2014 Annual Report: Highlights and Financial Summary

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Protecting & SafeguardingGovernment and State Recognition: The joint AMTA State Recognition Initiative, operating in collaboration with the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) involves task forces operating in over 40 states. All of these task forces are educating, advocating, and/or protecting the practice of music therapy. The depth of 2014 state occupational regulation efforts increased greatly with legislation or regulatory language revisions proposed in ten states. Rhode Island established a registry for music therapists; and, on April 1, Utah HB 277 was signed into law creating a state certification designation for Board Certified Music Therapists.

Music Therapy and Military: AMTA proudly published a comprehensive and historic whitepaper, Music Therapy and Military Populations: A Status Report and Recommendations on Music Therapy Treatment, Programs, Research, and Practice Policy. Copies are available from the AMTA store or online at the AMTA website.

The first of nine Intrepid Spirit Centers planned nationwide at military bases and medical centers opened at Fort Belvoir in September 2013. Their mission is to treat service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, and other conditions, and they are funded by the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. AMTA provided technical assistance, relevant research, and reimbursement guidance as the Center developed a music therapy program.

Music Therapy Research and the National Institutes of Health: Members of AMTA presented at the National Cancer Institute at a seminar, “Music Therapy Research in Oncology: Therapeutic Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Directions for Future Research.” It was the first face-to-face meeting, initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH),

2014 AMTA Annual Report: Highlights and Financial Summary

AMTA in the 21st Century

The value and worth of an association is that it allows like-minded and learned individuals to come together for the greater good, for the public interest, and to shape and promote a profession. Individuals certainly have opinions about standards and ethics; however, as individuals their opinions are less potent and persuasive than the opinions expressed by a group having reached consensus. Succeeding in the 21st century healthcare or education environment, necessitates an organizational structure like AMTA. And no other democratic structure, like that of an association, facilitates a cooperative/collaborative process that relies on individuals and their ability to compromise and seek consensus for the greater good.

where music therapists informed NIH, federal government, and military officials about important music therapy research and evidence-based practice. [Images at: http://www.musictherapy.org/music_therapy_research_presented_at_nih/?pg=1]

PreservingArchives: The preservation of AMTA’s archives began with its inception in 1998 and the unification of AAMT and NAMT. We are honored to have AMTA archives under the meticulous care of Dr. William Davis at Colorado State University. To facilitate the digitization of our collection, an effort has been underway to raise at least $30,000 for the archives. During Dr. Davis’s retirement, we look forward to his continued work preserving the AMTA Archives and to the legacy of music therapy in America.

Advancing Public Knowledge About Music TherapyScope of Practice: At the November, 2014 Annual Conference, AMTA adopted a new official document, the Scope of Music Therapy Practice. Developed under a partnership between AMTA and the Certification Board for Music Therapists, the scope of practice defines the range of responsibilities of a qualified music therapy professional with requisite education, clinical training, and board certification. Such practice also is governed by requirements for continuing education, professional responsibility and accountability. This document is designed for music therapists, clients, families, health and education professionals and facilities, state and federal legislators and agency officials, private and public payers, and the general public.

Oxford University Press Publishing Partnership: A new look for AMTA’s journals was launched with our publishing partner, Oxford University Press. The move to a publishing partnership is historic for many reasons—not the least of which is a sophisticated online presence for the journals with increased functionality and incorporation of technological advances.

Collaboration and Community Education: AMTA met with numerous organizations throughout the year to advocate, educate, and

collaborate on the importance and role of music therapists to support the missions of many music-based programs serving vulnerable populations. AMTA actively consulted, and raised concerns with the “Music and Memory” program. AMTA continues to consult with numerous nonprofits with interests in bringing music to special populations in order to protect the interests and safety of at-risk persons and clarify safe boundaries and practices.

New publication: In 2014, AMTA was pleased to publish, Medical Music Therapy: Building a Comprehensive Program, Edited, Lori Gooding, PhD, MT-BC.

2014 AMTA Annual Report: Highlights and Financial Summary

MUSIC THERAPY PERSPECTIVES

MUSIC THERAPY PERSPECTIVES

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2014 VOLUME 32 NUMBER 1 ISSN 2053-7387 (Online) ISSN 0734-6875 (Print)

ContentsGuest Editorial

1 Developments in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Alan Turry

Special Focus: Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy

8 The Primacy of Music and Musical Resources in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Michele Schnur Ritholz

18 Music-Centered Dimensions of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Kenneth Aigen 30 Intersubjectivity and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Jacqueline C. Birnbaum 38 From Historic to Contemporary: Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Collaborative

Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Nina Guerrero, Alan Turry, Daniel Geller and Preeti Raghavan 47 Music Therapy and Disorders of Consciousness: Providing Clinical Data for

Differential Diagnosis between Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State from Music-Centered Music Therapy and Neuroscience Perspectives Marcela Lichtensztejn, Paula Macchi and Alicia Lischinsky

56 Individual Music-Centered Assessment Profile for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (IMCAP-ND): New Developments in Music-Centered Evaluation John A. Carpente

61 The Music Therapy Communication and Social Interaction scale (MTCSI): Developing a New Nordoff-Robbins Scale and Examining Interrater Reliability Adam Patrick Bell, Ricky Perry, Mandy Peng and Alexandra J. Miller

Clinical Practice

71 Children’s Responses to A Social Story Song in Three Inclusive Preschool Classrooms: A Pilot Study Bronwyn S. Fees, Marilyn Kaff, Teri Holmberg, James Teagarden and Dalila Delreal

Professional

78 DSM-5: Changes and Controversies Eric G. Waldon 84 Music Therapy and Sociological Theories of Aging Nicki S. Cohen 93 Analysis of Poster and Publication Trends in the American Music Therapy

Association Michael J. Silverman, Eric G. Waldon and Elizabeth Kimura 99 Employment and Membership Trends in the American Music Therapy Association,

1998–2009 Michael J. Silverman and Amelia G. Furman

Education and Training

109 Percussion Pedagogy: A Survey of Music Therapy Faculty Andrew Knight and Bill Matney

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293 Single Case Design Studies in Music Therapy: Resurrecting Experimental Evidence in Small Group and Individual Music Therapy Clinical Settings Kamile Geist and John H. Hitchcock

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310 Effects of a Dyadic Music Therapy Intervention on Parent-Child Interaction, Parent Stress, and Parent-Child Relationship in Families with Emotionally Neglected Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial Stine L. Jacobsen, Cathy H. McKinney and Ulla Holck

333 The Effect of Musical Attention Control Training (MACT) on Attention Skills of Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Delays: A Pilot Study Varvara Pasiali, A. Blythe LaGasse and Saundra L. Penn

355 Recruiting Participants for Randomized Controlled Trials of Music Therapy: A Practical Illustration Sam Porter, Tracey McConnell, Fiona Lynn, Katrina McLaughlin, Christopher Cardwell and Valerie Holmes

382 Music Therapy Career Aptitude and Generalized Self-Efficacy in Music Therapy Students Hayoung A. Lim and Cathy M. Befi

Book Review

396 Writing scientific research articles: Strategy & steps Cargill, M., & O’Connor, P. Reviewed by Alaine E. Reschke-Hernández

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Financial Summary

2014 AMTA Annual Report: Highlights and Financial Summary

*2013 & 2014 Total Net Assets & Year End amounts inclusive of Wilson Trust donation.

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