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The music therapy program and clinic at Oral Roberts University is built upon an integrated music therapy clinical program of cognitive-behavioral music therapy and neurologic music therapy (NMT). This integrated program develops clinical knowledge and treatment based on the analysis of individual's sensorimotor, cognitive, speech & language, communication, and social/emotional skills, and prepares music therapy students to utilize scientific evidence regarding human perception and the production of music to treat disorders of the human nervous system.
The music therapy program is dedicated to providing quality music therapy services to the local community through the operation of a professional music therapy clinic. This clinic allows students to gain professional experience by evaluating and treating clients, while receiving supervision from board-certified music therapists.
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What is music therapy?
The American Music therapy Association (AMTA) defines music therapy as the following:
...the clinical & evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. Music therapy interventions can address a variety of healthcare & educational goals and many can benefit from music therapy services. The base of evidence in music therapy research is extensive and strong.
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Benefits
Music therapy focuses on utilizing music interventions to create positive change in the following areas:
- Sensorimotor/physical:
- Gross/fine motor skills
- Motor coordination
- Hand-eye coordination
- Pre-gait/gait training
- Decreasing pain perception
- Motor planning
- Balance
- Range of motion
- Muscular strength/endurance
- Cognitive:
- Attention
- Following directions
- Short/long-term memory recall
- Executive functioning
- Concerete vs. abstract thinking
- Sequencing
- Reality-orientation
- Impulse control
- Imitation
- Speech/language and communication:
- Clarity of speech
- Rate of speech
- Volume
- Breath control
- Funtional language
- Vocabulary expansion
- Linguistics: semantics, morphology, syntax, phonetics
- Lanugage comprehension
- Communication exchange
- Social and emotional:
- Self-expression
- Emotional regulation
- Emotional processing
- Coping skills
- Family dynamics
- Anxiety management
- Interpersonal skills
- Collaboration
- Turn taking
- Sharing
- Social exchange: initiation/reciprocation
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Music Therapy Undergraduate and Equivalency Programs
The primary purpose of ORU’s music therapy program is to train and educate emerging music therapists to sit for the national board-certification exam. ORU's music therapy students will have the clinical skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to serve a wide range of patient populations at various health care & educational settings including :
- Medical hospitals
- Rehabilitation centers
- Hospice and palliative care
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Institutional facilities
- Nursing homes/assisted living facilities
- Pastoral care & ministry
- Special education
- Pediatric therapy center
- Public schools
- Private practice
ORU's music therapy students will have vast opportunities to develop the most advanced therapeutic knowledge and clinical skills in music therapy. The program includes:
- A minimum of 5 semesters of clinical training in the following populations:
- Typically developing children
- Developmental
- Geriatric
- Psychiatric
- Medical/rehabilitation
- 100 % in-person clinical supervision from credentialed music therapy faculty/staff:
- Licensed Professional Music Therapist (LPMT)
- Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC)
- Neurologic Music Therapy Fellow (NMT-F)
- Access to a professional music therapy clinic and national roster internship site
Click below for more resources:
- ORU's music therapy program:
- ORU's national roster music therapy internship program
- See "additional resources" for videos/content created by music therapy faculty, staff, and students
Clinic Hours
| Monday - Friday | 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | CLOSED |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
| Monday -Friday after hours | by appointment |
Contact Us
Email: musictherapy@oru.edu
Phone: 918-493-8040
Location
Cityplex Towers
2448 E 81st St #124
Tulsa, OK 74137