Music 2MT3: Classes 1—5 question/answer
graded A+ 2024/2025
Music Therapy - ✔️✔️a discipline in which credentialed professionals (MTA) use music
purposefully within therapeutic relationships to support development, health, and well-
being
Music therapists - ✔️✔️- use music safely and ethically to address human needs within
cognitive, communicative, emotional, musical, physical, social and spiritual domains
- an accredited MT uses music meaningfully towards a healthcare goal such as speech
and vocabulary, physical rehabilitation, self-expression (i.e. anxiety and stress)
Canadian Association of Music Therapists (CAMT) - ✔️✔️- aims to create strong certified
MTAs and bring awareness about professional music therapy services throughout
Canada
- federally-incorporated, non-profit, self-regulated
University-Bachelor or a Graduate Certificate in music therapy, 1000 hours supervised
internship, Certification Board of Music Therapists (CBMT) Exam, MTA Certification,
Continuing education - MTA must maintain credentials every 5 years through CAMT
continuing education process - ✔️✔️What are the 5 requirements to become an
accredited music therapist?
musician - ✔️✔️As an MTA, they must have the following personal qualifications as a
________________:
- excellent functional musical skills
- broad knowledge of different musical styles
- uses music flexibly, creatively, and in an aesthetically satisfying manner
therapist - ✔️✔️As an MTA, they must have the following personal qualifications as a
________________:
- good physical and emotional stability
- sincere interest in helping others
- patience, tact, and understanding
- reliable, genuine, and ethical
- clinical objectivity
no - ✔️✔️Does the client need to have experience in music in order to be referred to
music therapy?
The Psychotherapy Act - ✔️✔️- established in 2007
- proclaimed by the Ontario government on April 1, 2015
, - brought the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) into full
operation as a health regulatory college
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) - ✔️✔️- regulates its members
in the public interest under the Psychotherapy Act (2007) and the Regulated Health
Professions Act (1991)
- only members of this organization can use the protected title "Registered
Psychotherapist", along with the professional designation, RP
- only applies to music therapists working in Ontario
No. You must fulfill requirements to use psychotherapy through the College of
Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). - ✔️✔️Can anyone practice
Psychotherapy? Why?
No. Not all MTAs are registered psychotherapists - ✔️✔️Do all MTAs practice
psychotherapy?
To achieve a healthcare goal - ✔️✔️What is the number one goal of music therapy?
Hello/Greeting song, Music therapy interventions, Goodbye song - ✔️✔️What does a
music therapy session look like?
pre-composed music, listening, singing, improvisation, lyric analysis, song writing -
✔️✔️What are the different music therapy interventions?
Pre-composed music - ✔️✔️- a type of intervention that is often useful in sessions
because of its ability to evoke strong memories
- often used to help those with memory decline
listening - ✔️✔️- a type of intervention that helps to develop cognitive skills such as
attention and memory
- in early to mid-stage dementia, it can provide a sense of the familiar and increase
orientation to reality
singing - ✔️✔️- a type of intervention that assists in the development of articulation,
rhythm and breath control
- in a group setting, it can improve social skills and foster a greater awareness of others
- for those with dementia, it can encourage reminiscence and discussions of the past
while reducing anxiety and fear
- for individuals who have difficulty speaking following a stroke, ABI, cognitive decline, it
may stimulate the language centres in the brain
song writing - ✔️✔️- a type of intervention that facilitates the sharing of feelings, ideas
and experiences
graded A+ 2024/2025
Music Therapy - ✔️✔️a discipline in which credentialed professionals (MTA) use music
purposefully within therapeutic relationships to support development, health, and well-
being
Music therapists - ✔️✔️- use music safely and ethically to address human needs within
cognitive, communicative, emotional, musical, physical, social and spiritual domains
- an accredited MT uses music meaningfully towards a healthcare goal such as speech
and vocabulary, physical rehabilitation, self-expression (i.e. anxiety and stress)
Canadian Association of Music Therapists (CAMT) - ✔️✔️- aims to create strong certified
MTAs and bring awareness about professional music therapy services throughout
Canada
- federally-incorporated, non-profit, self-regulated
University-Bachelor or a Graduate Certificate in music therapy, 1000 hours supervised
internship, Certification Board of Music Therapists (CBMT) Exam, MTA Certification,
Continuing education - MTA must maintain credentials every 5 years through CAMT
continuing education process - ✔️✔️What are the 5 requirements to become an
accredited music therapist?
musician - ✔️✔️As an MTA, they must have the following personal qualifications as a
________________:
- excellent functional musical skills
- broad knowledge of different musical styles
- uses music flexibly, creatively, and in an aesthetically satisfying manner
therapist - ✔️✔️As an MTA, they must have the following personal qualifications as a
________________:
- good physical and emotional stability
- sincere interest in helping others
- patience, tact, and understanding
- reliable, genuine, and ethical
- clinical objectivity
no - ✔️✔️Does the client need to have experience in music in order to be referred to
music therapy?
The Psychotherapy Act - ✔️✔️- established in 2007
- proclaimed by the Ontario government on April 1, 2015
, - brought the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) into full
operation as a health regulatory college
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) - ✔️✔️- regulates its members
in the public interest under the Psychotherapy Act (2007) and the Regulated Health
Professions Act (1991)
- only members of this organization can use the protected title "Registered
Psychotherapist", along with the professional designation, RP
- only applies to music therapists working in Ontario
No. You must fulfill requirements to use psychotherapy through the College of
Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). - ✔️✔️Can anyone practice
Psychotherapy? Why?
No. Not all MTAs are registered psychotherapists - ✔️✔️Do all MTAs practice
psychotherapy?
To achieve a healthcare goal - ✔️✔️What is the number one goal of music therapy?
Hello/Greeting song, Music therapy interventions, Goodbye song - ✔️✔️What does a
music therapy session look like?
pre-composed music, listening, singing, improvisation, lyric analysis, song writing -
✔️✔️What are the different music therapy interventions?
Pre-composed music - ✔️✔️- a type of intervention that is often useful in sessions
because of its ability to evoke strong memories
- often used to help those with memory decline
listening - ✔️✔️- a type of intervention that helps to develop cognitive skills such as
attention and memory
- in early to mid-stage dementia, it can provide a sense of the familiar and increase
orientation to reality
singing - ✔️✔️- a type of intervention that assists in the development of articulation,
rhythm and breath control
- in a group setting, it can improve social skills and foster a greater awareness of others
- for those with dementia, it can encourage reminiscence and discussions of the past
while reducing anxiety and fear
- for individuals who have difficulty speaking following a stroke, ABI, cognitive decline, it
may stimulate the language centres in the brain
song writing - ✔️✔️- a type of intervention that facilitates the sharing of feelings, ideas
and experiences
