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Fall CMTE: Speech-Language Pathologists and Music Therapists Working Together to Maximize Patient Outcomes

October 26 @ 9:00 am - 1:15 pm

This 4-credit hybrid option CMTE course explores the impact of a patient’s communicative abilities when planning for and providing music therapy services. This course encourages interdisciplinary collaboration between music therapists and speech-language pathologists to optimize outcomes for the youngest to the oldest of patients. Participants will gain knowledge and skills necessary to incorporate communication strategies to benefit patients and their families.

Jann Fujimoto is a speech-language pathologist who helps children become confident communicators. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Indiana University where she played oboe in the concert band and played mellophone in the university’s marching and pep bands. She earned a Master of Science in Communication Disorders from the University of Texas at Dallas. Jann is a licensed Wisconsin speech-language pathologist and holds a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Over her twenty-five-year career, she has worked in Birth-to-Three, early intervention, school, home health, skilled nursing, and private practice settings. She’s worked via telepractice since 2014, serving schools and families in Bahamas, Canada, China, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Kenya, and Wisconsin.

Learner Objectives:

  1. Prepare for a patient’s communication strengths and barriers to maximize patient
    outcomes in music therapy.
  2. Compare and contrast services provided by a music therapist and a speech-language
    pathologist.
  3. Recognize how cognitive, communication, and dysphagia statuses (such as aphasia, apraxia,
    dementia, dysphagia, tracheostomy) affect a patient’s ability to communicate effectively

Cost and registration found here!

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Virtual Attendance:
Zoom links will be emailed on October 24. Join 10 minutes early for technical checks and please change your name to match CBMT records. For assistance, contact continuingeducation@musictherapywisconsin.org.

Details

Date:
October 26
Time:
9:00 am - 1:15 pm
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Website:
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Venue

Alverno College
3400 S. 43rd Street
Milwaukee, WI 53234 United States

Organizer

Wisconsin Chapter for Music Therapy
Email
continuingeducation@musictherapywisconsin.org