Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy® Student Info Session

THE ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGIC MUSIC THERAPY® Student Information Event

We invite you to join us for a student information event on Neurologic Music Therapy® (NMT™)! Please come with questions or just interest in learning more about what NMT™ is and how you can use it in your future practice.

The Neurologic Music Therapy® (NMT™) System of Techniques is a standardized evidence-based clinical treatment system of 20 techniques that is driven by advances in applied auditory music neuroscience and the clinical understanding of music perception, production, and cognition.

The NMT™ System targets specific functional behaviours in the areas of cognition, sensorimotor, and speech and language based on a client’s diagnostics and treatment goals. The NMT™ system provides structured music-based exercises that are not only relevant to NMT™ music therapists but exemplify how music can be integrated into intervention practices for all allied healthcare professionals, in the disciplines such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, neuropsychology, and speech-language pathology.

The Transformational Design Model (TDM)™ is the clinical model that guides the selection of NMT™ technique based on client diagnostics, functional assessment, client long-term goals and short-term objectives, and the understanding of overlapping parallel mechanisms between the non-musical behaviour and the musical translation.

The NMT™ Techniques are implemented by NMT™ Professionals who have received advanced professional training through the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy® and have completed and maintained the professional affiliation license requirements. Professional Affiliation categories define representation, responsibility, and the level of expertise and engagement in the advance practice of NMT™ and include both music therapists and allied health care professions. All Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT)® training and designations must be acquired directly through the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy®. There are no training or certification programs outside of the Academy that grant licensed permission to use the NMT™ designation or NMT™ System of Techniques.

******* PRESENTERS*******

Corene P. Hurt-Thaut, MT-BC, PhD, Neurologic Music Therapist Fellow

Corene Hurt-Thaut received her master’s in music therapy, and her PhD with an interdisciplinary focus of music, neuroscience and statistical design, from Colorado State University. She served as a special assistant professor of music therapy from 1997-2014, teaching classes in piano technique, music therapy methods and counseling for psychiatric populations, music therapy methods in neuro-rehabilitation, research in music therapy, advanced techniques in neurologic rehabilitation, and seminars in Neurologic Music Therapy®. She was a research associate at The Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State University from 1997-2015, and the co-founder and program director of The Unkefer Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy® International Training Institutes and Fellowship Trainings for Neurologic Music Therapy® since 1999. She is nationally and internationally recognized for her clinical expertise in the evidence based practice of Neurologic Music Therapy®, with clinical experience including 3 ½ years as a music therapist at Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital and the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University Medical School in Atlanta, and 4 years as a Neurologic Music Therapist at Poudre Valley Hospital and The Center for Neurologic Rehabilitation in Fort Collins, Colorado. Her work has included a diverse range of clinical populations including: stroke, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and psychiatric disorders. She served on the exam committee for the National Certification Board for Music Therapy (CBMT) as both a member and Committee Chair from 2001-2006, and as an elected member of the CBMT National Board of Directors from 2009-2013. She has also served as President and Vice President of the Midwestern Region of American Music Therapy Association. Dr. Hurt-Thaut has numerous research publications in the area of music and motor control as well as ten book chapters highlighting specific applications of Neurologic Music Therapy® to her credit.

For questions, please contact Kim Albanowski at nmt@nmtacademy.co