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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
- Clinician
- Board Certified Music Therapist
- Music Therapy Specialist
- Music Rehabilitation Therapist
- Hospice Music Therapist
- Home Care Music Therapist
- Expressive Music Therapist
- Director of Music
- Creative Arts Music Therapist
- Community Music Therapist
Tasks for “Director of Music”
- Sing or play musical instruments, such as keyboard, guitar, or percussion instruments.
- Supervise staff, volunteers, practicum students, or interns engaged in music therapy activities.
- Communicate with clients to build rapport, acknowledge their progress, or reflect upon their reactions to musical experiences.
- 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.
- Improvise instrumentally, vocally, or physically to meet client's therapeutic needs.
- Gather diagnostic data from sources such as case documentation, observations of clients, or interviews with clients or family members.
- Plan or structure music therapy sessions to achieve appropriate transitions, pacing, sequencing, energy level, or intensity in accordance with treatment plans.
- Conduct information sharing sessions, such as in-service workshops for other professionals, potential client groups, or the general community.
- Participate in continuing education.
- Identify and respond to emergency physical or mental health situations.
- Compose, arrange, or adapt music for music therapy treatments.
- Integrate behavioral, developmental, improvisational, medical, or neurological approaches into music therapy treatments.
- Design music therapy experiences, using various musical elements to meet client's goals or objectives.
- Collaborate with others to design or implement interdisciplinary treatment programs.
- Confer with professionals on client's treatment team to develop, coordinate, or integrate treatment plans.
- Conduct or assist in the conduct of music therapy research.
- Assess client functioning levels, strengths, and areas of need in terms of perceptual, sensory, affective, communicative, musical, physical, cognitive, social, spiritual, or other abilities.
- Adapt existing or develop new music therapy assessment instruments or procedures to meet an individual client's needs.
- Communicate client assessment findings and recommendations in oral, written, audio, video, or other forms.
- 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.
- Assess the risks and benefits of treatment termination for clients.
- Document evaluations, treatment plans, case summaries, or progress or other reports related to individual clients or client groups.
- Apply current technology to music therapy practices.
- Analyze or synthesize client data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for therapy.
- 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.
- Apply selected research findings to practice.
- Establish client goals or objectives for music therapy treatment, considering client needs, capabilities, interests, overall therapeutic program, coordination of treatment, or length of treatment.
- Observe and document client reactions, progress, or other outcomes related to music therapy.
- Select or adapt musical instruments, musical equipment, or non-musical materials, such as adaptive devices or visual aids, to meet treatment objectives.
- Analyze data to determine the effectiveness of specific treatments or therapy approaches.
Related Technology & Tools
- Electronic organs
- Digital audio recorders
- Handheld microphones
- Music video games
- Acoustic guitars
- Personal computers
- Digital video cameras
- Bass drums
- Metallophones
- Cellos
- Computer laser printers
- Snare drums
- Laptop computers
- Compact disk CD players
- Autoharps
- Musical flutes
- Heart rate monitors
- MP3 players
- Tablet computers
- Automatic blood pressure cuffs
- Pianos
- Handbells
- Electronic keyboards
- Rhythm instruments
- Violins
- Timpani
- Orchestral cymbals
- Video game consoles
- Microsoft Office
- Email software
- Electronic health record EHR software
- Avid Technology Pro Tools
- Web browser software
- Virtual instrument software
- Musical instrument digital interface MIDI software