MISSION
The Music Therapy Neurology Network (MTNN) is a virtual network which aims to bring music therapists together who are working with people who have neurological conditions. One of its main purposes is to share information and resources. It also invites membership from those interested in music therapy in neurology from related fields such as neuroscience and music psychology in order to advance music therapy research and practice with neurological populations.
It is an inclusive network open to all professional music therapists who have undergone formal and specific training to practice music therapy. It operates at an international level, aiming to reduce the isolation of lone clinicians in this field which many therapists face for reasons of geography. It also aims to bring together clinicians interested in and working in this field with those researching music and neuroscience.
The primary aim of the MTNN is to develop music therapy in neurology through improving access to knowledge of clinical practice, empirical research and specialist training, thereby improving awareness of music therapy and its impact with neurological populations.
MEMBERSHIP
The MTNN aims to provide information for those interested in the practice and research of music and music therapy in the field of neurology and neuroscience. This includes those working with clients with neurological diagnoses resulting in disabilities stemming from acquired brain damage to the brain, such as the following conditions and diagnoses;
· Stroke or cerebral vascular accident (CVA)
· Head injury
· Alzheimer’s Disease
· Multiple Sclerosis
· Parkinson’s Disease
· Motor Neurone Disease
· Brain damage caused by anoxia, infection or trauma
· Huntington’s Disease
· Vegetative State
· Minimally Conscious State
· Locked-in Syndrome
There may be other rarer conditions which have not been included in this list.
RESOURCES
Through an interactive exchange of members, the MTNN aims to provide information about existing resources useful for music therapy clinicians, trainers and researchers, and those in related professions such as neuroscience and music psychology. This will include
· Websites
· Published books
· Published articles in peer-reviewed journals
· Training events
· Seminars
· Conferences
· Unpublished research such as PhD and Masters dissertations
· Related networks and associations
It is hoped to also provide a limited on-line library of published research and clinical papers from peer-reviewed journals.
