what is MT?
-work in HC field toward HC goals
use of music by an accredited MT
MT
-builds relationships w/clients
-helps people cope w/illness
History of MT
-500 BC
-music and medicine seen as one
-connection to medicine was lost
-60s/70s music and medicine came together again
-recognition that music impacts body and mind
Alvin
-played in hospital bedsides
-67 was first training program at Guildhall
USA
-MT associations founded in 26
-41 texts/journals if MT program
Canada
-Norma Sharpe got MT off the ground
1974
-CAMT was founded
Ontario
-just over 300 accredited MT's in ON
MT around the world
-practiced in 39/70 countries around the world
Europe
-gov't regulated
-must have a Master's degree
Africa/S. Africa
-British MT's
Singapore/China/Korea
-lots of inquiries of MT
, -only training programs
Austrailia
-AMTA 1975
-Master's level
-only 3 uni's
United States
-largest number of trained MT's
-75 uni's
MT in Canada
-CAMT formed in 74
-MTAO
-CRPO
CRPO
-therapists that use the act of psychotherapy and are gov't regulated
CAMT
-organization that's responsible for regulating who can work as a MT
-MT's are self regulated by CAMT
Places of Employment
hospitals, school, long term facilities
Employment
-benefits
-not many are employed
Self-Employment
-majority of MT work
Contract
-long term facilities offer contracts to MT's
-some sub-contract and work for another MT
Process to Receive MT
-referral
-assessment
-goals/objectives
-treatment plan
-reports and reassessments
Referral
-all ages and diagnoses