PROJECTS
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS
The Strategic Plan has been reviewed and updated.
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The Legislative and Advocacy Committee, along with Judy Simpson, Director of Government Relations for AMTA, has finalized the draft of the Continuum of Music in Healthcare, a questionnaire that aims to clarify the positions of various music service organizations on the spectrum of offering music in healthcare setting.
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ONGOING PROJECTS
The NSBTM is dedicated to building mutually beneficial working relationships with related organizations, while upholding the standards of the growing field of Live Therapeutic Music. NSBTM has become an affiliate member of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), and together these organizations are working to establish a Continuum of Music in Healthcare, to better inform musicians and the facilities that hire them.​​​​​​
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A Marketing Committee has been established with the aim to create a marketing strategy that will spread the word and cement the value of the field of therapeutic music. Marketing plans include contacting and recruiting training programs interested in becoming accredited; in-person networking and presenting at healthcare conventions; working with the accredited training programs to clarify the importance of standardized training through their curricula.​​
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