Music Therapy Association of  Minnesota                      

Great Lakes Regional

Music Therapy Conference

Expanding Our Repertoire

March 5-8, 2009

Hotel Sofitel, Bloomington, MN

Room Rates:

$99 Single-Quad

Free shuttles to airport and the Mall of America

For more information: www.glr-amta.org

P r e – C o n f e r e n c e I n s t i t u t e s: M a r c h 2 - 5

Level I Training: Introduction to Music and Imagery Primary Trainers: Lisa Summer, MCAT, MT-BC, FAMI and Fran Goldberg, M.A., MT-BC, FAMI

Music Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Presented by: Jayne Standley, Ph.D., MT-BC

Integrating Music Therapy into Medicine                 University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing and Abbott Northwestern Hospital Institute for Health and Healing

C M T E  O p p o r t u n i t i e s

Expanding Your Clinical NMT Skills                          Sarah Johnson, M.M., MT-BC, NMT Fellow

Songs as Psychotherapy                                          Annie Heiderscheit, Ph.D., MT-BC, FAMI, NMT

An Experiential Overture to BMGIM                           Cathy McKinney, Ph.D., MT-BC, FAMI

Songwriting as Music Therapy                                   Tracy Richardson, M.S., MT-BC

Self-Care for the Music Therapist                              Sharon Boyle, M.M., MT-BC

NMT Interventions for People with Parkinson’s          Sandra Holten, MT-BC, NMT Fellow

Evidence-Based Practice of NMT                              Suzanne Oliver, MT-BC, NMT Fellow                                                                                      Jenna Anderson, MT-BC, NMT Fellow

Strategies to Maximize Your Clinical Skills                Catherine Knoll, M.A., MT-BC

Call for Papers

Call for Papers/Presentations

DEADLINE EXTENDED!!!!!!

PROPOSALS DUE BY OCT. 20

Copy and Paste the Below Information to a Word Document

Please provide the following:

 A.       On a cover sheet, please provide the following:

1.  Name of presenter(s)

            2.  Contact person’s address, phone number with area code, and e-mail address.

3.  Length of presentation preferred (please specify 60, 90, 120 minutes or 5 hour CMTE).

            4.  Title of Presentation (12 words maximum).

            5.  Format of Presentation (lecture, demonstration, experiential).

6.  Target audience (students, entry level professionals, experienced professionals)

            and any participant prerequisites (if applicable).                            

7.  Specific audiovisual needs.  Due to scheduling and budgeting issues, changes in AV requests will not be allowed after the proposals have been accepted.

            8.  Specific requests for instruments.

            9.  Suggested presider.

B.        A resume (or curriculum vitae) or a brief description of 2-3 past work experiences for each presenter.  Please include a list of 2-3 past presentations, if any.

 C.       On a separate sheet, please provide:

            1.  Presentation data

                 a.  Title of presentation

                 b.  Learner objectives

     c.  How music/MT techniques will be incorporated (discussion, listening

                          examples, experiential, not included/requires practitioner to adapt/apply).                                     

            2.  Abstract of 50 words or less (may be edited to meet needs of conference program)

            3.  Detailed description of the presentation, 250 words or less.

          4.  Note: Handouts for accepted proposals will be requested at a later time

* Please note the earlier submission date, which reflects a slightly earlier conference date

Submit materials and direct any questions to:  glr2009@yahoo.com