Job Impact: Professional Skills
for Music Therapists
© 2010 ISBN 978-0-9815947-1-2
Cathy Knoll, MA, MT-BC
and Dellinda Henry, MEd, MT-BC
Eco-friendly edition $40.00
Optional 45 CMTE credits $225.00
Job Impact: Professional Skills for Music Therapists is a comprehensive guide for anyone wanting to improve their job skills, enhance their career, and maximize the results of their professional efforts. Veteran music therapists with over 70 years of combined professional experience share practical strategies in all aspects of the profession and business of music therapy. The new eco-friendly edition of this professional study course from Music Works Publications includes a pdf workbook to read on your computer or to download and print. You can listen to the audio discussion directly on your computer or on an iPod, or you can burn on a CD. Job Impact includes details about career-related topics organized in three units.
- Unit 1: Take A Close Look + Where are you headed? + What is in your toolbox? + Can you manage this? + What is Plan B? + Can you sell music therapy?
- Unit 2: Professional Communication + Effective business communication + A resume that works for you + High impact marketing materials + First aid for public speakers + Proposals that get results
- Unit 3: Job Security + Build your value + Negotiate the details + Weather the Storms + On-the-job procedures + Expand your boundaries
Earn inexpensive, pre-approved CMTE credits. Music therapists can receive 45 hours of pre-approved CMTE credit for Job Impact by submitting written assignments chosen from options in each chapter. The CMTE fee is only $225 – only $5 per credit hour! You do not submit the CMTE fee or assignments until you are ready to receive credit. You can take the course now and apply for CMTE credit anytime in the future. You can also choose to earn CMTE credits for just one unit – 15 CMTE credits for $60.00 – and save the other units for the next recertification cycle. See the CMTE Information page for details.
Learning Objectives and 2010 CBMT Scope of Practice: Job Impact
Unit 1: Participant will evaluate and identify professional strengths, weaknesses, and priorities; define personal and professional goals and objectives; develop a plan of action to strengthen areas of professional weakness and develop a better understanding of their personal and professional effectiveness (CBMT Scope of Practice 2010: IV. Professional Development and Responsibilities, A. Professional Development 1-7).
Unit 2: Participants will improve their ability to communicate effectively and professionally with employers, colleagues, consumers, and the community (CBMT Scope of Practice 2010: III. Ongoing Documentation and Evaluation of Treatment, B. Evaluation 6-9 and IV. Professional Development and Responsibilities, A. Professional Development 4-5 and B. Professional Responsibilities 1, 3-10, 13, 15-17).
Unit 3: Participants will develop plans, documentation, and strategies that build professional worth, job security, and that increase visibility of music therapy (CBMT Scope of Practice 2010: I. Assessment and Treatment Planning, A. Assessment 5-11, B. Interpret Assessment Information and Communicate Results 3 and 5, C. Treatment Planning 1-16, II. Treatment Implementation and Termination, C. Termination and Closure 1-7, III. Ongoing Documentation and Evaluation of Treatment, A. Documentation 1-7, B. Evaluation 1-10 and IV. Professional Development and Responsibilities, A. Professional Development 1-9 and B. Professional Responsibilities 1-17).
Statement of relationship to CBMT: Job Impact is approved by the Certification Board of Music Therapists (CBMT) for 45 Continuing Music Therapy Education credits (CMTE). Credits awarded by CBMT are accepted by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). Music Works Publications, S-001, maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria. See the CMTE Information page for details.
Note: Original © 1991, Revised 1994, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010.