Programme

The Fellowship is the succession training of the NMT-training given by Dr. Corene P. Hurt-Thaut and additional ArtEZ NMT fellow lecturers.  It will be offered to those clinicians and music therapists who received there NMT-certificate and have been working in their daily practice with the various NMT-techniques. The training will be held in English.

The NMT Fellowship Training is an intensive programme which begins with a review and update of current research and clinical practice. Participants are then required to present video examples demonstrating their current clinical work using three different NMT techniques.

Course Objectives

• Participants demonstrate a basic definition and advanced knowledge about the implementation of neurologic music therapy (NMT), including the taxonomy of techniques used in NMT through verbal and video demonstration.
• Participants demonstrate an increased knowledge of current research supporting NMT techniques as evidenced by clinical choices based on current best practice.
• Participants demonstrate thru live video, a working knowledge of the Transformational Design Model; a model to assist in treatment selection based on functional goals.
• Participants will be actively demonstrate current clinical assessments for treatment evaluation.
• Participants will answer basic neuroanatomy and pathology questions related to a variety of neurologic disorders.

The Training Schedule will be uploaded shortly before the training.

What to Prepare

Clinicians

• Bring or send three (3) video examples of three (3) different NMT techniques you used with your clients and/or patients. These techniques need to be from at least two (2) of the three domains (e.g. sensorimotor and cognition). The recordings should be no more than one (1) year old. The overall presentation including all three videos should be 10-15 minutes in length. Be prepared to provide the diagnoses and background of the client, as well the functional goal(s) you are working on. Remember: You are responsible for having the proper institutional and/or client releases.

  PLEASE ALSO FILL OUT THE FELLOWSHIP FORMAT (SEE BELOW) AND E-MAIL IT TO:  fellowship@nmtacademy.co  

Educators

• Bring or send three (3) video examples of three (3) different NMT techniques you taught to your students (e.g. that includes explanations, demonstrations, and student facilitation with instructor feedback). These techniques need to be from at least two (2) of the three domains (e.g. sensorimotor and cognition). The recordings should be no more than one (1) year old. 

Researchers

• Presentations must include published data from at least one study of your own work that is either basic science or translational clinical research related to NMT.  Presentations should be no more than 20 minutes in length leaving additional  time for discussion. 

Download here the complete Preparation for NMT Fellowship

Furthermore pretraining obligations

Before the Fellowship training we ask the participants to watch and complete three videos accompanied by short quizzes. Once registered you will receive a link and password in order to complete the pretraining materials. 

Evaluation

A peer review evaluation will be completed by all participants. Participants will be informed within two weeks after the training whether they have passed, or whether they need to resubmit one or more of their clinical examples based on a 70% majority vote. If the participant is successful, he/she will be listed in the NMT Fellowship register for 5 years.

Recommended materials

For a thorough preparation the following book is advised: 
Michael H. Thaut & Volkert Hoemberg (2024). Handbook of Neurologic Music Therapy [2^nd revised edition] (Oxford University Press).

Certification

A certificate for this Fellowship in neurological music therapy is issued by the Robert Unkefer Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy, endorsed by the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation, and recognized as advanced continuing education training by CBMT. 

Accreditatie

The NMT-fellowship training is worldwide recognized and accredited, also by Nederlandse Vereniging van Muziektherapie (NVvMT), Federatie Vaktherapeutische Beroepen (FVB), Register Vaktherapeutische Beroepen. For Dutch music therapist the SRVB-registration has been requested and is pending: accreditation has been granted in the recent past for 32 creditpoints.