I am planning on majoring in Music Therapy in college. However, the junior
college I am attending does not specifically have music therapy, but they do
have music. I would like to know what colleges have a good music therapy
program in the Eastern part of the United States. I live in georgia, I know
that UGA has a great program, but I would like to go else where for my
degree. Can you help me?

Mareta Spencer


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>Dear Janna,
>
>I was just surfing the web and I came across this group, and I wanted
>to respond to your question. I am a Board Certified Music Therapist,
>although I do not work with autism (my specialty is hospice). Still,
>I have a few suggestions for you.
>
>A couple of good books to read:
>
>J. Alvin and A. Warwick: Music Therapy for the Autistic Child (Oxford
>University Press)
>
>Edith Boxill: Music Therapy for the Developmentally Disabled (Pro-Ed,
>Austin, TX)
>
>Also, in my view the primary experts on music therapy and autism are
>the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy in New York City,
>(212)995-5151. I think they could be the best ones to consult with.
>
>I have also published an article entitled "Music Therapy in the
>Treatment of Social Isolation in Visually Impaired Children," which
>appeared in the journal RE:view for Winter 1998. It mentions some
>exercises with music that would be appropriate for autistic children,
>and also contains more references you might find helpful.
>
>Please forgive me if the ground I have covered is already familiar to
>you. I hope this helps,
>
>Charles Gourgey, Ph.D., MT-BC
>
>
>--- In aecoute@egroups.com, "Janna Hoskin" <karalianne@e...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I'm pretty new to the list... not sure how many people are
>actually
> > music therapists here, but I'm hoping to get some helpful feedback
> > anyway. :)
> >
> > I work as an ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) therapist for a
>little
> > boy (almost 4) who has autism. When I started working with him
>back
>in
> > August, he was effectively nonverbal and uncompliant to the therapy
> > (there are five of us working with him). It was natural for me to
>just
> > start singing kids' songs to him, and his Mom is convinced that
>this
>is
> > part of why he is now almost functionally verbal (he'll request
>things
> > but is mostly echolalic and into verbal stims). I go into their
>home
> > an extra hour each week to do half an hour of one-on-one singing and
> > music stimulation followed by half an hour of 'Kindermusik' (I'm not
> > really qualified to teach this, but that's the material I'm using to
> > guide the time). The problem is that right before Christmas, Ryan
> > started to get tired of the one-on-one sessions. They're on hold
>now
> > until I come up with something new and exciting.
> >
> > Goals include functional speech and socialization (that's why we
>have
> > the group time), and possibly even appropriate play with toys.
> >
> > I'm not a trained music therapist, though I'm going to go back to
> > school in a few years and get a degree in MT (at Capilano College in
> > Vancouver, British Columbia or Wilfrid Laurier in
>Kitchener-Waterloo
>in
> > Ontario - I'm Canadian). My undergrad degree is in music
>composition.
> >
> > If anyone out there is a music therapist and has some ideas of
> > activities and songs I could use with Ryan, I'd greatly appreciate
>it.
> > Ryan's Mom isn't all that impressed with the music therapist we saw
> > here (once; she canceled two appointments at the last minute, which
> > meant that Ryan's days were all screwed up), so she's not wanting
>to
>go
> > back to her.
> >
> > I'd also appreciate any thoughts on good books I could read. I
>want
>to
> > specialize in autistic kids, but anything would be wonderful - I'm a
> > voracious reader and I know that I'm going to have to adapt
>everything
> > I learn at school to work with 'my kids' - the few psych classes I
>took
> > in university, the profs didn't know much at all about autism; it's
> > like autism is maybe a chapter, if not simply a footnote, in most
> > people's training...
> >
> > Thanks for any and all help!
> >
> > -Janna, ABA therapist to Ryan, age 3
>

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