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What does Music Therapy Consulting offer to you?

Music Therapy Consulting offers global services for clients who are interested in enhancing the lives of young children and their families through music by advancing knowledge, improving practice, and creating a stimulating environment for learning and development.

Primary services include:

•Mentoring
•Playground Consulting
•Special Projects
•Music Therapy Courses
•Research Projects
•Clinical Jewels
•Public Speaking

Please inquire for customized

services and rates.

Special Projects

Innovation is key to development. Partner up with Music Therapy Consulting to explore new avenues for learning, community, healing, and wellness. Find cutting-edge solutions through collaborative ventures.

Learn more about the joint venture of the Anouk Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland and Music Therapy Consulting offering children and teenagers the opportunity to listen to a personalized playlist on iPods before, during, and after medical treatments in pediatric facilities.

Music Therapy Courses

Coming to your classroom worldwide! Choose from multiple music therapy courses online or onsite. Courses can be customized to the professional standards of undergraduate and graduate programs, advanced training programs, and other educational programs. Course topics include

•Music Therapy in Special Education
•Early Childhood Music Therapy
•Music Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorders
•Repertoire in Music Therapy
•Research Methodologies
•International and Multicultural Matters
•Clinical Seminars and Thesis Advising

Courses range from 1/2-hour to multiple-day programs and are available as onsite and online units including interactive lessons, e-lectures, F2F tutoring, podcasts, video clips, etc.

Inquire also for online course development and short-term online courses starting soon.

Research Projects

Do you have a burning clinical question and cannot find the answer in the research literature? If yes, collaborate with Music Therapy Consulting in conducting research to solve your practice dilemma related to music and early intervnetion/ early childhood special education. Music Therapy Consulting offers

•Intervention Research
•Coordination of research projects
•Advising on ongoing research projects
•Appraising of research quality

Mentoring

Just started your career as a music therapist? Planning to study or work abroad? Want to learn more about music therapy as a health profession? Then this is for you! Music Therapy Consulting offers mentoring for young professionals working with children and families, student/colleagues who want to study or work abroad, and others considering music therapy as a career. Get inspired and

•receive guidance related to Assessment, Treatment Planning, Evaluation, and Termination and/or administrative, leadership, collegial, and motivational issues related to music therapy in early childhood education
•clarify your professional goals, identify challenges, find creative solutions to carry out your plans more effectively
•prepare yourself for studying or working abroad
•learn about music therapy as a career option

There is no need to travel! Use your laptop at any WiFi spot worldwide and videoconference, audio conference, or live chat with your mentor.

Playground Consulting

Outdoor play is important for children’s learning and development. Music Therapy Consulting offers an innovative concept, which includes the development of an outdoor music area and music interventions/activities on preschool playgrounds, private gardens, and/or community parks. The modification can range from a simple, single musical instrument to complete structures with instruments for outdoor use. Services address the abilities and developmental levels of children with and without disabilities.

Offerings include:

•One-time consulting
•In-Service
•Workshops
•Full project support

Clinical Jewels

Interested in short-term community programs? Music Therapy Consulting offers in-services, workshops, presentations, and selected clinical interventions as a service to the Santa Barbara community.

What do other people have

to say?

Dr. Kern’s research and application in music and movement have been deemed beneficial in intervention and inclusion strategies with children with disabilities. We are fortunate to have her affiliated with our Institute. ~ Samuel Odom, Ph.D., Director of the FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Kern is a highly accomplished, internationally visible investigator. ~ Mark Wolery, Ph.D., Professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt University.

I have come to know Petra Kern as a warm, witty, loyal, adaptable, extremely intelligent and totally genuine individual. ~ Marcia Humpal, M.Ed., MT-BC, former Vice-President, American Music Therapy Association.

It’s great to work with Petra as a music therapy consultant not only because she’s very creative and client-centered, but also because she’s a wonderful collaborator, taking into account the ideas and expertise of the client’s family, other therapists, and teachers. And I can always count on her to be evidence-based in her practice, so I know there’s good reasoning behind her ideas! ~ Linn Wakeford,

M.S., OTR/L, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at the Department of Allied Health Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Kern’s work has dramatically influenced how I and other school music therapists approach our direct work with students with disabilities. ~ Angela Snell, MT-BC, Music Therapist at the Monroe County Intermediate School District and GLR AMTAS President.

Dr. Kern engenders an atmosphere of trust, acceptance, support and positive regard in all she does. ~ Terry Blaine, HPMT, MT-BC, NICU-MT, Music Therapist and Internship Director at Hospice, Inc., New York and former graduate student at SUNY New Paltz.

Very thorough, concise, and relevant information was given that I could use directly at my site. ~ Garrett Stanton, MT-BC, Music Therapist at Saint Francis Day Care Center, Poughkeepsie, NY and former graduate student at SUNY New Paltz.

Dr. Kern is an inspiration to me and has affected my life in so many positive ways. ~ Robyn Braybrook, MTA in Private Practice and former undergraduate student at the University of Windsor.