Exploring Career Options
© 2008
Cathy Knoll, MA, MT-BC
Dellinda Henry, MEd, MT-BC
Dwight Knoll
FREE eco-friendly online mini-course
Optional 5 CMTE credits $25.00
Exploring Career Options is a music therapy mini-course available to you at no cost or obligation. The free mini-course is designed specifically to help current and future music therapists contemplate an extensive array of factors as they consider their career options in the vast field of music therapy. To receive the Exploring Career Options mini-course, just send us a quick request via e-mail CathyKnoll@MusicWorksPublications.com We will send you an e-mail with the pdf workbook attached and links to the audio discussion. You can print the workbook or read the .pdf on your computer. You can download the .mp3 audio tracks or listen on-line.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Am I in the right field?
Chapter 3: What are my priorities and goals?
Chapter 4: What is my professional profile?
Chapter 5: Where can I best serve?
Chapter 6: What are my job options?
Chapter 7: What resources are available?
Remember, to receive this FREE mini-course – pdf workbook and audio files – just send a brief request to CathyKnoll@MusicWorksPublications.com Check out our other FREE mini-courses, and tell your colleagues about these helpful professional resources.
Optional CMTE credits. Music therapists can earn 5 pre-approved CMTE credits for just $5 per credit hour by reviewing the workbook materials, listening to the audio segments, answering the questions for each chapter, and then completing the CMTE application packet. You may take the mini-course now and apply for credits anytime in the future. Whether you take the course for CMTE credit or not, Music Works Publications commends you for taking steps to boost your professional development.
When you apply for CMTE credit, you will submit a CMTE packet that includes: (1) a copy of the answered questions for each chapter, (2) the required 2-page CMTE Evaluation form located at the back of the workbook, and (3) a check paid to the order of Music Works Publications for your $25 CMTE fee. You must keep a copy of your packet in the event it is lost in the mail. Send the CMTE packet to Dellinda Henry, MT-BC, 9471 Brushy Point Street, San Antonio, TX 78250.
Due to the personal nature of the questions and answers for this mini-course, your course work will receive a restricted access status. Except for the 2-page evaluation form, your course work will only be accessible to Dellinda Henry, the Continuing Education Director of Music Works Publications. See the CMTE Information page for details.
Learning Objectives Course participants will: (1) evaluate and identify professional strengths, weaknesses, priorities, and employment options, (2) define personal and/professional goals and objectives, (3) develop a better understanding of their personal and professional effectiveness, and (4) develop a plan of action to strengthen areas of professional weakness. Exploring Career Options addresses these specific competencies of the CBMT Revised Scope of Practice: III. Treatment Implementation and Termination, A.5.i. and V. Professional Development and Responsibilities, A.1-2a and B.9-10
Instructors. Cathy Knoll, MA, MT-BC and Dellinda Henry, MEd, MT-BC
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Statement of relationship to CBMT: Exploring Career Options is approved by the Certification Board of Music Therapists (CBMT) for 5 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.