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• 28

  MAY
  2010

  Posted at 12:03

  Training in Timisoara

  Music as Therapy International are pleased to be able to deliver a two day training to staff at the Art Therapy centre in Timisoara in June 2010. This training will focus on using music with visually impaired clients. The Art Therapy Centre were recipients of a six-week Introductory Music Therapy Training Project in 1999, and we’re delighted to be able to support the ongoing development of their music programme which has been going for over ten years now!  Music Therapist Julia Serebriakov will deliver the training on 25th – 26th June 2010, supported by MasT International’s Administrator, Cleo Jordan. 

• 27

  MAY
  2010

  Posted at 12:01

  Training of Trainers 2010

  Music as Therapy International are delighted to announce a new training initiative that will take place in Romania to support local staff train others in how to use music in a therapeutic context. Many of our Local Partners have been developing their music programme and running sessions for up to 12 years and have passed on their music skills informally to new colleagues wishing to learn more about how to use music therapeutically with the children and adults in their care. Some of our Local Partners are now third generation, which is fantastic, but they feel they would benefit from learning how to approach the training in a more structured way . We responded to this request by organising a ‘Training of Trainers’ programme which will be hosted by Local Partners in Oradea on the 6th and 7th September 2010.

  UK Music Therapist Cathy Rowland will travel to Romania to lead the two day training project, assisted by Local Partners, Monica Szabo and Maia Indries, who initiated their own training programme this year. The training will be made available to all Local Partners who have been running music sessions for a number of years and are keen to pass on their skills.
   

• 10

  MAY
  2010

  Posted at 07:34

  Bethlehem Follow-up Visit

  Music Therapist Liz Coombes and Assistant Hannah McCabe have returned to the SOS Village in Bethlehem to deliver a week one Follow-up Visit. The visit will support Local Partners in Bethlehem to develop the music programme after receiving their initial 6 -week training in October last year. Liz and Hannah will have the opportunity to observe music sessions and discuss any challenges the Local Partners are facing, as well as sharing their successes. Liz and Hannah will return on the 12th May and feed back their findings and make recommendations for future support - we can't wait to hear their news!

• 10

  MAY
  2010

  Posted at 07:05

  Masters in Music Therapy, Brasov

  Well, I'm sitting in the lobby of a hotel in Brasov after two days spent teaching students on the new Masters in Music Therapy Course, run by the University of Transylvania.  It has been fascinating to meet the students and explore their motivation for learning more about music therapy, and hear their hopes and frustrations about the future of music therapy in Romania.  We hope very much to link the Universty with one of the UK Music Therapy Training Courses and to see if the students would be interested to learn from the practice and considerale experience of our Local Partners using music all around Romania.  Things have come a long way since my first project back in 1995!  Alexia.