E-Book of Articles - World Federation of Music Therapy

Wheeler, Barbara: WMFT Proceedings of the Education Symposium
Specific APMT requirements exist for music therapists as follows:
Personal Therapy for Music Therapists
Students must be in weekly individual therapy to run concurrently
with the course.
This must be with either:
A music or arts therapist qualified for a minimum of 5 years or-
An accredited member of the UKCP, BCP or BAC (any other
arrangement must be in consultation with course head.)
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
A basic grounding is required in:
Normal human development; normal and abnormal psychology;
normal and
abnormal human communication and language development; mental
illness,
psychiatric assessment and treatment.
Practical Music Therapy Skills Required to be taught (summary)
- Clinical improvisation
- Observation and recording of musical and other behaviour,
assessment, and diagnosis.
- Musical and psychological analysis with a view to subsequent
treatment
- A wide variety of music therapy techniques
- Planning, implementing, effectively completing and terminating
individual and group treatment
Music Skills and Knowledge Required:
- Knowledge of a range of musical cultures, practical skill and
knowledge.
- A high level of performance on at least one instrument; and
ability to use voice
flexibly
- Keyboard skills if not specialising in a harmonic instrument
Ability to improvise fluently and flexibly in a variety of emotional
areas, and tonal
and atonal idioms
- Highly developed aural awareness
- The ability to make arrangements for unconventional
combinations of instruments requiring variable or minimal levels
of playing proficiency
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