we work. 

"Healing Sounds" is a  benefit concert on December 21, 2013 at 3pm raising funds for the American Music Therapy Association's Research Fund, using music to make advances in medicine. The concert will be held at First United Methodist Church on Lavaca in Austin, TX. The theme is "Healing Sounds", including music that is personally healing to the performer, or uplifting to others. All kinds of music is included in this concert, as music, in all forms is healing. Local artists performing a diverse selection of pieces represent different ideas of what is healing through music. Tickets sold at the door and at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/510877 Prices: $5 discounted suggested donation for students and seniors $10 suggested donation for all others   *small service fee for tickets sold on brownpapertickets.com   Concert features many classical vocalists and instrumentalists, along with selections played on harp, didgeridoo, ukelele, and bouzouki. An eclectic smattering of diverse music, and a great time to be had by all!  

The business meeting for AMTA ran late so I missed the original broadcast of the show... But the show must go on! So I've rescheduled and will broadcast live from the exhibit hall of the American Music Therapy Association National Conference!