Affiliate Relations Committee of AMTA

Sarah Gagnon, MT-BC
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The Affiliate Relations Committee is around to work on three goals as defined by the AMTA 2000 Strategic Plan.
They are:
  1. To interpret the music therapy profession to other professionals, disciplines and organizations in the United States.
  2. To interpret attitudes and opinions of these groups toward the music therapy profession and its services.
  3. To identify, encourage, maintain and make recommendations regarding relationships between AMTA and other professional organizations.
In my opinion, affiliate relations acts as a "go-between" for music therapy and the public, other professionals and our clients. If you know of other professional organizations, conferences or contacts that you would like to see NER-AMTA connect with, please contact me ASAP so we may begin to set those up on regional and national levels.   
  
Jan 24 2008
Affiliate Relations Updates PDF ¾ÔÁ¾ì ÍÕàÁÅì
à¢Õ¹â´Â Sarah Gagnon   
Thursday, 24 January 2008

Greetings! I hope everyone has a happy and healthy 2008. My committee was busy this year! We redefined our role in the organization, discussed the use of the current AMTA website and have been urged to help you, the membership, to better use the information provided on the Affiliate Relations link on the AMTA website. We also discussed how to work with I&T and Advocacy to help create educational and informational materials about music therapy. Two new populations, Forensic and Hospice/Palliative Care, have been defined and officially added.

Another discussed goal for 2008 is to work closely with the Information and Technology committee to enhance the AMTA website as it is a primary target in the public’s perception of music therapy. There is a great deal of information on other associations, conferences and other professionals there and we hope you are using it to your benefit.

 
Oct 23 2007
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007

Hello everyone! My name is Sarah and I'm your new representative to the Affiliate Relations Committee. I look forward to getting to know you and working with you to help promote yourselves and music therapy to other professionals, families and communities in the New England Region.

If you or anyone you know is presenting or representing music therapy at an event, symposium, conference, walk, marathon...anything: I want to know about it so we can commend you. Please e-mail me who, what, when, and why at: ÍÕàÁŹÕé¨Ð¶Ù¡»éͧ¡Ñ¹¨Ò¡Êá»ÁºÍ· áµè¤Ø³µéͧà»Ô´¡ÒÃãªé§Ò¹¨ÒÇÒʤÃÔ»à¾×èÍÍèÒ¹Áѹä´é and type AFFILIATE RELATIONS in the subject line!

Right now and up until November 5th (2007) I will be accepting names for those MT's in the NER who have gone "Above and Beyond" in representing music therapy around the region. Please email me ASAP with the person's: Name, Contact Information, and a Brief Submission about why they should be chosen. One name will then be selected to represent our NER region to the national conference this year for national recognition in Affiliate Relations.

Please keep your eyes on the webpage for more information! If you have any quesions or comments, please e-mail me anytime.
 
about_sarah.gifSarah Gagnon, MT-BC, is a self-employed board certified music therapist, working in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She has worked with children and adults with autism, developmental and physical disabilities, seizure and other neurological disorders since October of 2004. Sarah's clinical experience ranges from the acute hospital setting to working in private homes, schools and day programs with children and adults with special needs, their families and caregivers. Sarah received a Bachelor of Music Therapy from Loyola University, New Orleans in 2004 after completing her clinical internship at Louis & Lucille Armstrong Music Therapy in New York City. Sarah is currently finishing her clinical practicum in Level-I Music and Imagery at the Institute for Music and Consciousness at Anna Maria College.