MU 680A1 - Advanced Practice in Music Therapy

In this course we explore current topics in music therapy with a specific emphasis on current clinical practice. This course includes a long weekend (8 hours for 4 days = 1920 minutes of instruction) on the CSU campus where students have the opportunity to explore current topics and actively participate in therapeutic interventions as a group. The class also includes online instruction where the students further explore concepts related to clinical practice in music therapy (for a total of 480 minutes).

This course has an online component delivered through RamCT Blackboard.

This course can be applied towards:

• Music Therapy (M.M.)

Important Information

Students will meet on campus for one long weekend (June 14 - June 17). We will meet from 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; Sunday we will meet from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Class will be held in Room 145 of University Center for the Arts.

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• Defining Music Therapy, 2nd Ed. (1998)
  Bruscia, Kenneth
  ISBN: 978-1891278075
• Rhythm, Music, and the Brain, 1st Ed. (2007)
  Thaut, Michael
  ISBN: 978-0415964753

For the online portion of the course, students will be required to have access to high-speed Internet and a web browser. Students will access RamCT Blackboard for course materials other than textbooks.

Instructors

Blythe LaGasse
(970) 491-4042
Blythe.LaGasse@colostate.edu

Blythe LaGasse is Assistant Professor of Music Therapy at Colorado State University. Dr. LaGasse received a Bachelor of Music in music therapy from the University of Kansas, and a Master of Music in music therapy from Colorado State University. She completed her doctorate in music therapy at the University of Kansas. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses and is Director of Music Therapy Clinical Practicum.

Her clinical background includes working with persons with autism and developmental disabilities, with an emphasis in speech and language communication. She has contributed to several music therapy texts including "An Introduction to Music Therapy: Theory and Practice" (3rd ed.) and "Introduction to Approaches in Music Therapy" (2nd ed.). Dr. LaGasse’s research interests include the effect of auditory stimuli for motor synchronization in children and the use of music therapy for development of speech in children with neurological and developmental disabilities.