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Join Our Team as a Music Therapist! We are seeking novice and seasoned music therapists with socio-culturally diverse backgrounds, skills, and experiences. Bilingual music therapists are encouraged to apply. Why work with us? • Develop your skills as a music therapist • Be part of a dynamic team of skilled Expressive Arts Therapists • Gain experience working as a clinician on a transdisciplinary team with a diverse caseload of various adolescents with both severe disabilities and complex health needs using creative arts therapy techniques and practices • Have reliable transportation, a valid license, and proof of insurance. • Experience consulting with schools and other agencies, and proven ability to work effectively with educators and staff • Experience in child and youth development. • Experience engaging with cultural responsiveness and humility • Planning, organizing, and leading goal-driven music therapy sessions for groups with diverse skills, abilities, and needs. • Documenting all music therapy sessions within the required time period including logs, reports, assessment and treatment plans, and client communications • Assessing new clients and groups to develop a treatment plan • Demonstrate a professional attitude to all clients, prospects, and other professionals at • Maintain MT-BC credentials through CMTEs and participation in professional • Adhere to AMTA standards of practice, code of ethics, and professional competencies. • Build and maintain rapport with families, caregivers, and stakeholders through phone . Job Setting: • Falling Up Therapy Services provides on-site and virtual Expressive Arts Therapy services to a variety of sites and individuals. The Carter School is a Boston Public School located on the border of Boston’s Lower Roxbury and South End neighborhoods. Ranging in age from 12 to 22, students present with both severe, intensive disabilities and complex health needs. Due to these unique challenges, each classroom is composed of five students, one teacher, and two teaching assistants. • . • Email: charlayyates@fallinguptherapyservices.com

Forwarded Message from Neurosound Music Therapy: Hello, I own a music therapy company in Northern Virginia, and we recently signed a contract with a foundation that is looking for group music therapy services for parents & their children (grades 3-5). It's important for them that the children and families are represented. We are looking for a BIPOC music therapist to provide group music therapy services on Saturdays in Washington DC from 10am-11am. If you are interested, please email info@neurosoundmusictherapy.com. Thank you!

Calling Music Therapists We recently received a message from Dea C. Lott, the coordinator of the Justice for Herman Whitfield III campaign and close family friend of Herman Whitfield III and his parents, requesting support for a musical demonstration in Indianapolis, IN on April 22nd, 2023. Details about Herman’s death follow (Content Warning for descriptions of police violence), with more information about the type of support being requested. About Herman Whitfield III The Justice for Herman Whitfield III campaign arose after the brutal police homicide of Herman on April 2022 in Indianapolis. Briefly, Herman III, who was not violent or threatening anyone, experienced a mental health crisis and his mother called 911 for an ambulance to provide medical care for Herman. Instead, six Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers showed up and electrocuted Herman by taser and suffocated him in his living room and in front of his parents, Herman Whitfield, Jr. and Gladys Whitfield. More information and details about the campaign's demands are available at the campaign website and GoFundMe page. Demonstration Details In life, Herman III studied Composition, Piano Performance, and Political Science and shared his gifts to become an award-winning pianist and composer. To mark the date of Herman's brutal death 1 year ago, the Justice for Herman Whitfield III campaign is holding a musical demonstration to uplift Herman's spirit, unite as a community to support his family, and persist in the demands for some semblance of worldly justice for Herman III, his family, and the entire Indianapolis community. The campaign recognizes that spirituality, grieving, healing, and wellness are vital for supporting impacted families and communities, community unity, and social change for societal health. BMTN is looking for volunteer music therapists that will be willing to participate in this musical demonstration and provide musical care and support to the community still demanding justice for Herman’s death. Please let us know if you are available and willing to participate by sending an email to bmtn@blackmtnetwork.org with the subject line RE: Herman Whitfield III. Additional meetings will be held this month to support BMTN’s collective effort so responses by April 7th would be appreciated. In solidarity, Natasha and Marisol Community Partnerships Black Music Therapy Network Inc