Where
J. W. Marriott
10 S West St
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
Room block reservations end Wednesday, March 16th at 5:00 PM
- Rooms for $159/night with no additional cost for splitting the bill
- 30% off parking
Deadlines
Early Bird Registration - March 11th
Pre-Registration - April 1st
All registration after April 1st will be on site.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Joanne Loewy, DA, LCAT, MT-BC
Musical Bridges that Integrate Mind, Body, Spirit
Joanne Loewy DA, LCAT, MT-BC is the Director of the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine, and an Associate Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Loewy oversees the Department of Music Therapy which she started at Beth Israel in 1994. Dr Loewy has conducted research in pulmonology, sedation, assessment, pain, asthma and NICU music therapy. Her areas of specialty are assessment, hermeneutic research, trauma and supervision. Dr. Loewy is the co-Editor in Chief of the international, peer reviewed journal 'Music and Medicine' and serves on several editorial boards including the Cochrane Palliative Care review and the Journal for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. She received her doctorate from NYU. Dr. Loewy is a Founding Member of the International Association for Music and Medicine and she teaches at Hahnemann Creative Arts Therapy graduate music therapy program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Molloy College, and at the University of Barcelona. Passages
The Great Lakes Region American Music Therapy Association Students presents a free conference for the students by the students. Students from across the region will be presenting on topics that relate to being a student. Our conference finale will be keynote speaker Jenni Rook, MT-BC, LCPC, Executive Director, from Institute for Therapy through the Arts in Chicago. Passages will be held at the JW Marriot Indianapolis, on April 14th 1:00 – 5:00 PM before the opening ceremonies of GLR-AMTA 2016. We look forward to seeing you there!
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Refunds for cancellations are available by written request only. Requests must be mailed to conference chair: Jennifer Whitlow, 6710 Waverhill Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46217.
Full refunds cannot be made. 80% of fees will be refunded if the request is postmarked no later than March 28th. 50% of fees will be refunded if request is postmarked before April 7th. No refunds will be made after April 7th. Refunds will be processed within 25 days after the conference.
The GLR 2016 Music Therapy Conference is approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) for 5 Continuing Music Therapy Education (CMTE) credits.
The Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, #P-021, maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.
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GLR-AMTA Conference 2016
April 14 - April 17
Indianapolis, IN
Pre-Conference Institutes
A full list of pre-conference institutes and CMTE courses can be found on our website. Click here for more information
All institutes and CMTEs have a minimum of 6 participants unless otherwise noted. If an institute or CMTE does not meet the minimimum required participants by March 11th, it will be cancelled and refunds for the course will be issued to those who registered.
Institutes
Monday, April 11 through Thursday April 14, 8 am- 5 pm
Institute A:The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery & Music Level I Training (36 CMTEs)
Presenters: Fran Goldberg & Louise Dimiceli-Mitran, Primary Trainers
*Minimum number of participants – 8
*Maximum number of participants – 12
This Level I GIM seminar includes a brief history of GIM, definitions of GIM in contrast to Music Imagery (MI), Bonny’s theory including the Cut Log Diagram, transpersonal therapy, Wheeler’s levels of music psychotherapy, elements of the GIM session and clinical applications. Altered states of consciousness, types of imagery, guiding, the role of music in GIM/MI and music programs in GIM will be discussed. Music analysis, levels of therapy in music and music imagery approaches, indications, contraindications, standards of practice and ethics, credentialing and GIM training will be included. Students will learn simple guiding techniques, practice in closely supervised dyads throughout the training, receive feedback & evaluation from trainers and observe processing techniques which include mandala drawings. Simple, supportive MI techniques will be taught for use in specifically defined situations.
Wednesday, April 13, 12 pm- 6pm
Methods of Music Therapy addressing Chronic, Procedural and Terminal Pain (6 CMTEs)
Presenter: Joanne V. Loewy, DA, LCAT, MT-BC
*Minimum number of participants – 10
Pain is an important indicator of disease and is often used as a diagnostic component in illness. Pain is also one of the only medical symptoms that include discomfort signals most often revealing actual or potential injury to the body. Music therapists have special access to assessing and treating pain and can rectify the physical awareness of pain; its perception, subjective interpretation, location, intensity, including the potential assessment of comorbidities. The culture of a patient, and how the medical team assesses pain will necessarily affect how treatments are provided. When a painful cue sends the brain a signal, the peripheral nerve becomes stimulated. The brain has an essential role in responding to the unpleasant stimuli. The areas of the brain that modulate and regulate feeling and tension are also the areas that can regulate the pain response and this area may be directly affected by music. Attendees in this course will be provided with music therapeutic applications that show how sound and music may have a deliberate and predictable effect in the activation of stress or soothing response patterns. Particularly as a music experience is elicited, the pain signals may be turned off perceptually, or become less active. Music therapy can alter the experience of how pain is felt, particularly when the music is live and a persons’ cognitive processing and mood are involved within the dynamic expression and receptivity to theme and dynamic is processed. It is therefore helpful to understand not only the type of pain and how it is classified, but the patient’s description of how the pain experienced.
Thursday, April 14, 9am-6pm
Institute C:
Supervision and Mentoring in Music Therapy: How, When & Why (8 CMTEs)
Presenters: Carol L. Shultis, PhD, MT-BC & Theresa R. Merrill, PhD, MT-BC
Supervision is essential to the continued growth of the practice of music therapy. Arising from arts-based experiences, this institute will introduce participants to foundational theories of supervision and mentoring, intersecting themes and ethical considerations across the continuum of pre-professional and professional supervision and mentoring. Special emphasis is placed on self-assessment and personal insight with a view to engaging supervision and mentoring as a means to ethical practice and self-care.
Sunday, April 17, 8am-5pm
Institute E:Implications and Applications of Hip Hop Culture in Music Therapy (8 CMTEs)
Presenter: Michael Viega, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, FAMI
This full day workshop focuses on the implications and application of Hip Hop Culture for clinical practice in music therapy. Given the global popularity of rap and Hip Hop, it is imperative for music therapists to gain cultural competencies about the historical background, rituals, and practices of Hip Hop. Participants will learn about the history of Hip Hop, its application within various music therapy methods, its research and scope of practice in therapy, and ethical, social, and political considerations of applying Hip Hop and rap in music therapy. In addition, participants will receive hands-on experience creating within the medium of Hip Hop and discussing its therapeutic benefits and challenges. The goal for this workshop is to help music therapists apply Hip Hop methods in their music therapy practice successfully by increasing their understanding of its clinical relevance and engaging in meaningful participation within its various art forms.
**The above CMTEs and Institutes are approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) for the listed number of Continuing Music Therapy Education credits. AMTA Great Lakes Region, P-021, maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.
CMTEs
Thursday, April 14, 7 am-12 pmCMTE 1:
Embracing Life Through Music: Bridging birth and hospice care together through music therapy(5 CMTEs)
Heather King, Kate Taylor, MA, MT-BC, Annie Walljasper, MT-BC
CMTE 2:
Working in the music: Advancing Clinical Practice Skills (5 CMTEs)
Susan Gardstrom, PhD, MT-BC, Annie Heiderscheit, PhD, MT-BC, LMFT, James Hiller, PhD, MT-BC, and Nancy Jackson, PhD, MT-BC
Thursday 1:30pm – 6:30pm
CMTE 3:
Music Therapy and Foster Care Youth (5 CMTEs)
Michael L. Zanders, PhD, MT-BC
CMTE 4:
Resources for Effective Clinical Improvisation (5 CMTEs)
John Mahoney, PhD, MT-BC, LCAT
CMTE 5:
Addictions Treatment and Recovery: Using Music and the Arts to Reclaim Lives
(5 CMTEs)
Maria T. Carlini, MSOL, MT-BC
Sunday, April 17, 7 am-12 pm
CMTE 7:
Making the Transfer: Guitar & Percussion Techniques for Deepening the Clinical Groove
(5 CMTEs)
Carolyn Koebel, MM, MT-BC and Mike LimBybliw, MT-BC
CMTE 9
What Happens in Cyberspace, Stays in Cyberspace: Ethical Issues in Technology (5 CMTEs)
Debbie Bates, MMT, MT-BC
**For more information about the CMTEs, please visit: http://www.glr-amta.org/2016conference/institutes-cmtes/
The above CMTEs and Institutes are approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) for the listed number of Continuing Music Therapy Education credits. AMTA Great Lakes Region, P-021, maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.
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