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