The Neurologic Music Therapy® (NMT™) System of Techniques is a standardized evidence-based clinical treatment system of 20 techniques that is driven by advances in applied auditory music neuroscience and the clinical understanding of music perception, production, and cognition.

The NMT™ System targets specific functional behaviours in the areas of cognition, sensorimotor, and speech and language based on a client’s diagnostics and treatment goals. The NMT™ system provides structured music-based exercises that are not only relevant to NMT™ music therapists but exemplify how music can be integrated into intervention practices for all allied healthcare professionals, in the disciplines such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, neuropsychology, and speech-language pathology.

The Transformational Design Model (TDM)™ is the clinical model that guides the selection of NMT™ technique based on client diagnostics, functional assessment, client long-term goals and short-term objectives, and the understanding of overlapping parallel mechanisms between the non-musical behaviour and the musical translation.

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NMT™ works on functional non-musical goals through structured musical interventions in a variety of in-person and Telehealth settings, including:

• neurologic rehabilitation

• neuropediatric

• neuropsychiatric

• neurodevelopmental

NMT™ Professionals often work in conjunction with other allied healthcare professionals in order to address rehabilitative, adaptive, and developmental goals. Allied Professionals who have taken the NMT™ training may also use the principles and NMT™ techniques within their own professional scope of practice.

The NMT™ Techniques are implemented by NMT™ Professionals who have received advanced professional training through the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy® and have completed and maintained the professional affiliation license requirements. Professional Affiliation categories define representation, responsibility, and the level of expertise and engagement in the advance practice of NMT™ and include both music therapists and allied health care professions. All Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT)® training and designations must be acquired directly through the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy®. There are no training or certification programs outside of the Academy that grant licensed permission to use the NMT™ designation or NMT™ System of Techniques.

Communities served by NMT™ include, but are not limited to:

• Acquired brain injuries

• Movement disorders

• Developmental disorders and Autism Spectrum disorder

• Mental health populations

• Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementia

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Sensorimotor Techniques

Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS™)

Pattern Sensory Enhancement (PSE™)

Therapeutic Instrumental Music Performance (TIMP™)

Speech and Language Techniques

Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT™)

Musical Speech Stimulation (MUSTIM™)

Rhythmic Speech Cueing (RSC™)

Vocal Intonation Therapy (VIT™)

Therapeutic Singing (TS™)

Oral Motor and Respiratory Exercises (OMREX™)

Developmental Speech and Language Training Through Music (DSLM™)

Symbolic Communication Training through Music (SYCOM™)

Cognitive Techniques

Musical Attention Control Training (MACT™)

Musical Sensory Orientation Training (MSOT™)

Musical Neglect Training (MNT™)

Musical Executive Function Training (MEFT™)

Musical Mnemonics Training (MMT™)

Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT™)

Musical Echoic Memory (MEM™)

Auditory perception Training (APT™)

Associative Mood and Memory Training (AMMT™)

Music Psychosocial Training and Counseling (MPC™)

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