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Keidan Center (Detroit Public Schools) - Detroit, MI

Clients Served
Setting(s): School (K-12)
Population(s): Developmentally disabled, Autistic, Emotionally disturbed, Multiply disabled, School age population,
Age Range: Child through Young Adult

Facility Characteristics The Detroit Public Schools internship site is located in Detroit, MI. This urban public school setting offers interns opportunities to work with developmentally disabled, multiply disabled, autistic and/or emotionally impaired children and adolescents. The developmentally disabled and multiply disabled programs are housed in 5 center based programs. The age ranges of students are from 3-26 and there are @150 students per school. The program for emotionally impaired students is also a center based program. These students range in age from 7-17 and there are @200 students in the program. The program for autistic impaired children is housed in several "regular education" buildings. These children range in age from 2.5-12 and there are @150 students. Other services offered in the facilities include occupational therapy, physical therapy, adaptive physical education, speech therapy and social work services. The sites are located @5 miles from downtown Detroit and @1 mile from Wayne State University. Interns are required to secure their own housing, meals and transportation.

Training Because our internship time-frame follows the school year, interns may choose whether they wish to train with the same population for the entire internship or to change after one semester to gain experience with another population. The Detroit Public Schools has 5 Supervising Music Therapists so we are able to accomodate several interns during each training period (Sept.-midJune). Special skills needed include the ability to be flexible in the work environment and willingness to be creative.

Essentials
Starting Months: September
Housing: Not provided
Meals: Not provided
Stipend: $0.00

Clinical Training Director
Keidan Center
Susan E Gregory, MT-BC
4441 Collingwood
Detroit, MI 48204
Phone: (313) 873-9400
Email: gregjs@comcast.net

Record last modified: March 9, 2010

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell, MI

Clients Served
Setting(s): General Hospital, Child/adolescent treatment ctr, Community based service
Population(s): Alzheimer's/dementia, Autistic, Early childhood, Neurologically impaired, Developmentally disabled, Learning disabled, Speech impaired, Mental health, Other: palliative care, Terminally ill
Age Range: Child-old adult

Facility Characteristics
The Franciscan Life Process Center, a religiously-oriented non-profit organization, is located on a 230 acre site thirteen miles east of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is a non-residential facility which houses day, evening and weekend programs. The individual programs and types of services provided are : Counseling, Music Therapy, Music Education, Preschool, Art, Individual/group retreats, and a volunteer program. A unique aspect of the Center is its location on a working Michigan farm. The orchard, nature trails, woods, and animals are sometimes integrated into different aspects of programming.

Training
The greatest strength of this Program lies in the stability and dedication of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist who hold the continuity of the programs at the Center. Together with qualified lay faithful the Center is able to provide a tremendous amount of diversity in programming. An intern will not only work with a great range of people, but also with a wide selection of persons having special needs. There are currently five Board Certified, and AMTA accredited music therapists employed through the Center. These music therapists provide many opportunities for observation, supervision, and professional experiences. The intern will need to have the ability to be flexible in order to adjust to changes due to weather conditions and have a reliable vehicle necessary for travel.

Essentials
Starting Months: September, January
Housing: Not provided
Meals: Not provided
Stipend: $0.00

Clinical Training Director
Franciscan Life Process Center
Miranda Eden, MT-BC
11650 Downes Street
Lowell, MI 49331-9489
Phone: (616) 897-7842, ext. 332
Email: meden@lifeprocesscenter.org
Website: http://www.lifeprocesscenter.org

Record last modified: February 12, 2010

Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital - Kalamazoo, MI

Clients Served
Setting(s): Inpatient psychiatric unit
Population(s): Mental health
Age Range: Young-mature adult

Facility Characteristics
Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital is located in Kalamazoo, a city of 140,000 people. All modes of transportation are accessible. Kalamazoo is located in the southwest portion of Michigan. It is about two hours west of Detroit, one hour south of Grand Rapids, and two hours north-east of Chicago. KPH is a state run hospital servicing consumers diagnosed with an acute or chronic mental illness. The age range is from children to older adults. KPH uses the interdisciplinary team approach. In 1995 KPH received accreditation with honors from the Joint Commission Accreditation of Hospitals Organization, JCAHO. KPH is also Medicare, and Medicaid certified. Music therapy is used at KPH within the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Department. Music therapy and activity therapy are used as a part of the interdisciplinary treatment process to influence changes in behavior, elicit physical and emotional development, and to acquire social leisure skills. The PSR Program, at KPH is directed toward improving the patients level of independent functions in their social, educational, vocational, daily living, and community adaption skills. Individualized goals are addressed within the activities to aid the consumer in making a more appropriate adjustment and successful re-entry into society and reach their highest individual potential for mental health and independence. Music Therapists at KPH work as both music and activity therapists. Therapeutic programming includes music, crafts, and recreation.

Training Music therapy students are assigned to a therapist on an adult continuing care unit for three months where they learn programming skills, documentation skills, and interaction skills needed to work in psychiatric settings. The other three months interns are reassigned to the centralized activity therapy area where they are given greater opportunities to experience a variety of therapeutic programs, while continuing to develop their skills. Students should have some prior practicum experience in working with psychiatric disorders. An intern must have functional skills using a mobile instrument like a guitar or a keyboard. Some music therapy groups offered at KPH include a patient choir, a large hospital wide music therapy group, a handbell choir, a guitar group, a geriatric music group, music socials and dances, and an anxiety reduction group.

Essentials
Starting Months: January, June
Housing: Not provided
Meals: Not provided
Stipend: $0.00

Clinical Training Director
Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital
Mary Kruger, MT-BC
1312 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Phone: (616) 337-3280
Email: krugerm2@mchigan.gov

Record last modified: September 24, 2010

Lighthouse Neurological Rehabilitation Center - Caro, MI

Clients Served
Information not provided

Facility Characteristics
The Lighthouse is a sub-acute and transitional rehabilitation facility dedicated to enhancing the rights, dignity and independence of individuals who have sustained traumatic brain injury and neurological disorders. The Lighthouse is located in Caro, Michigan, approximately one hour east of Saginaw. The inpatient program consists of seven adult foster care homes and three pediatric homes. The music therapist is a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, recreational therapy, psychology and social work. Opportunities are available to co-treat with other disciplines. The patient load consists of 18 individuals with traumatic brain injury and 2-4 group sessions per week. The clinical issues addressed with this population include working to regain memory skills, fine motor control, motor coordination and speech skills lost due to injuries in motor vehicle accidents.

Training
The work schedule for this internship is 32 hours per week, 4 days per week. The first month of internship will consist of observation and orientation, months 2-3 consist of co-leading and practicing documentation skills and months 4-6 the intern will be leading MT sessions and continuing documentation. At the conclusion of this internship, the intern will have experience in setting and evaluating goals, presenting reports at interdisciplinary team meetings and co-treating with other disciplines. Entry level requirements include ability to play 3 chord songs on guitar, ability to play fake book songs on the keyboard/piano, ability to transpose one key higher or lower when playing guitar and pleasant singing voice. Basic computer skills are a requirement as all progress notes are entered into a software program. Interns will need to have a vehicle to travel to buildings for therapy sessions. Interns must provide proof of liability insurance.

Essentials
Information not provided
Stipend: $0.00

Clinical Training Director
Lighthouse Neurological Rehabilitation Center
Jannelle Warren, MT-BC
1655 East Caro Road
Caro, MI
Phone: (989) 673-2500 ext 261
Email: jwarren@Lighthouserehab.com

Record last modified: September 11, 2009

Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Michigan/Detroit - Madison Heights, MI

Clients Served
Setting(s): Hospice/Bereavement Services, General Hospital, Nursing home/Assisted Living, Other: Patient's home
Population(s): Terminally ill, Other: families-grief support, AIDS, Alzheimer's/dementia, Elderly persons
Age Range: child-old adult

Facility Characteristics
Information not provided

Training
Information not provided

Essentials
Starting Months: Flexible, arrange with Director
Housing: Not provided
Meals: Not provided
Stipend: $3,000.00

Clinical Training Director
Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Michigan-Detroit
Russell Hilliard, PhD, MT-BC
27355 John R. Road, Ste 100
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Phone: (847) 692-1000
Fax: (847) 692-1001
Email: torrico@seasons.org

Record last modified: October 20, 2010

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