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Congress Program

Tuesday 19 July 2005

Room: P4, BCEC1.00pm – 4.00pm	WFMT Council Meeting
Room: P3, BCEC4.00pm – 6.30pm	AMTA National Council Outgoing Meeting
4.00pm	Registration Commences, Plaza Foyer, BCEC
6.30pm	Room: Plaza Foyer, BCECWelcome Reception and Trade Exhibition opens
7.30pm	Room: Plaza Terrace Room (PTR), BCECOfficial Opening Ceremony

Wednesday 20 July 2005

7.30am	Registration Commences, Plaza Foyer, BCEC
8.30	Room: PTR Opening SessionChair: Denise Grocke
9.00	Room: PTR Keynote Plenary Session, sponsored by University of MelbourneChair: Denise GrockeFrom Lullaby to Lament - Perspectives from Three Australian Music Therapists Helen Shoemark Music Therapist, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Ruth Bright Music Therapist and author, New South Wales, Australia and Clare O’Callaghan Music Therapist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Australia
10.00	Morning Tea
Time	PTRWorkshopsChair: Diane Austin	Time	P1 Theme 1: ST3Chair: Meagan Hunt	P2 Theme 3: ST5Chair: Jeanette Milford	P3 Theme 1: ST1Chair: Daphne Rickson	P4 Theme 3: ST3Chair: Dorit Amir	M1 Theme 1: ST2Chair: Robert Krout	M2 Theme 1: ST 1/2Chair: Shannon O’Gorman
10.30	Singing for Survival: New Song Methods in Cancer Care Cheryl Dileo Temple University, USA, Lucanne Magill Memorial Sloan-Ketting Cancer Center, USA and Clare O’Callaghan Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia	10.30	Community Reintegration of Girl Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone: A Culture-Centered Music Therapy Perspective Maria Gonsalves St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, USA	Researching Community Music Therapy: Topics, Objectives, and Methods Trygve Aasgaard Oslo University College, Norway and Brynjulf Stige Sogn og Fjordane University College, Norway	Integrating Music Therapy into Sensory Diets for People with Sensory Modulation Disorders Linda Blyth Private Practice, Australia	Mindful Inquiry: Understanding ‘Special Moments’ Satomi Kondo Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Japan	The Use of Music Therapy with Terminally Ill Patients Experiencing Anxiety Anne Horne-Thompson Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, Australia	From Pain to Relief: Alleviating Children’s Pain and Distress Through Co-improvising Nicolette O’Neill Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, UK
10.30		11.15	Empowering Connections: A Music Therapy-Social Work Approach for Women Survivors of Violence Sandra Curtis University of Windsor, Canada	Conceptions of “Risk” in Music Therapy Research Mary Boyle State University of New York at New Paltz, USA	Reaching Beyond the Barriers of Sensory Impairment: Two Case Studies Joanne McIntyre Golden Stave Music Therapy Centre, Australia and Bernadette Fitzpatrick University of Western Sydney, Australia	A Music Therapy Research Protocol with Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Elizabeth York and Maureen Hearns Utah State University, USA	Legacy Work in Palliative Care - Creating Meaning at End of Life Louise Cadrin Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region Palliative Care, Canada	Who Needs Mummy? Musical Connections for Adopted Children with Traumatic Early Histories Tiffany Hughes Coram Family, UK
12.00	Lunch
Time	PTR WorkshopsChair: Mary Rainey -Perry	Time	P1 Theme 1: ST3Chair: Christine Archer	P2 Theme 3: ST3Chair: Toni Day	P3 Theme 1: ST1Chair: Susan Ashley-Brown	P4 Theme 3: ST2Chair: Petra Kern	M1 Theme 1: ST2Chair: Melissa Brotons	M2 Theme 1:ST2Chair: Katrina McFerran
1:00	Music Therapy and Sensory Integration for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Nicole Allgood Giant Steps Illinois, USA	1:00	Non-violence Through Music Therapy: Empowering Young People to Save Their Own Lives Kotoe Watabe Candidate for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Certification, UK	Arts-Based Research in Action: History and Philosophy Michele Forinash America Music Therapy Association, USA	The Potential Role of Music Therapy in Special Education - The PROMISE Daphne Rickson Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand	Music Perception of Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Users Valerie Looi University of Melbourne, Australia	Frontal Lobe Neurodegeneration - Use of Songs in the Music Therapy Setting Hanne Mette Ochsner Ridder Aalborg University, Denmark	Community Music Therapy: Aspects and Prospects Symposium Panel: Gary Ansdell Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, UK, Mercedes Pavlicevic University of Pretoria, South Africa and Brynjulf Stige Sogn Og Fjordane College, Norway
2:15	The Gift of Life Dorothea Pienaar Leodor Music Centre, New Zealand	1.45	Sing & Grow- Crossing Cultural Barriers in a Music Therapy Programme for Mothers and Infants Seeking Asylum Vicky Abad Sing and Grow Project, Australia and Anne-Marie Roche Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust, Northern Ireland	Arts Based Research in Action: Advantages and Disadvantages Dorit Amir Bar IIan University, Israel	“Music Therapy” - Where Did The Music Go? Gillian Hughes Bedfordshire Music Therapy Service, UK	Autonomic Responses To Music In Rett Syndrome Marith Bergstrom – Isacsson Swedish Rett Centre, Sweden	A Music Therapy Model for Carers of Clients in Dementia: Preliminary Research Findings Dianne Langan University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
2:15		2.30	Ashes to Art - A Recreation Experience! Peter Vance CANE ‘n ABLE Productions, Australia	Arts Based Research in Action: Examples in Music Therapy Diane Austin New York University, USA	Language and Literacy Learning in Young Children: Implications for Music Therapists Dena Register University of Kansas, USA	The Effects of Piano Playing Exercises Rehabilitating Finger Dexterity for Stroke Patients So-Young Moon University of Melbourne, Australia / Myongji University, Korea	Music Therapy in Individual Homes of the Elderly to Assist Independent Living Amy Thomas Eastern Palliative Care, Australia
3.15	Afternoon Tea
Time	PTR WorkshopsChair: Beth Dun	Time	P1 Theme 1: ST1/2Chair: Joanne McIntyre	P2 Theme 3: ST4Chair: Russell Hilliard	P3Theme 1: ST1Chair: Susan Coull	P4 Theme 3: ST2Chair: Anne Horne-Thompson	M1 Theme 1: ST2Chair: Denise Grocke	M2 Theme 1: ST2Chair: Monika Nöcker-Ribaupierre
3.45	Improvisation Skills for Clinical Work: Musical Frameworks, Extemporisation, Transitions and Thematic Development Tony Wigram Aalborg University, Denmark	3.45	With your Words I Sing in Silence - Music Therapy within Cultural-linguistic Diversity Aleksander Zivkovic Ozanam Villa Age Care Facility, Australia	The Impact of Group Music Therapy with Recently Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients Sarah Burns University of Newcastle, Australia	The Role of Music Therapy in a Multidisiplinary Rett Syndrome Clinic Lyndal Moppett Golden Stave Music Therapy Centre, Australia and Karen Brien-Elliot Australia	The Effect of Music Therapy in Reducing Agitation in Demented Elderly People Annemiek Vink Conservatory Enschede, Netherlands	Individualised Music – A Method for Integrating Music Therapy into Health Care Practices Audun Myskja Life Aid Centre for Palliative Care, Norway	Making Sense – Short Term Music Therapy with Adult Chronic Pain Patients Jutta Groene University Clinic Muenster, Germany
5.00	The Voice in Music Therapy Emma O’Brien The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia	4.30	From Lullaby to Lament (or the definition of time) Michalis Tobler, Greece	Breast Cancer, Therapy with GIM and Music Imagery: Research and Clinical Implications Therese West University of the Pacific, USA	Children in Crisis: Music Therapy for Children with Challenging Behaviours Kathy Butcher Private Practice, Heart Sounds Music Therapy, Australia	Long-term Effects of Group Music Therapy on Agitation in Alzheimer’s Disease Alison Ledger University of Limerick, Ireland	The Method of Synaesthetic Associations and Relaxation: Music Technology for Therapy Vyacheslav Kui-Beda Samara State Medical University, Russia	Receptive Music Therapy and Odontological Chronic Pain Renato Sampaio Universidade de Riberirao Preto, Brazil
6.00	Session Close	5.15	Sessions Close

Room: P4, BCEC6.00pm – 7.00pm	WFMT Business Meeting
Room: P3, BCEC6.00pm - 7.30pm	AMTA Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Room: PTR, BCEC7.30pm - 9.00pm	AMTA Registration Ceremony (Ticketed Event)

Thursday 21 July 2005

Time	PTRWorkshopsChair: Dianne Langan	Time	P1 Theme 1: ST3Chair: Barbara Daveson	P2 Theme 3: ST2Chair: Karen Brien-Elliott	P3 Theme 1: ST1Chair: Cheryl Dileo	P4 Theme 1: ST2Chair: Bridgit Hogan	M1 Theme 1: ST2Chair: Denise Grocke	M2 Theme 2: ST2Chair: Robin Howat
8.30	East Meets West: Applications of Indian Music in Music Therapy Joseph Moreno Moreno Institute for the Creative Arts Therapies, USA	8.30	Cultural Dimensions of Music and Imagery: Archetype and Ethnicity in GIM Practice Alison Short University of New South Wales, Australia	Let’s Play Outside: Providing Music Therapy Services in Children’s Natural Environment Petra Kern FPG Child Development Institute, USA		When is a Music Therapist not a Music Therapist? An Exploration of Clinical Practice in a Children’s Hospice Claire Flower Richard House Children’s Hospice, UK	Laments to Lullaby: Acoustic Considerations & Music Interventions for Psychiatric Hospitals Susan Wesley The Acadia Hospital, USA	How Strange the Change from Major to Minor - Tonality in Music Therapy Helen Patey Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, UK
9.45	‘Laughin’ to Keep From Cryin’: Music Therapy and the Blues’ Joseph Moreno Moreno Institute for the Creative Arts Therapies, USA	9.15	Opening a Window to Arab Women’s World - Travelling To Music & Imagery Irit Sharir, Israel	Music Therapy with Adolescents who have ADHD Daphne Rickson Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand	Defining Music Therapy Service Provision in Acute Paediatrics - An Evidence-Based Approach Deanna Gibbs and Jeanette Kennelly Royal Children’s Hospital and Health Service, Australia	Music Therapy in a Children’s Hospice: A Hip-hop Tribute Katrina McFerran University of Melbourne/ Very Special Kids, Australia	Transitions in Music Therapy in Mental Health Jeanette Milford Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia	The Primordial Voice and Finding One’s Self: Experience of Group Vocal Improvisation Antonella Grusovin Centre of Motor Education, Italy
9.45		10.00	Music as Communication: Can New Music be Friends with Music Therapy? Rii Numata Kobe University, Japan		Music Therapy for Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Jacinta Calabro Monash Medical Centre, Australia	Evaluating the Role of the Music Therapist on the Interdisciplinary Hospice Care Team Russell Hilliard State University of New York at New Paltz, USA	Singing The Way Home: From Dissociation to Embodiment Through Vocal Psychotherapy Diane Austin New York University, USA	Sharing Through Playing: The Role of “Affect Attunement” in Musical Improvisation Gro Trondalen Norwegian Academy of Music, Norway
10.45	Morning Tea
11.15am11.45am	Room: PTRKeynote Plenary Sessions sponsored by The University of QueenslandChair: Felicity BakerFrom Lament to Lullaby - Stories of Indigenous Community Engagement with the Arts for Education and Well Being Anja Tait Music Therapist, Music for Learning for Life Northern Territory, AustraliaWilliam Barton (in interview with Denise Grocke)
12.15	Lunch
Time	PTRWorkshopsChair: Helen Shoemark	Time	P1 Theme 1: ST3Chair: Catherine Threlfall	P2 Theme 3: ST2Chair: Alison Short	P3 Theme 1: ST1Chair: Katrina McFerran	P4 Theme 3Chair: Joesph Moreno	M1 Theme 1: ST2Chair: Lars-Ole Bonde	M2
1.15	Sing, Play, Move: Creative Song writing and Music-making Techniques for Music Therapists Mary Jane Landaker The University of Kansas, USA	1.15	Therapist as Companion: Music Therapy with Aboriginal Clients Living with FASD Jeffrey Hatcher Dr Peter Aids Foundation/ Vancouver Native Health, Canada	Effect of Music on Prisoners Lovely Sharma Dayal Bagh Educational Institute, India	Music Therapy and Aggression in 50 Children with Mild Mental Handicap Masoud Nematian Music Application in Mental and Physical Health, Iran	Healing Powers of Microtones and Semitones in Indian Music Therapy M. Harre Harren Department of Art and Culture, Government of Pondicherry, India	Music, Meaning and Cancer Support Mary H. Rykov Music Therapy Services, Canada
2.30	Brazilian Folk Music and Dance in the Music Therapist Training Renato Sampaio Universidade de Ribeirao Preto, Brazil	2.00	Music Therapy with Indigenous Families: A Time of Significant Learning Kate Williams and Vicky Abad Sing and Grow, Australia	The Role of Music Therapy in the Management of Acute Psychosis Kylie Morgan Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia and Roger Bartrop Royal North Shore Hospital/ University of Sydney Australia	Developing Intentional Communication: A Combined Music and Speech Therapy Approach Mary Rainey-Perry Nepean School, Australia and Clara Ri Nepean School, Australia	Music Therapy for Children who have Experienced Sexual Abuse Gitta Strehlow Bethesda Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Germany	Opera Therapy- Creating a New Work with Five Cancer Patients Emma O’Brien The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
2.30		2.45	Cultural Competence in Music Therapy Ruth Bright University of New England, Australia	Integrating Music and Medicine: Per