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News Archive 2012 |
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BAMT Executive Summary re Pre-Legislative Scrunity: SEN Reforms
The British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT) welcomes the
Government's concern for children and young people with special needs as
shown in its current draft legislation. BAMT is the professional body
representing HCPC registered music therapists in the UK. We are one of
the Arts Therapies. Our professional members work day by day with some
of the most vulnerable children and young people with special needs,
many of whom will be affected by the proposed changes in legislation.
Music therapy is not primarily an educational intervention. Rather,
it supports access to education, for example by addressing
communication/interaction difficulties, providing emotional and
psychological support, and raising self-esteem, social engagement and
creativity. It is widely used in early years provisions, autism and
communication disorders, PMLD settings and for children with emotional
disorders.
National provision is through a mixture of local authority, health
service and third sector providers. A survey undertaken by BAMT in 2011
showed that over 40% of music therapy provision for children (0-19) was
through education or local authority services, which shows the
importance of educational services as points of access for children to
services that support their educational opportunities and wellbeing in
general. This reality lies behind many of the specific points made
below.
We understand the new legislation as intended to make it easier for
children and young people to access the help they need, and for this
support to be coordinated locally across educational, health and social
care providers. We broadly welcome the proposals and hope the responses
to specific points below can be considered by the Committee.
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BAMT Chair, Angela Harrison addresses Seoul Summit Meeting

Front from left: presenters from Korea, Austria, Norway, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines and Korea
Back from right: presenters from Qatar, Czech Republic, UK, China and Japan
Organised by the Korean Music Therapy Association and supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea.
Dr Byungchuel Choi, President, Korean Music Therapy
Association and President, World Federation of Music Therapy opened the
proceedings with a warm welcome to all.
"...We have invited the presidents of all the music therapy associations
or representatives from countries where there are currently no music
therapy associations. This will be a time where each of us will be able
to share with others what has been done in terms of building music
therapy as a professional field, what future directions for the field
are in mind, and what our goals are for our final vision of what music
therapy will look like in the future...
Since becoming the WFMT President, I have seen a total of 186 countries
visit the WFMT website this past year. At the moment, we also have more
than 6,000 monthly visitors. I have been taking these numbers as an
indication that people are starting to pay more attention to the state
of music therapy as a global profession.
We, as presidents and representatives from our respective countries,
will talk and discuss with each other in order to build strong and
practical networks among our countries, while simultanously laying the
foundations for building a system to easily share our knowledge and
experience on an ongoing basis...
Together, let us make this conference a special moment for ourselves, as well as for the history of music therapy in the world."
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MUSIC THERAPY PLAYS A WINNING ROLE FOR STUDENT
Student focuses on music therapist role to win regional prize
NHS Careers 2012 schools' competition
NHS Careers is delighted to announce the winners of the 2012 Step in
the NHS schools' competition. This year, the East of England regional
winner triumphed by looking at the role of a music therapist in the NHS.
Wendy Mach, 14, from the Grays School Media Arts College in Grays was
selected from over 1,250 nationwide who entered the competition, which
was designed to encourage young people aged 12 - 14 to think about the
huge variety of jobs available in the NHS. Pupils throughout England
were asked to research any of the wide range of careers in the NHS and
submit a job advert for their chosen role, plus either a job description
or a CV of the ideal candidate.
The winning student chose to focus on the role of a music therapist
in the NHS. The judges were particularly impressed by her creativity
and understanding of the role in developing a range of materials
including a excellent job advertisement which was in the form of a comic
strip.
Wendy was presented with her prize of a £50 Amazon voucher during a special presentation at the school.
Alan Simmons, careers consultant for NHS Careers and a member of the
judging panel said, "This is the fourth year we have run the competition
and the standard of entries was again very high. We found that Wendy's
understanding of the role of a music therapist and the creative way she
promoted it to her peers made her entry really stand out.
With over 350 job roles, working in the NHS can mean a lot more than
being a doctor a nurse - roles traditionally associated with the NHS.
The NHS needs a whole team of staff, from phlebotomists to porters, and
from clinical psychologists to cooks to make sure that patients receive
the best care possible."
Wendy said, "I really enjoyed taking part in the competition and I am
now more aware of the jobs available in the NHS. I chose to look at
the role of a music therapist as I wanted to learn more about what
people do in this role and how music helps people who are experiencing
difficulties. Through the research I did for the competition, I have
learnt a lot about the day-to-day work of a music therapist and am now
considering it as a job when I finish school."
For more information about the competition, please see www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/schoolscompetition
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Dementia and the Power of Music
Michele Hanson advocates more music therapy for people with dementia in The Guardian.
Click here to read the full article online

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Message from the Health Professions Council (HPC) - Have you recently moved or has your employer changed?
It is essential that registrants keep us informed of any change of
address or employment. Just as you would inform your bank or gas and
electricity supplier if you move house, make sure you contact the HPC.
If we do not have your correct address then we cannot get in touch about
renewing your registration by 31st May 2012. And if you lapse off the
Register this not only affects your livelihood but also your manager,
colleagues and, of course, patients.
If you have changed address and have not previously told us, you can
update your details online using your authentication card which will
have been sent to you along with your most recent registration
certificate as well as your activation code. If you do not have these
details registrants are able to request this. Information is emailed to
them by using the online system.
To update online please see https://hpc-portal.co.uk/online-renewals/
As well as their authentication code, they will also need the
password they set up when they activated their account, or their
activation code if they haven't already activated their online account,
to access the system and update their details.
However, registrants can use the online system to request this
information which is emailed to them, so if they don't have their
password or activation code to hand it's not a big deal.
Alternatively, you can contact the Registration Department on 0845
3004 472 (lo-call if calling from within the UK) or +44 (0)20 7840 9802
Phone lines are open Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm. You can also
write to us. For security reasons, we are unable to accept
notification of change of name or address by email.
HPC's Customer Services Manager, Claire Harkin, said:
"I hope this will make life easier for registrants as they can now
update their details 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I also hope it will
encourage people to keep us up-to-date with any changes to their contact
details so we can make sure important information reaches registrants
successfully.This new function will also stop registrants from having to
wait to speak to a registration advisor and will therefore make the
telephone service we offer more efficient."
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