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Wheeler, Barbara: WMFT Proceedings of the Education Symposium
International Trust for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.
INTERNATIONAL TRUST FOR
NORDOFF-ROBBINS MUSIC THERAPY
The International Trust was set up in 1996 with the following aims:
1. To protect the use of the name ‘Nordoff-Robbins’ in all matters
relating to fund-raising, clinical work and training.
2. To safeguard the intellectual property of Nordoff-Robbins Music
Therapy including archive material.
3. To uphold standards of Nordoff-Robbins clinical practice and
training.
The criteria laid down by the International Trust are as follows:
1. The Head of Training must have trained on a recognised Nordoff-
Robbins course.
2. All training must be informed by the approach to music therapy
developed by Paul Nordoff and Clive Robbins.
3. The curriculum of each course should be based on criteria drawn
from the first Nordoff-Robbins training course (London, 1974), but
is open to amendment according to the academic and cultural
environment of the country.
ASPECTS OF TRAINING
The following aspects of training are common to all Nordoff-Robbins
courses, either as components or as pre-requisites to entry on the course.
The detail and delivery of these aspects varies from course to course.
MUSIC STUDIES
Musical Resources / Clinical Improvisation
Clinical techniques and Procedures
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