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music therapists practice safely and ethically as defined by the AMTA Code of Ethics, AMTA Standards of Clinical Practice, CBMT Code of Professional Practice, CBMT Board Certification Domains, and other applicable state and federal laws. Both AMTA and CBMT have mecha-nisms by which music therapists who are in violation of safe and ethi-
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE FOR ACCREDITED MUSIC THERAPISTS STANDARD 1: SPECIALIZED BODY OF KNOWLEDGE Bases practice on evidence based music therapy research, arts and sciences and on related content from other arts, sciences, and humanities. Indicators: 1.1 Practises music therapy only when accredited with the Canadian Association for Music
Standards of Clinical Practice for music therapy are defined as rules for measuring the quality of services. These standards are established through the authority of the American Music Therapy Association, Inc. This document first outlines general standards which should apply to all music therapy practice.
- The Purpose of Clinical Documentation
- Documentation as A Standard of Clinical Practice
- Documentation Across The Music Therapy Treatment Process
- Laws Related to Documentation
- Conclusions and Future Directions
Clinical documentation includes any form of information used to describe care in a client’s1record that assists with treatment and aids in communication between professionals. In today’s medical and educational landscape, clinical documentation may consist of written (e.g., reports and progress notes) or other tangible products (e.g., test results,...
Documentation is included in the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA, 2015) Standards of Clinical Practice with the general Documentation Standard reading as follows: When reviewing the Standards as they pertain to specific practice settings, the content of the Documentation Standard remains consistent with two notable exceptions under Medical...
Referral and Acceptance
The Referral and Acceptance Standard (1.0) states that “A client will be accepted for music therapy in accordance with specific criteria” (AMTA, 2015). Aside from indicating that a referral can be made by virtually any concerned party (except, perhaps, in a medical setting as indicated above), there are no specific criteria about the basis on which a referral should be accepted. In that regard, Hanser (1999)provides a set of criteria for making referral decisions that includes strength in aud...
Assessment
For the purposes of the current discussion, assessment refers to the initial data collection and analysis process used to inform music therapy treatment. In addition to identifying clinical areas for assessment, the general and practice-specific Assessment Standards (2.0) stipulate that “The music therapy assessment procedures and results will become a part of the client’s file” (AMTA, 2015). In many cases, facilities and agencies have standard assessment forms or templates that can aid in do...
Treatment Planning
The Treatment Planning Standard (3.0) refers to the proposed course of treatment, goals and objectives, music therapy interventions, and materials related to carrying out that plan. Of documenting the treatment plan itself, the details contained within the standard appear to provide some direction. First, Standard 3.3 would seem to suggest that the treatment plan contain information pertaining to the frequency, duration, and type of services to be offered. Second, Standards 3.4 and 3.5 indica...
That music therapists should practice in a manner consistent with “federal, state, and facility regulations” is mentioned throughout the AMTA (2015)Standards of Clinical Practice; without question, this applies to documentation and recordkeeping. As a rule, federal laws and regulations tend to override local regulations except in situations where t...
Documentation is required whenever music therapy services are delivered. The responsibility of what to document and how to maintain records ultimately rests with the music therapist. This makes documentation an important consideration for clinicians, administrators, students, and music therapy educators. Through an examination of the AMTA Standards...
- Eric G. Waldon
- 2016
Music therapy is a discipline in which Certified Music Therapists (MTA) use music purposefully within therapeutic relationships to support development, health, and well-being. Music therapists use music safely and ethically to address human needs within cognitive, communicative, emotional, musical,
The standards of practice provisions in this document are more fully understood and their nuanced application to various areas of professional practice better appreciated when used in combination with each other and with the CCPA Code of Ethics .
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In music therapy sessions, certified music therapists (MTAs) combine counselling techniques with music-based interventions to accomplish non-musical goals within the context of a therapeutic relationship.
