Department of Music & Theatre Arts

Music Therapy and The Strategic Plan of the University

PEEQ descriptions and Music Therapy - How Music Therapy Supports the Purpose (Mission), Vision and Strategic Goals of UW-Eau Claire:

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A Showcase of Mission Centrality

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is a comprehensive university whose purpose is to foster the intellectual, personal, social, and cultural development of its students.

The University provides an academic environment designed to encourage faculty-student interaction and promote excellence in teaching and learning, scholarly activity, and public service.

Evidence for faculty-student interaction via involvement in SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:

Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Grants with Lee Anna Rasar

Revision of Course Content Based on Assessment of Structures Used for Homework and Classroom and Clinical Presentations to Continue Infusion of Diversity – Fall 2008
Database for Music Therapy Research – Fall 2008
Effects of Harmonica Playing on Pulmonary Rehabilitation Status - Spring 2008
Assessment of Content for Clinical Application of Percussion Techniques in Music Therapy - Spring 2007
Development of Diversity Content for Percussion Techniques Course for Music Therapy Majors - Spring 2006
Comparison of Oxygen Levels in Music and Non-Music Conditions during Physical Therapy Exercises Completed by Coronary Artery By-Pass Graft Patients - Fall 2005
Assessment of Therapeutic Music Activities for Use in Attachment Disorders Programming - Fall 2004
Assessment of Communication, On-Task Behavior, and Preference for Music or Playtime in Children with Autism - Summer 2004
Assessment of Effects of Harp on Development Skills of Early Childhood Students with Special Needs - Spring 2004
Assessment of the Effects of Musical Interventions for Patients on Ventilator Support - Spring and Summer 2003
Assessment of Therapeutic Effects of Harp for Patients on Ventilator Support - Spring 2003
Effects of Harp on Patients on Ventilator Assistance - Oct. 2002
Midelfort Grant - 2002
Assessment of Curriculum through Assessment of Student Performance Status on Competencies Identified by American Music Therapy Association - January 2002 *
Analysis of Healthy as well as Destructive Responses to Anger Triggers Experienced by Inmates and Implications for Structuring Therapeutic Intervention via Music Therapy - Oct. 2001 *
Midelfort Grant - 2000 - 2001
Assessment of Needs of Women Inmates Upon Discharge from Jail and of Available Resources to Meet These Needs in the Eau Claire Community - January 2000 *
Music and Memory-Related Disorders: A Review of Literature - Fall 2000 *
McNair Fellowship Mentor - Summer 2000 *
Development of a Research Database for Music Therapy - Spring 2000*
Puppetry and Leukemia: Applications in the Eau Claire Community - Spring 2000
Networking Between Communication Disorders and Music Therapy: Using Soundbeam to Elicit Therapeutic Responses Spring 2000 *
Literature Review of Effects of Music on Learning and Behavior - January 1999 *
Midelfort Health Care Award - Kids on the Block Grant - September 1998
Therapeutic Applications of Dance and Movement - March 1998
Summer Course Service Learning Grant - February 1998
Therapeutic Applications of Rock'n'Roll Music - January 1998 *
Summer Course Development Grant - November 1998
Therapeutic Responses of Female Inmates to Dance and Movement to Music - Summer Research - May 1997
Assessment of Effectiveness of the Soundbeam to Elicit Movement and Social Interaction in Patients with Deficits in These Areas - May 1997 *
Performing Hispanic and African-American Music in Authentic Styles - NET Grant - April/May 1997
Development of Academic Content/Performance Standards for Music in Special Education - Jan. 1997 *
Midelfort Health Care Award - Soundbeam Grant - January 1996
Effectiveness of Videolog to Track Interaction Responses - Oct. 1996 *
The Music of Nashville - Therapeutic Applications for Healing - May 1996 *
Integrating Theatre Arts with Music Therapy in Anger Management Program with Violent Inmates - May 1996 *
Effects of the Arts on Racial Attitudes of Prisoners - Office of University Research - Oct. 1995 *
Applicability of Music Therapy Curriculum to Clinical Practice - Spring 1995 *
A Little Night Music - Experiential, Multicultural Interdisciplinary Event - Spring 1995
Integrating Music Therapy with Chaplaincy in Forensic Settings - Nov. 1994 *
Student Involvement with Children in Long-Term Psychiatric Setting - Nov. 1992 *
Sunburst Youth Homes - Development of Music Therapy Program - Neillsville - June 1991 *

Evidence of faculty-student interaction in PUBLIC SERVICE via presentations which resulted from grants:

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS WITH FACULTY MENTOR LEE ANNA RASAR

Clinical Considerations for Use of Harmonic to Effect Pulmonary Status – Hana Dehtiar and Amber Tappe – American Music Therapy Association – St. Louis – Nov. 2008
Clinical Applications of Percussion Techniques: Process of Assessment during Pilot Testing - Hana Dehtiar and Megan Hoffman - National Conference on Undergraduate Research - Salisbury, MD - April 2008
Effects of Harmonica Playing on Pulmonary Rehabilitation Status - Jennie Morvak - Great Lakes and Midwest Regions Joint Conference of American Music Therapy Association - Lombard, Illinois - April 2008
Improvisation Toolbox: Harmonic Structures, Dance, and Rhythmic Games - Megan Hoffman - Great Lakes and Midwest Regions Joint Conference of American Music Therapy Association - Lombard, Illinois - April 2008
Beyond Drumming Circles: Percussion Applications for a variety of Clinical Populations - Hana Dehtiar, Megan Hoffman - American Music Therapy Association Conference - Louisville, Kentucky - Nov. 2007
Clinical Applications for Ethnic Diversity and Accessibility for All Populations –Hana Dehtiar, Megan Hoffman, Jessica Mumford – Great Lakes Region of American Music Therapy Association Conference – Cleveland – March 2007*
Assessment of Content for Clinical Application of Percussion Techniques in Music Therapy – American Music Therapy Association Conference – Hana Dehtiar - Kansas City – November 2006 *
Development of Music Therapy Specific Content for Percussion Techniques Course – Great Lakes Regional Conference of the American Music Therapy Association – Hana Dehtiar - March 2006
Comparison of Oxygen Levels in Music and Non-Music Conditions during Physical Therapy Exercises Completed by Coronary Artery By-Pass Graft Patients – Great Lakes Regional Conference of the American Music Therapy Association – JonPaul Dragseth, Dan Hehli – Detroit – March 2006
Music Therapy with People with Attachment Disorders – Great Lakes Regional Conference of the American Music Therapy Association – Sara Wallace-Tomczak, Melissa Sommers – Orlando – Nov. 2005
Assessment of Music Therapy Activities for Use in Attachment Disorders Programming – Great Lakes Regional Conference of the American Music Therapy Association – Christina Hanschke – Milwaukee – March 2005
Effects of Harp on Developmental Skills of Students with Disabilities – American Music Therapy Association – Jacque Petroni, Sara Ries, Catherine Hennessy – Austin, Texas – Nov. 2004
Effects of Harp on Developmental Skills of Students with Disabilities – American Music Therapy Association – Jacque Petroni, Sara Ries, Catherine Hennessy – Austin, Texas – Nov. 2004
Communication and Social Interaction Responses Made by Clients with Autism in Music Therapy Sessions – American Music Therapy Association – Erin Paschke, Catherine Hennessy, and Sara Ries – Austin, Texas – Nov. 2004
Assessment of Effects of Harp on Developmental Skills of Early Childhood Students with Special Needs – Great Lakes Region of American Music Therapy Association Conference – Jacque Petroni, Amber Johnson, and Sara Ries – Indianapolis – March 2004
Integration of Harp and Music Therapy: Applications for Unique Research - American Music Therapy Association Conference - Jacque Petroni (co-presenter with Paula Smith) - Minneapolis - Nov. 2003
Assessment of Effects of Musical Respiratory Interventions for Patients on Ventilator Support - American Music Therapy Association Conference - Jacque Petroni, Susie Sundly, Sara Ries - Minneapolis - Nov. 2003
Assessment of Therapeutic Effects of Harp for Patients on Ventilator Support - American Music Therapy Association Conference - Jacque Petroni - Minneapolis - Nov. 2003
Model for Infusion of Adaptive Music Techniques into PK-6 General Music - Jill Redding (co-presenter with Vanissa Murphy) - Wisconsin Music Educators Conference - Madison - Nov. 2003
Anger Management Music Therapy Sessions: A Database – Great Lakes Regional Conference of the American Music Therapy Association – Amy Ray - Pheasant Run, Illinois – March 2002
Music and Memory-Related Disorders - American Music Therapy Association Conference – Jeff Miller - Pasadena - Oct. 2001
Ideas for Implementing Curriculum and Internship Revision to Meet New Commission Guidelines - American Music Therapy Association Conference - Pasadena - Oct. 2001
Educators Roundtable: Exchanging Ideas and Resources for Implementing the New AMTA Standards - Great Lakes Regional Conference of the American Music Therapy Association - Cleveland - March 2001
Chronological History of Music Therapy Population Setting-Specific Literature: Web-Site - American Music Therapy Association Conference – Jeff Miller - St. Louis - Nov. 2000
Therapeutic Applications of Rock'n'Roll Music (research aspects) - Jeff Miller - National College Undergraduate Research Conference - University of Rochester - Rochester, New York - April 1999
Therapeutic Applications of Rock'n'Roll Music (clinical aspects) - Jeff Miller - American Music Therapy Association - Cleveland - Nov. 1998
Research Implications for Therapeutic Effects of Dance and Soundbeam across Populations - Joni Wood Olson, Karli Mahle, Angie Fabian, Beth Perry, and Wendy Wolslegel - Cleveland - Nov. 1998
Assessment of Effectiveness of Soundbeam to Elicit Movement and Social Interaction - Beth Perry and Wendy Wolslegel - Great Lakes Regional Conference of the American Music Therapy Association - Evansville, Indiana - March 1998
Therapeutic Responses of Female Inmates to Dance and Movement to Music - Karli Mahle, Joni Wood Olson, and Angie Fabian - Great Lakes Regional Conference of the American Music Therapy Association - Evansville, Indiana - March 1998
*Integration of Music Therapy Anger Management Program in a Jail/Prison Setting – Karen Stammer - National Association for Music Therapy Conference - Los Angeles - Nov. 1997
Development of Academic Content/Performance Standards for Music in Special Education - Jessica Lichty - National Association for Music Therapy Conference - Los Angeles - Nov. 1997
Videolog Analyzation and Documentation of Interaction Responses of an Autistic Client - Karen Stammer -National Association for Music Therapy Conference - Los Angeles - Nov. 1997
*Development of Music Therapy Anger Management Program for Violent Inmates - Great Lakes Region of the National Association for Music Therapy Conference - Minneapolis – Heidi Stanton (Hoilien) - March 1997
*The Music of Nashville: Therapeutic Applications for Healing – Angie Fabian - National Association for Music Therapy Conference - Nashville - November 1996
Faculty-Student Collaboration: Using Research to Support Curricular Change in Music Therapy - Great Lakes Regional Conference of the National Association for Music Therapy, Inc. - Chicago - March 1996
*Faculty-Student Collaboration: Integrating Music Therapy with Chaplaincy in Forensic Settings - 45th Annual Conference of National Association for Music Therapy, Inc. – Dawn Osladil, Bernadette Stepp Campbell, Stacy Jicinsky Remus, Rachel Mattes Paul, Stephanie Fiskum - Orlando - November 1994
Student Involvement with Children in Long-term Psychiatric Setting - 43rd Annual Conference for the National Association for Music Therapy, Inc. –Dawn Paulson - St. Louis - Nov.1992
Music Therapy Clinical Summer Field Experience: Emotionally Disturbed/Behavior Disordered/Abused Children in a Long-Term Psychiatric Setting – Dawn Paulson - Great Lakes Regional Conference (of NAMT) - Indianapolis - March 1992

OTHER STUDENT PRESENTATIONS WITH FACULTY MENTOR LEE ANNA RASAR

Model for Infusion of Adaptive Music Techniques into PK – 6 General Music – Jill Redding – Wisconsin Music Educators Conference – Madison – Nov. 2003
Effects of Tempo on Typing Tests - Measurements of Speed and Accuracy –Jeff Miller -UW-Eau Claire - April 2001
Music and Memory-Related Disorders: A Review of Literature – Jeff Miller – UW-Eau Claire – April 2001
Assessment of Needs of Women Inmates upon Discharge from Jail and Available Resources to Meet These Needs in the Eau Claire Community – Katie Solberg, Latina Pyawasay, and Molly Bjorngjeld - UW-Eau Claire - April 2001
Development of a Research Database for Music Therapy – Jeff Miller – UW-Eau Claire – April 2000
Violin Again: Making Music a Dozen Years after a Brain Tumor - Wisconsin Conference on Augmentative and Alternative
Communication and Assistive Technology – Tonya Vincent - Eau Claire - Oct. 1999
Therapeutic Applications of Rock’n’Roll Music –Jeff Miller – UW-Eau Claire – April 1998
Development of Academic Content/Performance Standards for Music in Special Education –Jessica Lichty – UW-Eau Claire - April 1997
Effectiveness of Videolog to Track Intervention Responses –Karen Stammer – UW-Eau Claire – April 1997
Effects of the Arts on Racial Attitudes of Prisoners – UW-Eau Claire – April 1996
Applicability of Music Therapy Curriculum to Clinical Practice – Joni Wood and Kathy Nelson – UW-Eau Claire – April 1995

LOCAL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS WITH FACULTY MENTOR LEE ANNA RASAR

Music and the Brain: Music Therapy's Domain - Challenges and Choices Workshop - Indian Waters Girl Scout Council - Feb. 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, Jan. 1997
Music for Christmas - The Healing Place - Dec. 1006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992 - Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Use of Music as an Intervention/Preventative Measure - Illicit Drug and Violence Coalition of Eau Claire - Beaver Creek Reserve - Jan. 23, 1993 - Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Oktoberfest Celebration through Music - Oakwood Villa Nursing Home - October 1992, 1990 - Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Musical Valentine's Celebration - Oakwood Villa Nursing Home - February 1992 - Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Musical Christmas Celebration - Oakwood Villa Nursing Home - December 1990 - Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Evidence of Excellence in Faculty – Student Interaction in TEACHING AND LEARNING:

UW-Eau Claire Student Awards:

McNair Fellow

Music Therapy student Jeffrey Monroe Miller was the first UW - Eau Claire McNair Fellow to complete his PhD (2007 - University of Florida)

Blugold Fellows for Music Therapy:

Catherine Hennessy – 2003 - 2004
Jill Redding – 2001 - 2003
Megan Hoffman – 2006 - 2008

Diversity Mentor for Music Therapy:

Hana Dehtiar - 2006

The following students have won Leadership Awards:

Becky Risberg (now Rose) - 2003
Molly Bjorngjeld (now Mendenhall) - 2004
Rachel Dahl (now Bonson) - 2004
Jacque Petroni - 2005
Hana Dehtiar - 2007

The following students were named as Outstanding Seniors for the Dept. of Public Health Professions:

Aimee Hyland (now Latke) - 2000
Amy Oppriecht - 2007
Erin Spellacy (now Ebnet) - 2007

Evidence of TEACHING Effectiveness - Awards for Lee Anna Rasar:

National:

Award given to recognize Rasar for developing a model of teaching which integrates research and service with teaching: Professional Practice Award – from the American Music Therapy Association – Oct. 2002

UW – System:

Wisconsin Teaching Scholar – 2001 – 2002

Wisconsin Teaching Fellow - 1995 - 1996

UW-Eau Claire:

Faculty-Student Interaction – Lee Anna Rasar won the University of Wisconsin Ron Satz Award for Student Advocacy - presented by the 50th Session of Student Senate – UW – Eau Claire - 2007

Student Recognition Award for excellence in teaching/advising and acceptance and understanding of the individual needs of students with disabilities - University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire - 1995

International Faculty-Student Interaction Award for Technology:

StudyWeb Academic Excellence Award - award for website - Nov. 1999 selected as a featured site in StudyWeb as "one of the best educational resources on the Web" /rasarla/research/

Evidence of Excellence in PUBLIC SERVICE – Awards for Lee Anna Rasar:

Regional:

Service Award – Great Lakes Region of American Music Therapy Association – March 2003

UW-Eau Claire:

UW-Eau Claire American Ethnic Coordinating Office Distinctive Service Award - 2003

Excellence in Service Award - University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire - 1997

Faculty-Student Interaction via 1:1 weekly meetings:

Each student who is serving as a student music therapy through a practica or clinical experience course meets 1:1 weekly with the Music Therapy Professor.

The music therapy faculty member attends each meeting of the American Music Therapy Association for Students and meets weekly with the President of this organization.

The mission of UW – Eau Claire continues:

Its residential setting fosters personal and social development through a rich array of co-curricular activities.

The University's focus is a liberal arts based education across the curriculum in all programs.

Evidence for the role that the Music Therapy Program plays in the liberals arts based education across the curriculum – 5 General Education courses and 3 courses with Service Learning credit:

103 Introduction to Music Therapy
2 crs (2-0). F, Sp.
GE-IVE
Special course fee required
Criminal background check required. Coordinating Department: Music and Theatre Arts
Role of the music therapist, knowledge and competencies needed, therapeutic function of music, scope and areas of application, general techniques used, professional aspects, job opportunities, and institutions utilizing music therapy.

116 Beginning Folk Guitar
2 crs (2-0). F, Sp.
GE-IVA
No credit if taken after or concurrently with MUTX 120
Student must provide own instrument, be able to read notes of the staff, perform simple rhythms, and have skills equivalent to successful completion of MUSI 102. No credit toward music or music therapy major or minor
Instructor approval required
An introduction to basic folk guitar techniques including traditional chord fingerings and progressions, strumming and picking variations, reading of simple melody lines, and the significance of the guitar in the evolution of folk music.

218 Music in Special Education
2 crs (2-0).
GE-IVA
P: SPED 200 or PSYC 334; MUSI 102
No credit toward music therapy major or minor
Music activities and techniques applicable in the education of children in special education for support of both music education and academic learning.

222 Personal Applications of Music for Wellness
2 crs (2-0). F.
GE-V; W
Field trips required
Students in the class will examine effects of their own personal uses of music on their physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and environmental wellness through development of music listening resources and interactive examination of musical topics.

340 Psychology of Music
3 crs (3-0). F.
(Formerly MUTX 440)
GE-V
Musical behavior including acoustics, musical perception, measurement of musical ability and taste, theories of musical aesthetics, and historical review of applications to music therapy.

298 Clinical Application of Percussion Techniques
1 cr (1-1). Sp, odd-numbered years.
CD1; Not for GE; SL-Half
P: Limited to music therapy majors or special education
certificate students
No credit if taken after MUTX 395 in Spring 2007.
This course teaches rudiments of percussion, history and ethnicity of percussion instruments, and ethnic and clinical applications for percussion techniques with a variety of music therapy populations.

312 Therapeutic Application of Dance and Movement
2 crs (0-2). Sp, even-numbered years.
CD1; Not for GE; SL-Half
No credit if credit earned in MUTX 395 with the same title.
Clinical applications for dance and movement to music are developed through study of theory and practice, in-class demonstrations and activities, and weekly laboratories in the field.

449 Internship in Music Therapy
1-6 crs. F, Sp.
SL-Full; Not for GE; CP
P: MUTX 345
Course may be taken for a maximum of 6 credits
Placement to an AMTA-approved music therapy program is required before admission to the course.
Department permission required
This course involves professionally supervised music therapy experience in the practical application of music therapy techniques.

National grant for Service Learning which served non-music therapy majors:

2005 – Citizen Scholar grant for Service Learning at Sacred Heart Hospital which involved placing non-music therapy majors with music therapy majors who served as mentors to teach them to serve patients at the hospital for one calendar year

Interdisciplinary Teaching:

Received grants to work with Dance and Theatre Arts faculty to design, pilot test, assess, and redesign MUTX 312 -Therapeutic Application of Dance and Movement

Received grants and worked with Percussion faculty member to design, pilot test, assess, and redesign MUTX 298 – Clinical Application of Percussion Techniques

Multiple grants have been received for Music Therapy to work with Paula Smith, (Harp) at UW – Eau Claire, to integrate harp into music therapy clinical work and research.

Music therapy students and faculty have participated in grants with faculty from Communication Disorders and have presented at the Wisconsin Conference on Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Assistive Technology.

The Music Therapy Program Director team taught a graduate course in Adaptive Music with a Music Education faculty member during a summer term to allow alumni who needed to receive their Adaptive Music training to keep their jobs because this content is now required in Wisconsin to teach in public schools.

Many students choose to do Service Learning with Music Therapy, even if they are not enrolled in music therapy courses. In addition, three courses in music therapy include service learning.

The MUSI 100 Performing Arts on Stage course featured 2 – 3 lectures each semester.

Music Appreciation Honors course – history of mentoring students to do 2 presentations each semester

Sacred Heart Hospital with Nursing Honors Program – 2 students – Fall 2006

Music in Special Education – Fall 2006 - MUTX 395 – 2 credits for former Music Education major who needed to obtain her Adaptive Music Certificate to keep her job in Music Education – worked with Dr. Vanissa Murphy – Dept. of Music and Theatre Arts

MUSI 499 – Applied Conducting - Fall 2006 with Dr. Alan Rieck – Dept. of Music and Theatre Arts

Music Education Seminar – guest lecture or mentor students to provide Adaptive Music information each semester

St. John’s – with Nursing (Dr. Sue Peck) – Gait Training through Music for Patients at Risk for Falls – MUTX 349 - Fall 2004

HUMS – Language: Mirror of the Mind – taught in this course each time it was offered, joining in with faculty from English, Communication Disorders, Foreign Languages, Nursing, and other disciplines which varied by semester

Supervision for Topical Minors:

With Nursing, Religious Studies, and Psychology majors

The mission statement continues:

The University places a special emphasis on experiential learning activities, such as international studies, faculty-student research collaboration, internships, and community service. UW-Eau Claire is the University of Wisconsin System's Center of Excellence for Faculty and Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration.

International courses:

Music therapy has developed two international internships: one in Melbourne, Australia at the Royal Children’s Hospital and one in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with World Hope International to work with children rescued from Human Trafficking. A trauma center in Jordan is also planning to offer Third World Trauma training for our students through a Clinical Experience course which would serve as the first month of internships in Third World Countries in the future and which is hoped to itself become an internship.

International students:

Baiba Jakubovska from Latvia earned a scholarship to study music therapy here and then return to medical school in Latvia to incorporate the therapeutic use of music in her practice. Jovana Bogdanov from Serbia studied music therapy at UW - Eau Claire last year and returned to integrate therapeutic music services in an orphanage in Serbia. Her host mom Signe Matson joined in with music therapy students and faculty to send over puppets, a keyboard, books, and equipment to make homemade instruments and look forward to the expansion of this work in Serbia and the continued networking with UW - Eau Claire and Jovana. One former graduate from Japan is currently practicing as a music therapist in Chicago. Another alumni is working in Finland, and one has worked in Norway.

Service learning credit is available to students who are interested in translating the Music Therapy Populations Website into other languages, with a current need for Spanish in particular.

Experiential Learning:

The music therapy curriculum is based on experiential learning in which students go into clinical settings in the community - not just in clinical courses but also for 1 day weekly in each of the following academic courses:

IDIS 103 – Introduction to Music Therapy

MUTX 110 & 111 – Clinical Piano Repertoire I & II

MUTX 215 & 217 – Music Therapy Techniques I & II

MUTX 298 – Clinical Application of Percussion Techniques

MUTX 312 – Therapeutic Application of Dance and Movement

The following clinical courses are immersion experiential courses:

MUTX 346 – Music Therapy Practicum

MUTX 349 – Clinical Experience

MUTX 449 – Music Therapy Internship

In addition students may take MUTX 395 – Music Therapy Directed Studies courses.

Just in the past 6 years the following experiential courses have been taught through directed studies courses:

Fall 2008:

Arranging Music/Orchestration – was taught at Syverson Lutheran Home

Fall 2007:

Clinical Application of Piano – was taught at Eau Claire County Jail, Woodland Cottage, and Syverson Lutheran Home

Spring 2007:

Clinical Applications of Percussion Techniques – was taught at Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center and Syverson Lutheran Home

Fall 2006:

Arranging Music/Orchestration – was taught at Syverson Lutheran Home

Clinical Application of Piano – was taught at Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire County Jail, Woodland Cottage, and Syverson Lutheran Home

Spring 2006:

Music Therapy in Surgery – was taught at Sacred Heart Hospital

Clinical Application of Piano – was taught at Sacred Heart Hospital, Syverson Lutheran Home, Eau Claire County Jail, and Woodland Cottage

Fall 2005:

Assessment of Uses of Music with Inmates in County Jail – was taught at Eau Claire County Jail

Music and Nursing – was taught at Sacred Heart Hospital

Spring 2005:

Beginning Clinical Piano Repertoire and Techniques – was taught at Syverson Lutheran Home and Eau Claire County Jail

Clinical Application of Piano – was taught at Syverson Lutheran Home

Music in Special Education – was taught in public schools

Development of Anger Management Clinical Applications Database – was taught at Eau Claire County Jail

Fall 2004:

Clinical Application of Percussion Techniques – was taught at University Good Samaritan Hospital in Minneapolis

Music Therapy Private Practice – was taught in Eau Claire with music therapists in Private Practice

Assessment of Music Therapy Activities for Children with Attachment Disorders – was taught at Lutheran Social Services

Nordoff-Robbins Improvisation – was taught in Music Therapy Clinic on-campus with clients

Overview of Clinical Improvisation – was taught in Music Therapy Clinic on-campus with clients

Therapeutic Music Activities – was taught with Music Therapy clients in various settings

Spring 2004:

Dance and Movement in the Clinical Setting – was taught at Syverson Lutheran Home and Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center

Fall 2003:

Clinical Application of Orff Techniques – was taught at Manz School

Dance and Movement in the Clinical Setting – was taught in Syverson Lutheran Home and Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center

Music Therapy in Corrections- was taught at Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center

Music Therapy in Forensics – was taught at Eau Claire County Jail

Music Therapy in Special Education – was taught in public schools

Music Therapy Anger Management Database – was taught at Eau Claire County Jail

Music Therapy Clinical Applications with Patients on Ventilator Support – was taught at Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Music Therapy Repertoire Videolog – was taught in the Music Therapy on-campus clinic

In addition to the courses listed above, numerous directed studies courses have been taught in clinical settings in the Chippewa Valley community in terms prior to these.

Faculty – Student Research Collaboration includes the 42 grants listed above as well as other projects in which students participated. It also includes other projects, with the most recent being a UW – System grant through the LEAP program which examines Essential Learning Outcomes related to student perspectives. The Music Therapy Program Director was accepted for this two year project which began in the Fall 2008 semester and has begun working with a student to organize and assess data from student perspectives about the General Education courses and Service Learning courses taught through the Music Therapy Program.

Internships:

Each student completes an internship of 900 – 1040 hours or more.

Community Service:

Music Therapy is a Professional Program that serves Our Region through Community Engagement by providing services to over 1000 people in the Chippewa Valley each week. In addition the public has been served through the 56 presentations referenced above as well as through others which were not directly connected with Faculty-Student Collaborative Research and through musical concerts which are presented by music therapy students and faculty. Each year the Music Therapy Program staffs events such as: the Family Enrichment weekend for children with special needs and their families; the memorial services for St. Joseph’s Hospice, The Healing Place, and Sacred Heart Hospital; the Holiday celebrations for the Syverson Lutheran Home and Oakwood Villa Nursing Home; and hosts clinic concerts for the clients seen in the Music Therapy Clinic on campus. We have hosted two open houses for the Music Therapy Clinic on campus this past year. As previously noted non-music therapy majors have been served through the Service Learning program and the national grant as well as through the topical minors, special Nursing Honors projects, and interdisciplinary research and teaching endeavors. Students who are not music therapy majors may choose to do service learning with music therapy even if they are not enrolled in music therapy courses. In addition, three of the music therapy courses are designated for service learning credit.

Distinctive, Transformative Student Experiences are provided for both majors and non-majors through the Music Therapy program, with Lifelong Learning being evidenced through the reports written by students who describe how they have continued the volunteer work they began with music therapy. Several majors and non-majors have become community volunteers after graduation and have started programs in jail and prison settings, in hospitals, in nursing homes, in public schools, in group homes, and in addictions treatment centers. Students also report that they have been able to use their knowledge and skills during labor and delivery of their own children, with family members and significant others who are in comas, with grandparents who have had strokes, parents who have some of the disorders that they studied, and with themselves when they have asthma attacks, surgery, or children of their own with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other special needs.

I.2 The program’s learning goals and outcomes align with and support the UW-Eau Claire Liberal Education

How the Music Therapy Program Targets the UW-Eau Claire Liberal Education Learning Goals (approved, 12/2007) paired with Learning Outcomes (proposed, 9/2008):

Respect for Diversity Among People

UW-Eau Claire students will develop skills and knowledge for living in a cultureally pluralistic and globally interdependent world.

The Music Therapy curriculum offers immersion through clinical courses that are taught in the community with a majority of clients served in some settings representing Hispanic, Native American, Southeast Asian, and African-American cultures. In addition Music Therapy has established internships in Australia and Cambodia with plans to have training for third world internships held at a Trauma Center in Jordan. The Music Therapy faculty and students have received a diversity grant which included infusion of multiple types of diversity into the percussion techniques course. Two Music Therapy faculty received the UW – Eau Claire American Ethnic Coordinating Office Distinctive Service Award for their work on campus and in the community. Program Director Rasar received the UW – Eau Claire Student Recognition Award for excellence in teaching/advising and acceptance and understanding of the individual needs of students with disabilities.

Knowledge of Human Culture and the Natural World

UW-Eau Claire students will develop skills and knowledge for living in a cultureally pluralistic and globally interdependent world.
UW-Eau Claire students will demonstrate a depth of knowledge about human culture and/or about the natural world. This outcome includes majors in the professional colleges.
UW Eau Claire students will demonstrate a breadth of knowledge about human culture and about the natural world. This outcome will be grounded in general education studies in sciences, mathematics, social sciences, humanities, languages, and the arts.

Students in music therapy courses learn how the art of music may be intentionally programmed to elicit therapeutic responses. Changes in thinking, behavior, and mood/affect may be the results of this intentional use of musical activities which is based on scientific research. Students learn the music of their clients from other cultures to establish a bond with them. They work hard to learn the meaning of the music and its role in the culture to successfully be able to use that music to target therapeutic goals.

Creative and Critical Thinking

UW-Eau Claire students will develop critical thinking skills that can be applied to a range of academic and social contexts. Critical thinking includes general and discipline specific skills and procedures for inquiry, analysis, and synthesis. Critical thinking also includes information literacy and quantitative literacy.
UW-Eau Claire students will develop creative thinking skills that include creative expression and/or creative approaches to problem posing and problem solving.

Students in music therapy learn to analyze language and behavior to conduct assessments and compose treatment plans for people with a variety of challenging conditions in a variety of clinical settings. The process of inquiry with active listening techniques during conversation and with research to obtain pertinent resources is critical to the development of a comprehensive music therapy assessment in the clinical setting. Analysis and synthesis are required to develop a treatment plan based on the needs of the clients who are served by music therapy and to find ways to target goals that will be motivating for the clients and that will result in desired therapeutic changes. Students learn to prepare session critiques and treatment evaluations as well as to develop home programs for future work for the clients after discharge. In the field of music therapy creativity is required to safely and effectively engage clients who are depressed, suicidal, angry, confused and not interested in therapeutic goals to help them become engaged and participate in meaningful ways and to change their perspectives. Students are required to adapt activities to enable accessibility for clients with a variety of challenging conditions.

Effective Communication

UW-Eau Claire students will write, read, speak, and listen effectively including application to civic and discipline specific contexts. Communicating effectively includes effective team work.

Students in music therapy courses are required to verbally present about their clients at medical staffings and to enter written documentation into medical charts. Receipt of third party reimbursement requires perfection in chart writing based on criteria developed by the insurance companies and the hospital quality assurance programs. Students need to read the assessments prepared by other health care professionals and integrate treatment plans of others into their work. They are required to train other professionals as well as the family members and significant others of the client to execute music therapy home programs. Communication during the death or birth process requires sensitivity to the needs of others. Communication during anger management sessions at the jail or the juvenile detention center requires a keen awareness of the dangers within those settings and an ability to balance relationships with both inmates and staff. Conducting creative arts expressive activities within a system that is based on a punishment requires good communication to maintain respect from the staff.

Individual and Social Responsibility

UW-Eau Claire students will develop skills and values for ethical reasoning and life-long learning.
UW-Eau Claire students will connect their knowledge and skills to social and civic contexts.

Music therapy students often need to challenge others to maintain hope for their clients and to stay positive during oppressive or combative episodes. They need to model individual and social responsibility in their roles as student music therapists when making decisions related to treatment. Through engagement in the clinical settings in the community students come face to face with ethical issues which require study and reflection. They recognize the diversity of viewpoints and the complexity of the issues and develop a respect for the need for lifelong learning. Students see firsthand how effective music is at meeting the needs of clients. They become passionate about the importance of making music accessible to the people who need music therapy because they see that it reaches the clients and elicits responses in ways that no other interventions do. Students who are non-majors who join music therapy students and faculty in the clinical settings also become passionate about these responsibilities.

I.3 The program contributes to other programs (undergraduate, graduate, and student support), across campus – for example, general education, supporting courses, interdisciplinary programs, others.

Evidence for the role that the Music Therapy Program plays in the liberals arts based education across the curriculum – 5 General Education courses and 3 courses with Service Learning credit:

National grant for Service Learning which served non-music therapy majors:

Students who are not enrolled in one of the three music therapy courses designated for service learning credit may still choose to do their service learning projects with music therapy. Each semester we have several students join us in the community settings in a true service learning venue.

Interdisciplinary Teaching:

Received grants to work with Dance and Theatre Arts faculty to design, pilot test, assess, and redesign MUTX 312 -Therapeutic Application of Dance and Movement

Received grants and worked with Percussion faculty member to design, pilot test, assess, and redesign MUTX 298 – Clinical Application of Percussion Techniques

Multiple grants have been received for Music Therapy to work with Paula Smith, Harp Instructor at UW – Eau Claire, to integrate harp into music therapy clinical work and research.

The MUSI 100 Performing Arts on Stage course featured 2 – 3 lectures each semester.

Music Appreciation Honors course – history of mentoring students to do 2 presentations each semester

Sacred Heart Hospital with Nursing Honors Program – 2 students – Fall 2006

MUSI 499 – Applied Conducting - Fall 2006 with Dr. Alan Rieck – Dept. of Music and Theatre Arts

Music Education Seminar – guest lecture or mentor students to provide Adaptive Music information each semester

St. John’s – with Nursing (Dr. Sue Peck) – Gait Training through Music for Patients at Risk for Falls – MUTX 349 - Fall 2004

HUMS – Language: Mirror of the Mind – taught in this course each time it was offered

Supervision for Topical Minors:

With Nursing, Religious Studies, and Psychology majors

I.4 The program’s graduates meet identifiable regional and state needs.

We do not have enough graduates to fill the music therapy jobs in our state or region.
Documentation of this need was submitted to the University Senate APC last year. Those letters from employers and job announcement agencies should be on file in the Senate office. The Music Therapy Program Director can provide copies of the letters, if needed.

I.5 The program’s outreach, community service, and other external linkages support the cultural, educational, and economic development of the region.

How the music therapy program’s outreach, community service, regional and national involvement through conference presentations, and website supports this development was documented in the letters of support sent to the University Senate APC last year from community members and representatives of agencies and facilities. These letters describe the depth and breadth of the impact of music therapy services. Those letters should be on file in the Senate office. The Music Therapy Program Director can provide copies of the letters, if needed.

II.1 As a characteristic part of its academic offerings, the program provides experiences and a high degree of student/faculty interaction that lead to transformative learning.

The letters of support sent to the University Senate APC last year by alumni and current students describe these experiences and the resulting transformative learning. Additionally refer to the responses included as samples from the General Education courses. Full sets of these responses are available upon request. Those letters should be on file in the Senate office. The Music Therapy Program Director can provide copies of the letters, if needed.

II.2 The curriculum is modern and well-developed, and appropriate to the breadth, depth, and level of the discipline as judged by reviews, accreditations, external awards, etc.

Refer to the 10-year Program Approval Review by the American Music Therapy Association and to the letters of support sent to the University Senate APC and to The Spectator last year. Note that the UW- Eau Claire Music Therapy Program is designated as a Neurologic Music Therapy training center. NMT is the cutting edge of research in the field of neuroscience and music. Those letters should be on file in the Senate office. The Music Therapy Program Director can provide copies of the letters, if needed.

II.5 The program demonstrates that its instructional personnel remain current in their disciplines and use current knowledge and approaches to inform their teaching.

Lee Anna Rasar is an NMT Fellow. She was praised for the breadth of approaches covered in her syllabi. Refer to the 10-year Program Approval Review by the American Music Therapy Association.

II.6 The program demonstrates that its faculty members are also productive scholars, researchers, or creative artists in ways that support UW-Eau Claire’s mission as a comprehensive university.

The Music Therapy faculty member has received the following grants:

Revision of Course Content Based on Assessment of Structures Used for Homework and Classroom and Clinical Presentations to Continue Infusion of Diversity – Fall 2008
Database for Music Therapy Research – Fall 2008
Essential Learning Outcomes with focus on Student Perspectives– UW – System LEAP Program – Fall 2008
Effects of Harmonica Playing on Pulmonary Rehabilitation Status - Spring 2008
Assessment of Content for Clinical Application of Percussion Techniques in Music Therapy - Spring 2007
Development of Diversity Content for Percussion Techniques Course for Music Therapy Majors - Spring 2006
Comparison of Oxygen Levels in Music and Non-Music Conditions during Physical Therapy Exercises Completed by Coronary Artery By-Pass Graft Patients - Fall 2005
Assessment of Therapeutic Music Activities for Use in Attachment Disorders Programming - Fall 2004
Assessment of Communication, On-Task Behavior, and Preference for Music or Playtime in Children with Autism - Summer 2004
Assessment of Effects of Harp on Development Skills of Early Childhood Students with Special Needs - Spring 2004
Assessment of the Effects of Musical Interventions for Patients on Ventilator Support - Spring and Summer 2003
Assessment of Therapeutic Effects of Harp for Patients on Ventilator Support - Spring 2003
Effects of Harp on Patients on Ventilator Assistance - Oct. 2002
Midelfort Grant - 2002
Assessment of Curriculum through Assessment of Student Performance Status on Competencies Identified by American Music Therapy Association - January 2002 *
Analysis of Healthy as well as Destructive Responses to Anger Triggers Experienced by Inmates and Implications for Structuring Therapeutic Intervention via Music Therapy - Oct. 2001 *
Midelfort Grant - 2000 - 2001
Assessment of Needs of Women Inmates Upon Discharge from Jail and of Available Resources to Meet These Needs in the Eau Claire Community - January 2000 *
Music and Memory-Related Disorders: A Review of Literature - Fall 2000 *
McNair Fellowship Mentor - Summer 2000 *
Development of a Research Database for Music Therapy - Spring 2000*
Puppetry and Leukemia: Applications in the Eau Claire Community - Spring 2000
Networking Between Communication Disorders and Music Therapy: Using Soundbeam to Elicit Therapeutic Responses Spring 2000 *
Literature Review of Effects of Music on Learning and Behavior - January 1999 *
Midelfort Health Care Award - Kids on the Block Grant - September 1998
Therapeutic Applications of Dance and Movement - March 1998
Summer Course Service Learning Grant - February 1998
Therapeutic Applications of Rock'n'Roll Music - January 1998 *
Summer Course Development Grant - November 1998
Therapeutic Responses of Female Inmates to Dance and Movement to Music - Summer Research - May 1997
Assessment of Effectiveness of the Soundbeam to Elicit Movement and Social Interaction in Patients with Deficits in These Areas - May 1997 *
Performing Hispanic and African-American Music in Authentic Styles - NET Grant - April/May 1997
Development of Academic Content/Performance Standards for Music in Special Education - Jan. 1997 *
Midelfort Health Care Award - Soundbeam Grant - January 1996
Effectiveness of Videolog to Track Interaction Responses - Oct. 1996 *
The Music of Nashville - Therapeutic Applications for Healing - May 1996 *
Integrating Theatre Arts with Music Therapy in Anger Management Program with Violent Inmates - May 1996 *
Effects of the Arts on Racial Attitudes of Prisoners - Office of University Research - Oct. 1995 *
Applicability of Music Therapy Curriculum to Clinical Practice - Spring 1995 *
A Little Night Music - Experiential, Multicultural Interdisciplinary Event - Spring 1995
Integrating Music Therapy with Chaplaincy in Forensic Settings - Nov. 1994 *
Student Involvement with Children in Long-Term Psychiatric Setting - Nov. 1992 *
Sunburst Youth Homes - Development of Music Therapy Program - Neillsville - June 1991 *

II.7 The faculty demonstrates teaching excellence, including excellence in advising.

As noted previously, the music therapy faculty member has won these awards for teaching and advising:

National:

Award given to recognize Rasar for developing a model of teaching which integrates research and service with teaching: Professional Practice Award – American Music Therapy Association – Oct. 2002

UW – System:

Wisconsin Teaching Scholar – 2001 – 2002

Wisconsin Teaching Fellow - 1995 - 1996

UW-Eau Claire:

Faculty-Student Interaction – Lee Anna Rasar won the University of Wisconsin Ron Satz Award for Student Advocacy - presented by the 50th Session of Student Senate – UW – Eau Claire - 2007

Student Recognition Award for excellence in teaching/advising and acceptance and understanding of the individual needs of students with disabilities - University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire - 1995

II.8 The program contributes in a unique or unusual way (through its students, faculty, and innovative curriculum) that enhances the university's identity and distinctiveness.

Refer to the letters of support sent to the University Senate APC last year for a description of how this program enhances the university’s identity and distinctiveness. Those letters should be on file in the Senate office. The Music Therapy Program Director can provide copies of the letters, if needed.

You may view some of these letters via this link for people who gave permission for the letters to be posted on the music therapy website.

Questions related to student credit hours:

The need to have large student credit hour production was not communicated to the Music Therapy faculty during the time the program was open. Because it was a professional program, smaller class sizes were customary. The large General Education courses could be taught during the interim and summer terms to offset the smaller numbers of students in this major, or some of the required music therapy courses could be scheduled during the interim and summer terms to allow the larger General Education courses to be offered during the fall and spring semesters.

Questions related to cost and external resources:

The Phillips Foundation has offered to help support the Music Therapy program. A plan for helping to create a certificate program for post-baccalaureate students is currently being developed. A proposal for a graduate program offers research funding based on the Neurologic Music Therapy model through integration of harp with music therapy.

Comment related to retention:

Even with the program cut, the music therapy class of students who are in what is equivalent to sophomore status has 13 students. While only one Freshman was admitted last year through the audition process, another 13 students who were Freshmen or transfer students had wanted to major in music therapy but were told that the program was closed and were not sent any follow-up information after the auditions. The degree of retention is represented by the fact that we have 33 students in the program even after the announcement that it would be closing.

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