Adademic Program Approval Committee of AMTA Lisa Summer, MCAT, MT-BC Email Lisa Email
The goals and tasks of the Academic Program Approval Committee include the following:
“AMTA’s on-going commitment is to ensure quality music therapy services by maximizing the development of professionals. Fulfilling the goals of ensuring access to quality music therapy services necessitates a growing number of professionals to deliver music therapy services.
  • Encourage educational and clinical training programs to reflect current future market demands.
  • Establish and maintain standards for the music therapy profession.
  • Provide opportunities for members to enhance professional competencies
  • Develop and encourage leadership training and mentoring opportunities at every level of the association”. [from the AMTA Strategic Plan, 2000]
To support the establishment and maintenance of standards of excellence for education and clinical training in the field through collaboration with appropriate association bodies (e.g. other national committees and the Education and Training Advisory Board).

To utilize these standards as evaluative criteria for recommending approval for academic institutions upon initial application and review, and every ten years thereafter in conjunction with the NASM accreditation/affirmation review.