Advanced NMT™ Fellowship

Advanced NMT® Fellowship Training

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The Advanced NMT® Fellowship Training is a peer review opportunity for those who have already completed the International Training Institute in NMT®. During the Fellowship, NMT® professionals, educators, and/or researchers present 3 videos of their clinical and/or academic work to their NMT® peers in order to receive constructive feedback.

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Why should I do the Advanced NMT® Fellowship Training?

Adjusted Registration Fees

If you are interested in joining from a low-income, lower-middle income, or upper-middle income country (based on World Bank classifications), please reach out to the Academy at training@nmtacademy.co for adjusted registration fees.

Course Objectives

Participants will demonstrate a basic definition and advanced knowledge about the implementation of Neurologic Music Therapy®, including the taxonomy of techniques used in NMT® through verbal and video demonstration.
Participants will demonstrate an increased knowledge of current research supporting NMT® system of techniques as evidenced by clinical choices based on current best practice.
Participants will demonstrate through live video, a working knowledge of the Transformational Design Model (TDM)™; a model to assist in treatment selection based on functional goals.
Participants will actively demonstrate current clinical assessments for treatment evaluation.
Participants will answer basic neuroanatomy and pathology questions related to a variety of neurologic disorders.

What to Prepare

CLINICIANS- Bring three (3) video examples of three (3) different NMT® techniques you used with your clients and/or patients. These techniques need to be from at least two (2) of the three domains (e.g., sensorimotor and cognition). The recordings should be no more than one (1) year old. The presentation should be 5-10 minutes in length. Be prepared to provide the diagnoses and background of the client, as well the functional goal(s) you are working on. Remember: You are responsible for having the proper institutional and/or client releases.
EDUCATORS- Bring (3) video examples of you teaching three (3) different NMT® techniques you taught to your students (e.g., that includes explanations, demonstrations, and student facilitation with instructor feedback). Make sure you include how you use the TDM™ to guide your teaching. These techniques need to be from at least two (2) of the three domains (e.g. sensorimotor and cognition). The recordings should be no more than one (1) year old.
RESEARCHERS- Presentations must include published data from at least one study of your own work that is either basic science or translational clinical research related to NMT®. Presentations should be no more than 20 minutes in length leaving additional time for discussion. The publications should be no more than one (1) year old.

Evaluation

The Transformational Design Model (TDM)™ is used as an objective process to guide the discussion and discern whether participants demonstrate an appropriate selection of treatment based on the understanding of the diagnostics, functional assessment, and functional goals of the clients. Evaluation will be completed by all participants. Participants will be informed a few weeks after the training whether they have passed, or whether they need to resubmit one or more of their clinical examples based on a 70% majority vote.

Once You Have Registered

1) You will receive a link to the review modules which will be accompanied by a short quiz. It is recommended that you complete these before submitting your videos.

2) Fill out the Fellowship Format document and send it to fellowship@nmtacademy.co along with your video submissions for a panel of NMT™ Fellows to review.

What time will the Fellowship be?

Online NMT® Fellowship are typically held on the 3rd Friday of the month and times will vary depending on participants schedules but typically held from 1:30PM-5:30PM EST. In-person opportunities are indicated as such below, times and days may vary from online opportunities.

Please do not hesitate to contact fellowship@nmtacademy.co with any additional questions.