Academic Developments
| Music as Therapy has always believed that academic development is vital if music therapy is to develop as a respected field of work in Romania. | |
| Over the years we have collaborated with universities in Timisoara and Sibiu, enabling large groups of Psychology Students to participate in a series of lectures entitled "An Introduction to Music Therapy". | 
Students in Sibiu, 2003 |
| Each series lasted one week
and enabled the next generation of psychologists in Romania to learn
more about music therapy as a clinical intervention.
However, it was not only professional music therapists that contributed to these lectures. Romanian partners who had received introductory training projects from Music as Therapy and were continuing to develop their music programmes, also attended. They not only had the opportunity to consolidate their understanding of the theory behind the music work they were practising, but also played an important part in the lectures themselves. One day's lectures were set aside for our Romanian partners to present their work to the students and to open the discussion about how Romania's own model of music therapy is currently developing. More recently we have also been trying to explore links with Vocational and other informal/non-formal training providers which are developing courses relating to arts therapies in Romania. This might be with a view to developing professional training at a Post-Graduate level, looking to broaden the curricula available to students on existing courses or looking at accessible vocational training for people already working. Please send us an e-mail if you would be interested to collaborate in any of these fields. |