Music Therapy Practicum I

Music Therapy Practicum I Spring 2007 MUTX 346 This class will meet 1:1 weekly in HFA 146. Confirm your 1:1 time with me by 10 a.m. on Thurs., Jan. 25th Lee Anna Rasar [email protected] HFA 146 836-4260

Please note that there are some differences in the structure of this course since last semester. All grading deadlines are firm, including Personal Professional Growth deadlines. Note that no make-up opportunities are allowed for Personal Professional Growth work and that your final grade in the course is affected in a positive manner by on-time completion of this work and in a negative manner if you get behind in this work. Do the math to note the effect of a 0 for any given week.

WEEK 1 Week of 1-22 - 1-26 - Clinical assignments are made. To receive a grade of C or higher you must confirm your session time/s and day/s with Lee Anna in writing by Thurs., 1-25 at 10:00 a.m. If you are using the Music Therapy Clinic for your session, you need to double check with Lee Anna for availability of clinic PRIOR to confirming a time with your client to make sure that no one else has already booked that time. A common error is to simply book the clinic based on the times that you and your client are free. If you are actually able to contact your client and meet to complete the enrollment form and permission forms and/or if you are able to orient with a clinical supervisor at a clinical facility, you may do so this week instead of waiting until next week. Give Lee Anna a copy of your complete schedule, including how to contact you if your client cancels (i.e., for each time slot – work phone number, practice room number). Remember to immediately update any schedule changes as the semester progresses. Prior to 10 a.m. on Thurs., Jan. 25th, you need to confirm a weekly 1:1 time with Lee Anna that will be the same day and time weekly. During this 1:1 meeting time next week you will schedule 2 off-service meeting times for your final examination and make plans for any 1:1 meetings scheduled on Fri., April 6 and during any tours/field trips. Update your status on the AMTA Professional Competencies. On the AMTA website they have not been updated since last semester, so you do not need to reprint a copy of them. However, you will need to print off new copies of the Standards of Clinical Practice and of the Code of Ethics. Go to www.musictherapy.org to print these documents. Organize and file all papers from MUTX 345 in hard copy and place them in a folder.

Homework due at 1:1 next week: * PPGP Parts 1 – 6 (All students may update weekly, 1 part at a time for Parts 1 - 6, as noted in this syllabus.) If your concert attendance is not up to date, you need to get up to date this semester. Include this in your PPG for grading. * written review of notes from all your specific clinical assignments – include outline of goals/objectives and activities for your particular clinical assignee * submission of your folder prepared and organized with materials for this course. * written outline of session plan for assessment of your clinical assignee – will be graded based on meeting requirements in Standards of Clinical Practice and based on organization by corresponding assessment categories with 3 BACK-UP activities for each

1 2 original plan activity in each category - submit either this week or next week during your 1:1 meeting, based on scheduling days of your 1:1 and your session

WEEK 2 Week of 1-29 - 2-2 – Conduct assessment session. You will need to maintain a record of data from your assessment session to include in data sheets once they are developed. * PPGP – Parts 1 – 6 written – may update for next five weeks as noted in syllabus ** One song for PPG is due. * Submission of AMTA Professional Competencies along with Personal Professional Growth Plan update is due to reflect your progress across the winter break. * Completion of enrollment form, 4 consent forms, and billing statement (give only to Lee Anna – NEVER give to client or to guardian) OR facility handbook sheet and contract with practicum supervisor, as applicable * During 1:1 give Lee Anna Asst. Plan with 3 back-up activities for each activity on your chosen plan, and, if needed, submit 5 forms and billing statement. Schedule final exam times and reschedule any other meetings as needed. Conduct initial contact meeting between therapist and client/significant other or facility/supervisor orientation.

WEEK 3 Week of 2-5 – 2-9 – Conduct session. * PPG – Part 2 written may be updated * Submit written assessment during 1:1 meeting with Lee Anna. * Submit progress note for session. ** One song for PPG is due.

WEEK 4 Week of 2-12 - 2-16 – Conduct session. * PPG – Part 3 written may be updated * Submit Behavioral Objective Worksheets for each objective * and submit Treatment Plan, including Data Sheets during 1:1 session with Lee Anna. * Submit progress note for session. ** One song for PPG is due.

WEEK 5 Week of 2-19 - 2-23 – Conduct session. * PPG – Part 4 written may be updated * During your 1:1 meeting time with Lee Anna submit outline of session plans by goals and activities for weeks 3 – 15. Use Worksheet for Semester form and submit it during 1:1 meeting with Lee Anna. ** One song for PPG is due. * Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for session.

WEEK 6 Week of 2-26 – 3-2 – Conduct session. * PPG – Part 5 written may be updated ** One song for PPG is due for all students. Students also taking MUTX 345 will have a PPG song with grade not being recorded but with feedback provided. * Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for session.

WEEK 7 Week of 3-5 - 3-9 – Conduct session. * PPG – Part 6 written may be updated ** One song for PPG is due. Grading begins for MUTX 345 students this week. * Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for session.

WEEK 8 Week of 3-12 - 3-16 - Conduct session. ** One song for PPG is due. * Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for session.

Happy Spring Break March 19 – 23!

WEEK 9 Week of 3-26 - 3-30 – Conduct session. ** One song for PPG is due. * Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for session.

WEEK 10 Week of 4-2 - 4-5 (April Break is 4-6) – Conduct session. ** One song for PPG is due. * Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for session.

WEEK 11 Week of 4-9 - 4-13 – Conduct session. ** One song for PPG is due. * Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for session.

WEEK 12 Week of 4-16 - 4-20 – Conduct session.

** One song for PPG is due. * Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for session.

WEEK 13 Week of 4-23 - 4-27 Conduct session. ** One song for PPG is due. * Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for session.

WEEK 14 Week of 4-30 - 5-4 - Conduct session. ** One song for PPG is due. *Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for last session and prepare for discharge summary and any home programs or referral plans. During 1:1 meeting with Lee Anna obtain copy of UW-EC Music Therapy letterhead if needed for letter to client/guardian for off-service responsibilities.

WEEK 15 Week of 5-7 - 5-11 - Conduct session. ** One song for PPG is due. *Submit progress notes and data sheet/s for session.

This is your last week of sessions. All sessions must be made up by Fri., May 11 in order to receive a passing grade for this semester. Your final exam for this course is next week and consists of your off-service meeting. Note info below to prepare for that meeting. All clinical work must have been completed by May 11 and all written work must be completed by your first 1:1 time for your final exam to receive a passing grade for this semester.

Week 16 – Final Exams – May 14 - 18

Final Exam – Your final exam will be held during two 1:1 meetings during Finals week.

Your final exam consists of your off-service meetings. If applicable, letter to client/guardian is included in responsibilities for off-service meeting with instructor.

Off-Service Responsibilities: Bring 3 copies of Tx Eval, Data Sheets, and letter to client/guardian (if applicable) to your off-service meeting for all clinic clients. If you have facility clients, you will only need two copies. Sign and date all data sheets. If letter is applicable: Bring address/es of client/s. Bring 2 copies of letter on UW-EC Music Therapy letterhead or bring a less formal card with a note explaining that the Treatment Eval/D/C Summary/Home Program is enclosed. You will need to sign and date all data sheets, and Lee Anna will need to co-sign them. Get co-signed: Tx Eval Data sheets Possibly letter to client/guardian Any extra notes

Review Personal Professional Growth. Xerox final report if changes made. Mail envelope to client/guardian, if applicable.

It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to review your notes from MUTX 345 for instructions on how to prepare Assessments, Treatment Plans, and Treatment Evaluations/Home Programs/D/C Summaries.

Drop/Withdrawal Deadlines: Fri., Feb. 2 is the deadline to drop with no record as well as the deadline to change to/from S/U or Audit. Mon., April 9 is the withdrawal deadline.

Academic Policies: This website contains academic policies for UW-Eau Claire, including academic misconduct: http://www.uwec.edu/AcadAff/policies/PoliciesAndProcedures.pdf

Attendance Policy: Attendance is expected at all therapy appointments and supervision appointments. For any approved absence, make-up work must be submitted to maintain the point scoring. Make-up work assignments will be created jointly by student and teacher. 5 points will be dropped from the final grade for any uncompleted make-up work. Make-up work is not permitted for unexcused absences, and 5 points will be dropped from the final grade for each unexcused absence.

Students with Disabilities: Any student who has a disability and is in need of accommodations must contact the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities and must meet with Lee Anna during the first week of classes to discuss needs. The Office of Services for Students with Disabilities is located in Old Library 2136 – phone: 836-4542. This procedure is University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Policy.

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: MUTX 345

TEXTBOOK Jumbo Songbook – E-Z Play Today – 1977 – Hal Leonard (available at Morgan Music) – Intended for Purchase at $19.95 but should already have it for MUTX 345 or from previous courses – may substitute other books and may substitute choices of songs for PPG with permission from teacher at least two weeks in advance – Use form in syllabus.

Grading scale based on points: A = 95-100 C+ = 77-79 D- = 60 – 63 A- = 90-94 C = 74-76 F = 0 – 59 B+ =87-89 C- = 70-73 B =84-86 D+ = 67-69 B- =60-83 D = 64-66

Final grade in course cannot be any higher than comprehensive grade for music skills across semester.

5 points will be subtracted from any 1 assignment for each question you ask about procedures when these procedures were previously described in MUTX 345 class lectures and/or reserve materials or syllabus.

GRADING - Any deadlines not met result in a score of 0 . Add total points from the categories below and divide by 7 to determine final grade. * = graded separately for each clinical assignment/credit of practica

Participation – potential of 200 points fourteen 1:1 meetings with professor = 2 points each for attendance = 28 two 1:1 final meetings = 6 points each = 12 fourteen 1:1 meetings with professor – acceptance of responsibility for meeting as described in syllabus = 4 points each = 56 2 videotapes or observations planned and executed on time = 44* (missing deadline = grade of 0 to represent clinical responsibility)

PPG Average - add points below and divide by 8 – potential of 100 points PPG 1 – 6 = 100 points each = 600 PPG 1 - 6 Web Portfolio posting = 100 points Weekly PPG = 100 points

Homework - 100 points each – add points together and divide by 12 E-Reserve Code of Ethics and Standards of Clinical Practice Written notes preview with goals/objectives and methodology 1:1 confirmation and session confirmation* Enrollment & consent forms x 4 OR practica contract & facility handbook page* Assessment Plan with 3 back-up plans/activity/assessment area* Assessment – written* Behavioral Objective worksheets for each goal area/objective* Treatment Plan, including Data Sheets* 3-15 Week Plan* Treatment Evaluation/DC Summary/Home Program* Progress Notes – weekly – 100 points weekly – add total and divide by total number to get average for this section*

Tx applications from concerts/recitals – Please note that you need to be up to date in your concert/recital attendance requirement for graduation. If you are up to date you will receive a grade of 100 for this category in your grading profile. If you are not up to date, include a plan to get up to date in your Personal Professional Growth Plan. You will be graded on this portion of your PPG Plan for this category of grading. This category will count as 100 points in the calculation of your final grade in the course. You may not make any higher grade in this course than your attendance at concerts and recitals reflects, as this attendance represents ACCEPTANCE of RESPONSIBILITY, a very important clinical skill.

Clinical skill – 100 points potential – will be graded by clinical supervisor*

Musical skill – 100 points potential – will be graded by weekly performances on ONLY 1 song/week – will have 15 songs across the semester except that students in MUTX 345 will have only 10 songs

Portfolio for this course is due at final 1:1 meeting and includes Personal Professional Growth Plan (all parts); copy of Assessment, Treatment Plan, and Treatment Evaluation with all confidential information omitted; 3-15 Week Plan; and organized set of session plans. A copy of your documentation including assessment, treatment plan, completed data sheets, and treatment evaluation must be posted on your university portfolio with all client identification information omitted. This work must be posted prior to your final exam 1:1 meeting. During this meeting you will bring up your university portfolio and show it to your teacher on the web. If it is not posted at the time of your final 1:1, your final grade in this course will be dropped one letter grade. If you choose to complete session critiques using the form with three columns: plans, actual execution, plans for future – this document is excellent for posting on your Web Portfolio.

Things to Remember:

Goals are created based on needs of client – not on an activity that you want to do. Goals should not be tied to an activity. This concept is especially important in setting up data sheets. You may keep the same goal but change the activities that you use to target that goal. Make sure that your data sheets are set up to track responses to goals and are not activity- dependent.

Use “1:1” rather than “individual basis” to describe setting with one therapist and one client.

Include data sheets for any information that can be tallied.

Do NOT throw any confidential charting paper in the garbage can. Give it to Lee Anna for shredding.

Do NOT skip any lines when charting – not on Assessment, not on Progress Notes, not on Treatment Plan, and not on Treatment Eval.

On the exit sentence of your Discharge Summary, refer to Treatment Eval instead of continuing with wording “plan is ...”.

Goals of the Baccalaureate targeted in this course: Please note that the UW-Eau Claire goals of the baccalaureate degree are encompassed in these course goals. An ability to think, analyze, write, read, speak, and listen is involved in the clinical process of assessing a patient, documenting the assessment, developing a treatment plan, documenting patient responses, and preparing treatment evaluations and home programs. An understanding of numerical data is involved in developing and using data sheets as a part of the documentation of patient responses. An understanding of science and scientific methods is the basis for the entire treatment process, and an appreciation of the arts is evidenced by our choice of music as our medium for medical intervention. An understanding of values and human behavior and human institutions is integral to our interaction with the patients and when applicable, their significant others, whether family or institutional staff. Because this class teaches how to begin and follow through with the therapeutic process, it develops an appreciation of the University as a learning community. International and intercultural experiences are involved for students in many settings, especially in the forensic settings, hospitals, and long term care facilities. A historical consciousness is targeted for students who are involved in institutional in-services prior to placement and for all students in the process of the IRB programming. The multiple layers and levels of experiences for students in this course certainly contribute to the understanding of a liberal education.

COURSE GOALS Students participating successfully in this course will: 1. take part in a minimum of 30 clinical contact hours of scheduled music therapy sessions and related tasks. 2. describe accurately and concisely the clients, client treatment needs, treatment interventions, progress, and problems encountered in the clinical setting (in oral and written form). 3. demonstrate skills in the identification, observation, recording, and evaluation of human behaviors. 4. demonstrate increasing confidence and independence in the treatment of clients and in the reporting of procedures. 5. establish effective rapport and professional working relationships with clinical site personnel. 6. display mastery of lecture content and reading materials included in the course.

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN – PART 1 You will receive a separate grade for this area, with a potential of 100 points. Use all parts of the Personal Professional Growth Plan.

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH FORM Purpose: to help you prepare for your professional work as a music therapist. The preparation that you receive through your coursework is only a portion of the preparation you need to prepare yourself for your professional life.

First review sheets in Reserve Library describing the difference between an A student and other types of students. These sheets are included in the Reserve folder labeled Description of an A student. Then complete this form. Think of it as an Assessment and Tx Plan with measurable objectives.

Use the AMTA Professional Competencies as the content for your assessment of yourself.

My strengths as a Tx: My weaknesses as a Tx: (I am competent enough in these (In what areas am I not areas to presently serve yet ready to serve effectively as a music therapist as a music therapist?) with any population.)

Musical skills: List all keys for which skill is applicable. Include number of chords and names/types of chords for which skill is applicable. Describe population-specific literature to be targeted. Criteria should include items listed in the following skill areas:

Piano: Tempo descriptions style of accompaniment chordal in both hands LH chords - RH melody more complex, stylistically correct sightreading playing by ear transposition

Guitar: chords - thumb strum strumming patterns finger-picking combination strumming/picking

9 10 rate/description of complexity of accompaniment sightreading playing by ear transposition

Voice: Sightreading Improvisation Finding starting pitch

Charting Skills:

Therapeutic Clinical Skills: includes independent problem-solving, not just follow-through on suggestions from others includes resources collected/studied/created

Interpersonal Skills: includes cooperation with staff and colleagues, not just client and family/guardian/significant other

Personal Acceptance of Responsibility:

Up to date in Concert/Recital Attendance for UW-Eau Claire Music and Theatre Arts series Demonstrates maturity and responsibility by resigning from ANY job that interferes with educational responsibilities, including concert/recital attendance and academic and clinical work Subordinates personal affairs to clinical and academic responsibilities

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN - PART 2

DESIRED SKILL STATUS FOR TIME OF ENTRANCE TO INTERNSHIP

Refer to first page of PPG Form for inclusion information.

Musical Skills:

Guitar:

Piano:

Voice:

Charting Skills:

Therapeutic Clinical Skills:

Interpersonal Skills:

LONG-TERM ACADEMIC PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN BY SEMESTER

Refer to first page of PPG Form for inclusion information.

Use a separate page for each semester and break period prior to your internship.

Semester/Break Period: ______Year: ______

Musical Skills:

Guitar:

Piano:

Voice:

Charting Skills:

Therapeutic Clinical Skills:

Interpersonal Skills:

My plan to improve my Personal Professional Growth is based on targeting the following area/s of need:

Separate your end of semester criteria from your weekly measure/criteria.

WEEK: AREA OF PLAN FOR MEASURE OF NEED: IMPROVEMENT: IMPROVEMENT:

Weekly: Semester end:

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN - PART 5 My grading scale for my Personal Professional Growth (within the framework of Lee Anna’s criteria) is: Competencies to be met for each grade: 100 =

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN – PART 6

MUSIC THERAPY GROWTH CHART

Area: Ideal by Ideal by End Grade of A: Description Graduation: of Semester: of status at semester end: Piano

Guitar

Major Instrument

Clinical Interaction Skills

Charting Skills

Organizational Skills

Following Rules/Interaction with Staff

Personal Acceptance of Responsibility

ROTATION PLAN FOR TYPES OF ACTIVITIES

(may be used to help develop 3 – 14 week plan)

Teaching

Relaxation

Movement

Leisure focus

Expressive-musical

Expressive – creative arts

Visual art

Theatrical

Dance/movement paired with music

Improvisation

Theme-based

Topic-based

Goal-specific

Other: describe

If applicable to your clinical assignment, incorporate this rotation of types of activities across your semester plans for your sessions.

Substitution Requests for Professional Growth Grading of Performance:

I request to substitute for reason for this song: this song: sub. request: