The Midwestern/Western Regional AMTA Conference 2017 is March 14-19 in Broomfield, Colorado! #WRMWAMTA17 Institutes: Tuesday, March 14 - Thursday, March 16 CMTEs: Thursday, March 16 & Sunday, March 19 Concurrent Sessions: Friday, March 17 - Saturday, March 18 Connections/Passages for students: Thursday, March 16 More info here. CAMT and Task Force Events at Conference 5 Free CMTE's! Advocacy in Action CMTE at conference March 15 at 6-8:30pm Hill Day at the Denver State Capitol March 16 at 8:30am-12pm Contact Amy Wilson for more info: comusictherapyservices@gmail.com Networking Events Community Forum at conference March 16 at 5:45pm-6:45pm Colorado MT Cocktail Hour at conference March 17 at
March is Music Therapy Month in Colorado! Here are a few things you can do to support music therapy. Midwestern/Western Regional AMTA Conference Attend the Midwestern/Western Regional AMTA Conference March 14-19 2017! #WRMWAMTA17 5 Free CMTE's! Advocacy in Action CMTE at conference March 15 at 6-8:30pm Hill Day at the Denver State Capitol March 16 at 8:30am-12pm Contact Amy Wilson for more info: comusictherapyservices@gmail.com Conference Networking Events Community Forum at conference March 16 at 5:45pm-6:45pm Colorado MT Cocktail Hour at conference March 17 at 6:15-8pm Get Connected Join and get involved in AMTA and CBMT Join CAMT Like Facebook Pages: AMTA MWRAMTA CAMT Colorado MT Stat
CAMT is excited to announce that we are reinstating member benefits! Here are just a few of them: News, events, and networking Facebook group membership specific to your region State Task Force info Continuing education Discounted state events List your MT-BC contact info Post jobs and internships You get all this and more from your professional membership of just $30, and $15 for students per year! What a great deal for these benefits, and a great opportunity to support CAMT! Special Bonus! Join today and get bonus membership months! Membership is July 1st through June 30th each year, but if you join before July 1st 2017, you'll get those months as a bonus in addition to your yearly m
The CAMT Board Members have been hard at work over the last year! Kate St. John became the CAMT Webmaster in the spring 2016 with a goal of completely redesigning the CAMT website, and now it's finished! Leah Quiller, CAMT's Social and Public Relations Coordinator designed the new logo, Kate designed the new website, and Briana McKinney, CAMT's Treasurer, contributed to the planning and decision making. The website is now more visually appealing, streamlined, and easier to navigate. We hope you enjoy it! Feel free to send any feedback and requests for info changes to website@musictherapycolorado.org
State Recognition of MT-BC Since 2008, the State Task Force has introduced music therapy legislation in Colorado twice: a Registration bill in 2012 and Title Protection bill in 2016. Both bills died in committee. The Task Force is leaning toward non-legislative means to pursue state recognition of our credential, MT-BC, and increase access to services. Currently, we are in the process of meeting with the State Department of Education to address music therapy access issues for students in the public school system. Colorado students with special needs have great difficulty obtaining music therapy services through their IEP's (Individual Education Plans). Redesign of Colorado Medicaid Waivers I
