Adding my Voice to the Voices of the Sea

American Music Therapy Association National Conference

Jacksonville, FL

November 20-24, 2014

I will have the opportunity to speak three times at this year's national conference for music therapy. 

Here is a sneak preview:

November 20, 2013 

12:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Institute: Medical Music Therapy for Infants & Children

*Chair: Jayne M. Standley, PhD, MT-BC

This session will feature prominent clinicians and researchers who specialize in medical music therapy for infants and children. It will include presentations on NICU MT research and innovations, music therapy for soothing infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, music therapy for burn treatment and other serious illnesses, pediatric and pediatric intensive care music therapy, use of music therapy in the Emergency Room with children, outpatient pediatric rehabilitation and early intervention, music therapy in physician offices, clinics, and/or day-care for medically fragile children. Counselling methods for stressed parents and teens with serious illnesses will be included. Program development and reimbursement issues for medical music therapy services will be reviewed. 

* I will participate in this institute by explaining some of the effects of the Affordable Care Act on healthcare for Women and Children. 

Friday, November 22, 2013  

7:30 AM to 9:00 AM

Deciphering the Affordable Care Act: Implications, Perceptions, and Current Knowledge within Music Therapy 

Elisa Aven, MT-BC; Daniel Tague, PhD, MT-BC

Saturday, November 23, 2013 

10:45 AM to 12:15 PM

21st Century Tools for Educators and Supervisors: There's an App for That!

Abbey Dvorak, PhD, MT-BC; Daniel Tague, PhD, MT-BC

I hope to see you there!