American Music Therapy Association

Service Provider Resources

AMTA Resources

• Community Conversations with the AMTA COVID-19 Task Force [March 25, 2021]

• Ongoing Grief and the Pandemic: Honoring a Year This brief presentation by Heather Wagner, PhD, MT-BC, Lauren DiMaio, PhD, MT-BC, and Molly Hicks, MMT, MT-BC, includes discussion of ongoing grief and a ritual to help music therapists pause and acknowledge COVID-19 losses. [March 22, 2021]

• Music Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Advocacy Highlights and Recommendations  [January 3, 2021]

• AMTA Grand Rounds: Music Therapy Practice in a COVID-19 World - 6-week series of webinars sponsored by the AMTA COVID-19 Task Force: [October 22, 2020]

  • January 4: Dr. James Weaver; International Coalition Performing Arts Aerosol Study: Latest Results
  • September 17; Brittany Tachkov, MT-BC; Are You Still There? The Burdens and Benefits of Hospice Music Therapy Telehealth
  • September 24: Todd Schwartzberg, MEd, MT-BC; Telehealth During COVID-19: Experiences of a Clinician, Students, and Service-Users
  • October 1:  Amy Foley, MMT, MT-BC, & Jennifer Pinson, MT-BC; Into the Unknown: Navigating Change in Your Music Therapy Business
  • October 8: Joshua Pearl, MT-BC; Putting the ISO in Isolation: Lessons from a 2-Year Quarantine
  • October 15: Eastern; Alexandra Wilson, MT-BC; Going Offline Online: Understanding Fear, Trauma and Resilience with Technology
  • October 22; ChihChen Sophia Lee, PhD, LPMT, MT-BC; Techy, not Tacky: Accommodating Technologies in Delivering Music Therapy Education Remotely
• Introduction to Trauma Informed Care and Cultivating Resilience [September 8, 2020]
• Trauma Informed Care, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Music Therapy [September 8, 2020]
• Cultivating Deliberate Resilience [September 8, 2020]
• AMTA 2020 COVID-19 Songwriting Contest Submissions and Winners [December 1, 2020]
• AMTA Ethics Board Discussion: Responding to an Ethical Dilemma with COVID-19 [August 6, 2020]
• Music Therapy Practice Considerations with COVID-19 [August 5, 2020]
• Suggestions for Music Therapists in Navigating Changes in Clinical Practice in Response to COVID-19 [July 7, 2020]
• Suggestions for Music Therapists Managing Grief in the Time of COVID-19 [June 10, 2020]
• COVID-19 and Seeing Clients Ethically - A message from the AMTA Board of Directors

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for State Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies
• CMS Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by Hospice Agencies
• CMS Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (REVISED)

US Department of Education (School Settings)

• Fact Sheet: Impact of COVID-19 on Assessments and Accountability under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
• COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") Information and Resources for Schools and School Personnel
• Q&A: Providing Services for Children with Disabilities During Coronavirus Outbreak
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) & Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Additional Resources

• Person-Centered Guidelines for Preserving Family Presence in Challenging Times - [June 2, 2020]
• Ways to Explain Coronavirus to Kids
• Managing Worry and Concerns Surrounding COVID-19
• Coping with COVID-19 Anxiety and Stress Chat: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/ Call/Text: 301.738.2255
• Why Skilled Nursing Facilities are likely not letting you in (letter to SNFs from CMS)

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