American Music Therapy Association

Music Therapy-Informed Music Listening

• Guidance for Music Listening Programs

Fact Sheets for Music Therapy with Individual Populations:

• Music Therapy & Military Populations - new in 2014

• Music Therapy & Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - new in 2015

• Music Therapy & Alzheimer's Disease

• Music Therapy for Persons in Correctional & Forensic Settings

• Music Therapy in Response to Crisis & Trauma

• Music Therapy & Medicine

• Music Therapy & Mental Health

• Music Therapy & Music Education

• Music Therapy & Pain Management

• Music Therapy & Special Education

• Music Therapy & Young Children

AMTA Strategic Priorities for Specific Populations:

• Music Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Resources for Parents and Caregivers

Parent information for music therapy and the IEP. AMTA's Director of Government Relations, Judy Simpson, MT-BC, walks parents through the process of requesting the inclusion of music therapy on their child's IEP.

Find a music therapist in our online directory: Simply go to the search form, select your state, highlight music therapy credentials (MT-BC, RMT, CMT and ACMT) and click "submit" to see a list of member music therapists near you.

What Music Therapy Is... and Is Not

References and Bibliographies:

• Autism Spectrum Disorders: Music Therapy Research and Evidenced-Based Practice Support

• Habilitation:  Music Therapy Research and Evidenced-Based Practice Support

• Special Education: Music Therapy Research and Evidenced-Based Practice Support

• Music Therapy in Mental Health - Evidenced-Based Practice Support

• Williams Syndrome: Recent Research on Music and Sound

• Music Therapy Interventions in Trauma, Depression and Substance Abuse:  Selected References and Key Findings