International Neurologic Music Therapy® (NMT) Training Institute
A Certification Course for Music Therapists & other Neurologic Rehabilitation Professionals
This 4-day workshop will provide participants with clinical training and scientific knowledge to practice within the NMT system within their professional scope of practice.
This training is open to all professionals and students* who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT)® and music therapists interested in utilizing Neurologic Music Therapy® methodology and techniques.
* Students who complete the training during their undergraduate or graduate music therapy program, prior to board certification or completion of their training as a music therapist, will need to complete an NMT™ Clinical Practice Workshop to receive their NMT™ designation. Once the NMT™ Student completes their training as a music therapist, they can register for a Clinical Practice Workshop at a discounted rate.
Course Date:
Saturday, March 21 – Tuesday, March 24, 2025
Time:
Registration at 8:00a.m., Course begins daily (Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) at 8:30 a.m.
Location:
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands
3rd Floor South Tower - Woodlands & Shenandoah Meeting Rooms
9250 Pinecroft Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Way Finding Map
Parking:
PARKING GARAGE: If you are parking, please park on LEVEL D of the parking garage 2 located right next to the freeway. Take the sky bridge on level D through the double doors and enter the Education Floor and turn left and enter the conference room labeled WOODLANDS.
Travel:
Training begins at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning and ends at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Please make sure that your travel arrangements allow you adequate time to get to/from the airport. Completion of the training in its entirety is expected to gain the Neurologic Music Therapy® credential and certificate.
Hotel:
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Course Description: Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT)® is an evidence-based clinical treatment system of 20 techniques that is driven by the advances in neuroscience and the understanding of music perception, production, and cognition, and the influence of music on non-musical brain and behavior function. Neurologic Music Therapy® is defined as the therapeutic application of music to cognitive, affective, sensory, language, and motor dysfunction due to disease or injury to the human nervous system. It addresses a broad scope of motor, cognitive, and speech and language goals as well as psychosocial function. Populations served by NMT® include, but are not limited to: stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, cerebral palsy, developmental disorders, Alzheimer's disease, autism, and mental health disorders.
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course participants will:
Participants will gain a working knowledge of the Neurologic Music Therapy® (NMT)™ System of Techniques through active practice and live demonstration.
Participants will demonstrate an increased knowledge of current research supporting NMT™ techniques through active translation into therapeutic music exercises.
Participants will demonstrate a working knowledge of the Transformational Design Model (TDM)™ by working through clinical scenarios and presenting their projected clinical outcomes.
Participants will identify current clinical assessments that can be used by NMT™ Professionals for treatment evaluation of functional motor, cognitive, speech/language, and psychosocial outcomes.
Participants will be able to answer basic neuroanatomy and neuropathology questions related to a variety of neurologic disorders.
Assessment of Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course and a written test, a certificate of completion in advanced Neurologic Music Therapy training will be issued by the Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy.
Completion of the NMT training allows the board-certified music therapist to practice and use the credential of NMT for five years.
This training is open to other students and professionals outside the field of music therapy; however, completion of the NMT training does NOT allow one to practice outside their professional licensure-training-certification.
There are no required prerequisites to take this training.
Course Curriculum
Scientific Foundations of NMT
Neuropathology/ Disease Review
Sensorimotor Techniques: Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation®, Pattern Sensory Enhancement®, Therapeutic Instrumental Playing®
Speech Techniques: Melodic Intonation Therapy, Musical Speech Stimulation®, Rhythmic Speech Cueing, Vocal Intonation Therapy®, Therapeutic Singing, Oral Motor and Respiratory Exercises®, Developmental Speech and Language Training through Music, Symbolic Communication Training through Music®
Cognitive Techniques: Music Neglect Training®, Auditory perception Training, Musical Attention Control Training®, Musical Mnemonics Training®, Echoic Memory Training®, Associative Mood and Memory Training®, Musical Executive Functions Training®, Music Psychosocial Training®
