E-Book of Articles - World Federation of Music Therapy

Wheeler, Barbara: WMFT Proceedings of the Education Symposium
management and environmental modification
- Disorders of social functioning
- Principal psychotherapeutic interventions and their theoretical
bases
- The nature and applications of other major interventions (e.g., speech,
occupational therapies
Clinical Work Practice and Supervision
All trainees must:
- Undertake a substantial period of clinical practice (12-20 weeks) in
a wide variety of settings
- Undergo clinical supervision when working clinically
Organization and location of placements must be adequately
resourced and planned
Professional Skills Required
- Ability to take responsibility and accept direction and guidance
- Ability to establish a good working relationship with all colleagues
- Awareness of professional and institutional code of ethics
- Insight and self awareness resulting from having personal therapy
whilst training
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team, sharing and
accessing
appropriate information, observing confidentiality and health and
safety
requirements
- Skills of written verbal case presentation and verbal record
keeping
- Direct experience of working with at least two contrasted client
groups of which at least 1 should be in adult or child mental
health or emotional/behavioural disorder, at least 1 should and at
least 1 in adult or child learning disability
- Experience of carrying out referral and assessment procedures
and taking clinical responsibility under supervision
- Knowledge of the range of institutional and community settings in
which music therapy is provided, the general needs of those
clients, and the contribution of music therapy towards meeting
them
- An understanding of institutional dynamics and their effect on
client functioning
Personal Therapy (General)
All trainees must be in personal therapy throughout the course
preferably off-site and with a therapist not involved with the course, but
recommended by the course
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