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Job Description
Plan, organize, or direct medically prescribed music therapy activities designed to positively influence patients' psychological or behavioral status.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1125.02
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Music Therapists”.
Also Known As…
- Music Therapists
- Music Therapist, Public School System
- Music Therapist, Primary Service Coordinator
- Music Therapist
- Hospice Music Therapy
- Director, Private Music Therapy Agency
- Director of Music Therapy
- Director of Music
- Clinician
- Board Certified Music Therapist
- Music Therapy Specialist
- Music Rehabilitation Therapist
- Hospice Music Therapist
- Home Care Music Therapist
- Expressive Music Therapist
- Creative Arts Music Therapist
- Community Music Therapist
Tasks for “Director of Music Therapy”
- Compose, arrange, or adapt music for music therapy treatments.
- Supervise staff, volunteers, practicum students, or interns engaged in music therapy activities.
- Design music therapy experiences, using various musical elements to meet client's goals or objectives.
- Gather diagnostic data from sources such as case documentation, observations of clients, or interviews with clients or family members.
- Establish client goals or objectives for music therapy treatment, considering client needs, capabilities, interests, overall therapeutic program, coordination of treatment, or length of treatment.
- Select or adapt musical instruments, musical equipment, or non-musical materials, such as adaptive devices or visual aids, to meet treatment objectives.
- Communicate with clients to build rapport, acknowledge their progress, or reflect upon their reactions to musical experiences.
- Plan or structure music therapy sessions to achieve appropriate transitions, pacing, sequencing, energy level, or intensity in accordance with treatment plans.
- Assess client functioning levels, strengths, and areas of need in terms of perceptual, sensory, affective, communicative, musical, physical, cognitive, social, spiritual, or other abilities.
- Integrate behavioral, developmental, improvisational, medical, or neurological approaches into music therapy treatments.
- Adapt existing or develop new music therapy assessment instruments or procedures to meet an individual client's needs.
- Customize treatment programs for specific areas of music therapy, such as intellectual or developmental disabilities, educational settings, geriatrics, medical settings, mental health, physical disabilities, or wellness.
- Assess the risks and benefits of treatment termination for clients.
- Observe and document client reactions, progress, or other outcomes related to music therapy.
- Communicate client assessment findings and recommendations in oral, written, audio, video, or other forms.
- Conduct or assist in the conduct of music therapy research.
- Conduct information sharing sessions, such as in-service workshops for other professionals, potential client groups, or the general community.
- Engage clients in music experiences to identify client responses to different styles of music, types of musical experiences, such as improvising or listening, or elements of music, such as tempo or harmony.
- Collaborate with others to design or implement interdisciplinary treatment programs.
- Sing or play musical instruments, such as keyboard, guitar, or percussion instruments.
- Design or provide music therapy experiences to address client needs, such as using music for self-care, adjusting to life changes, improving cognitive functioning, raising self-esteem, communicating, or controlling impulses.
- Participate in continuing education.
- Analyze or synthesize client data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for therapy.
- Confer with professionals on client's treatment team to develop, coordinate, or integrate treatment plans.
- Apply current technology to music therapy practices.
- Document evaluations, treatment plans, case summaries, or progress or other reports related to individual clients or client groups.
- Analyze data to determine the effectiveness of specific treatments or therapy approaches.
- Improvise instrumentally, vocally, or physically to meet client's therapeutic needs.
- Identify and respond to emergency physical or mental health situations.
- Apply selected research findings to practice.
Related Technology & Tools
- Autoharps
- Pianos
- Personal computers
- Violins
- Computer laser printers
- Rhythm instruments
- MP3 players
- Acoustic guitars
- Handheld microphones
- Electronic organs
- Electronic keyboards
- Video game consoles
- Snare drums
- Musical flutes
- Bass drums
- Metallophones
- Laptop computers
- Digital audio recorders
- Timpani
- Heart rate monitors
- Compact disk CD players
- Music video games
- Orchestral cymbals
- Automatic blood pressure cuffs
- Digital video cameras
- Tablet computers
- Cellos
- Handbells
- Microsoft Office
- Electronic health record EHR software
- Web browser software
- Email software
- Avid Technology Pro Tools
- Virtual instrument software
- Musical instrument digital interface MIDI software