The 8th annual Passages Student and New Professional Music Therapy Conference

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The 8th annual Passages Student and New Professional Music Therapy Conference will take place this Saturday, September 29th, at Lesley University in Cambridge. The conference is free, open to all, and no advance registration is required.

The conference will take place from 9 am - 5 pm, with concurrent sessions throughout the day.

There are terrific presentations being offered, with 11 of the 17 presentations being done by current Lesley Students.

here is a sampling of the presentations:
  • Sarah Newberry Songwriting for clients with dementia and other verbally limited populations
  • Sarah Corbin Clinical improvisation: Some places to start
  • A.I. Kali Cruz How music affects movement: Integrating music and movement within a therapeutic setting
  • Marlén I. Rodriguez Music and patients in oncology: The effects of music in oncology procedures
  • Lisa Jacobs, MM & Serene Thin Elk Melodies without words: Songs from the Indigenous and Jewish traditions and clinical applications
  • Kate Keelty, MA, MT-BC The use of musical resources in recovering from romantic relationship dissolution
  • Shanna Clark Making music with children: Experiences of a first-year intern
  • Saré Chisholm The Yellow Brick Road: Creating and performing a musical with a group of children
  • Adrienne Flight, B. Mus (MT), MMT, MT-BC Learning to accept: How music therapists become value-receptive
  • Makiko Wada, MA Why do music therapists pursue BMGIM as their practice?
  • Sandra Belajec "Unasked for and undeserved gift": MT treatment plan for women with metastatic breast cancer
  • Julia Slomin Guitar workshop: Developing beginning clinical skills
  • Cailin McElrath The function of music in enhancing spirituality in Christian Adults
  • Laural Pond The effects of music in childbirth
  • Wei Wah Angela Shum, RN Music therapy for a Chinese client with developmental disability
The plenary session will be:
  • Music Therapy in Africa: The experiences of students from Berklee College of Music

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Sep 26, 2007, 2:49:00 PM
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