Hospice & Palliative Care Institute Registration & Schedule

Hospice & Palliative Care Music Therapy Institute

~May 5th-8th, 2012 at Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Detroit

Institute Instructors: Dr. Russell Hilliard, Taryn Thomas

This course provides music therapists with in-depth training of the needs of terminally ill patients and their families. The course offers advanced techniques and affords participants opportunities to practice skills in a clinical setting. In addition, they will learn the business aspects of hospice music therapy and will be able to write business proposals to create new music therapy programs and expand existing programs. Participants earn 50 Specialty CMTEs. As a part of this course, Taryn Thomas will be teaching a 5-hour CMTE on Gospel Music in End of Life Care. This 5-hour CMTE will examine the use and influence of traditional gospel music with patients and families.

**For those who have already taken the full Hospice & Palliative Care Institute, you can attend the 5-hour CMTE for $75.

In this course, participants will:

~Learn to identify the clinical needs of people with a terminal illness

~Create and evaluate music therapy interventions to meet those needs

~Practice skills under supervision in a clinical setting

~Learn how to establish a new music therapy program or expand an existing program in an end of life care setting

~Identify funding sources to establish a program

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Register for Gospel CMTE only

Registration Fee: $600 includes course materials/$75 for 5-hour CMTE "Gospel Music in End of Life Care" ONLY

Schedule:

Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
*includes four, 15-minute breaks and a working lunch

   Sunday: 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
   (Gospel Music in End of Life Care 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
   *includes four, 15-minute breaks and a working lunch

Monday: 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
*includes four, 15-minute breaks and a working lunch

Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
*includes three, 15-minute breaks and a working lunch

Homework assignment: There is a post-course homework assignment that is to be emailed to the instructor. On average, this assignment takes 4 hours to complete.

Location: Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, 27355 John R Road, Madison Heights, MI 48071

Airport: Info to be posted soon.

Hotel: Info to be posted soon.

To register or for more information contact info@hospicemusictherapy.org.

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