Australian Music Therapy Association

The Australian Music Therapy Association is excited to announce the upcoming launch of our new look. Our new logo represents the growth of music therapy in Australia over the last 40 years. It's a celebration of AMTA's registered music therapists, who are part of the allied health industry that benefits the health and wellbeing of people in all walks of life. We're looking forward to showing you soon. #AustralianMusicTherapyAssociation #AMTA #AustMTA #MusicTherapy #MusicTherapyAustralia 📷 A man with a guitar smiles and claps. He is surrounded by young children.

AMTA's CEO, Bridgit Hogan, was in attendance at an important meeting to discuss the Australian Government's Independent Review of Complexity in the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme. With representatives of other self-regulated allied health professions, Bridgit met with the independent reviewer to discuss the scope of the project, which aims to improve regulatory outcomes for health practitioners and the community. "Music therapy in Australia is a self-regulated profession, and AMTA is a proud member of the National Alliance of Self Regulating Health Professions," Bridgit said. "We're pleased to assist Sue Dawson and her team to determine the strategy and direction for the self-regulated health professions." #AlliedHealth #AlliedHealthProfessions #HealthCare #MusicThearapy 📷 A group of 15 people representing the allied health professions.

Allied Health Professions Australia hosted its regular policy symposium recently, and AMTA's CEO, Bridgit Hogan, was pleased to be there. Bridgit networked with Allied Health Professions Australia CEO Bronwyn Morris-Donovan, along with Commonwealth Chief Allied Health Officer Anita Hobson-Powell (CAHO), Deputy Program Lead of Sparked Michael Hosking, Professor Stephen Isbel from the Centre for Ageing and Translation and senior policy officers from peak allied health bodies. "The event theme was 'Forging Connections Across the Policy and Practice Divide', and that's exactly what we did," Bridgit said. "We discussed a wide range of topics related to allied health and policy, including multidisciplinary team care and using data in allied health practice and policy. Thanks to AHPA and our fellow AHPA members for a stimulating day." #AlliedHealth #MusicTherapy #AustralianMusicTherapyAssociation #AlliedHealthProfessions 📷 AHPA CEO Bronwyn Morris-Donovan and AMTA CEO Bridgit Hogan stand in front of a sign with the Allied Health Professions Australia logo.

Sending best wishes to all our colleagues in occupational therapy this Occupational Therapy Week. It's a double celebration this year, as Occupational Therapy Australia celebrates 80 years of connection. Congratulations all round. Occupational therapists use a whole-person perspective to work with individuals, groups and communities to achieve optimal health and wellbeing through participation in all the everyday things we do in our life. #OTWeek2024 #80YearsOfConnection #OccupationalTherapy #MusicTherapy #AlliedHealth 📷 In a well-equipped gym, a young person does play therapy with two occupational therapists. Text: "21-27 October 2024 OT Week. Celebrating 80 years of connection. #80YearsOfConnection" Logo: Occupational Therapy Australia".

AMTA is pleased to see further recognition of registered music therapists by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission in its publication, 'Quality supports for children in the NDIS'. The new booklet is designed for families and carers of children who are NDIS participants. It aims to help families identify quality supports. Page 3 states: "Providers or their staff may also need to register with a relevant professional body to practice in Australia... A music therapist must be registered with the Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA)." Registered music therapists are uniquely qualified to use music as a therapeutic intervention. This resource recognises the value and specialist skills of registered music therapists and the important role AMTA plays in ensuring safety and quality for NDIS participants. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gx_WMeZD #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #NDIS #Disability #MusicTherapy 📷 The cover of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission publication 'Quality support for children in the NDIS: a resource for parents and carers'. Accompanying text: "A music therapist must be registered with the AMTA."

Great news: registered music therapist and AMTA member Ash Rowbottom is featured on Health Translation Queensland's new Mental Health Workforce Hub. Launched on World Mental Health Day, the hub showcases the wealth of career opportunities in the sector. Designed for anyone starting or advancing their career, it tells inspiring stories of mental health professionals making a difference - like our Ash! She says it's a privilege to journey alongside her clients. "It’s being there to support them through significant life events, high times and low times, as well as the growth that comes with them getting to know themselves as a person. On top of that, it’s the sharing of music and the creativity that comes with human connection." To read the rest of Ash's interview, visit the Mental Health Workforce Hub. https://lnkd.in/g2jXRUaf 📷 Ash Rowbottom RMT at the launch of Health Translation Queensland's Mental Health Workforce Hub. #MentalHealth #MusicTherapy #AlliedHealth #Queensland #RegisteredMusicTherapist #WorldMentalHealthDay | Queensland Health

Music therapy is an allied health professional, and we're thrilled to show our support for Allied Health Professions Day. Like registered music therapists, our multidisciplinary colleagues work across a range of health and community settings with people from all walks of life. They cover disciplines as wide-ranging as audiology and counselling to podiatry and speech pathology. In fact, we think it's likely you'll come across an allied health professional most days of the week. So give them an extra shout-out today - whether you run into an exercise physiologist, optometrist or occupational therapist. Thanks Allied Health Professions Australia for Allied Health Professions Day. #AHPsDay2024 #StrongerTogether #AlliedHealthProfessionsDay #AlliedHealth #MusicTherapy Text: "Multidisciplinary team care is the key to health and wellbeing in Australia. We're stronger together. Allied Health Professions Day. Monday 14 October." A headshot of a smiling allied health professional, made up of smaller tiled images of allied health professionals. Allied Health Professions Day logo. AHPA logo.

🎺 This World Mental Health Day, we are blowing our own trumpet! Around half of Australia's 900 or so registered music therapists work in the mental health sector, helping people use music to express emotions, manage stress and improve overall wellbeing. Music therapy is more than just listening to your favourite song. It’s a powerful, evidence-based therapy that can be part of your multidisciplinary allied health team. Registered music therapists collaborate with psychologists, social workers and other health professionals to create personalised, music-based interventions tailored to each person’s needs. 💡 Whether you’re exploring new ways to support your own mental health or someone else's, music therapy can offer meaningful benefits that can help with social connection, cognitive support, mood regulation and more. 👉 Learn more about how music therapy can support mental health on our website : https://lnkd.in/g3Y9NR4W 📷 A grey-haired woman blows a toy plastic trumpet. The World Mental Health Day logo is in the corner. #WorldMentalHealthDay #MusicTherapy #AlliedHealth #MentalHealthSupport #RegisteredMusicTherapists | World Federation for Mental Health | Mental Health Australia

After the recent update to the NDIS legislation, the status of music therapy did not change. Music therapy is still an evidence-based allied health profession that continues to be an NDIS-funded therapeutic support. For NDIS participants to use funding for music therapy, it must be provided by an active registered music therapist with the Australian Music Therapy Association. To learn more, we invite you to read our statement: https://lnkd.in/gKWruqhR 📷 Text: "Music therapy is an NDIS-funded therapeutic support". Background image: a person playing a drum. #NDIS #MusicTherapy #Disability #RegisteredMusicTherapist #AlliedHealth

Imagine being a parent in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where everything is unfamiliar, and your baby is fighting to grow. In this challenging space, music therapy offers an extraordinary way to connect with your baby - through the simple, yet powerful, sound of your voice. 🎵 In our latest blog, AMTA member Maybelle Swaney RMT, shares her personal and professional journey in NICU music therapy, revealing how something as ordinary as a parent's voice can support a baby’s development, strengthen emotional bonds, and provide comfort during this critical time. 💕 Discover how music therapists are making a difference for pre-term babies and their families, and how you can use your voice to help your baby thrive. 👉 Read the full story https://lnkd.in/gFG7zvGh #MusicTherapy #NeonatalCare #NICU #NeonatalIntensiveCareUnit 📷 Text: "Sounds familiar". In the background, a woman's hands play guitar, above a baby blanket. In a separate panel, a headshot of Maybelle Swaney RMT.