TheCMSS.org - The Cleveland Music School Settlement

Music Therapy
MT Programs
Therapists
Internships
MT Research

Play Music
Events Calendar
Register
Alumni & Friends
Contact
Employment

Settlement music therapists are active within the professional community, making presentations at both national and international conferences, conducting workshops, writing for professional journals and conducting research. For more information, call the Music Therapy Department at (216) 421-5806, ext. 201.

Lori Lundeen Smith, MT-BC

Selected presentations

"Music Therapy: Music, Method and Mission." Cleveland Psychological Association, Beachwood, Ohio, December 8, 2003.

"Musical RelationSHIFTS: Encouraging Interpersonal Growth in the Music Therapy Setting." Ohio Association for Music Therapy State Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, October 4, 2003.

Help Me Grow Collaborative’s Summer Services for 0 - 3. Panel Member; Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, February 18, 2003.

"Music Therapy or Traditional Music Lessons for Your Child with ADD or ADHD." Heights Parent Center, Cleveland Heights, OH, February 2000.

"Five International Models: An Introduction to the Clinical Application of a Behavioral Music Therapy Model." 9th World Congress of Music Therapy, Washington, DC, October 1999.

"Unique Techniques and Resources To Promote Social Skill Development With Children and Adolescents." Lori L. Smith and Ronna Kaplan Davis, Ohio Association for Music Therapy, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1999.

"How Music Can Enhance Communication and Cognitive Development." The Galvin Education and Resource Center for Families: Parent/Caregiver Education Lecture Series, Beachwood, Ohio, January 13, 1998

Publications

"Music Therapy for Assistance with Pain and Anxiety Management in Burn Treatment." Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation Volume 22, No. 1, 2001. Lori Smith, MT-BC, Jennifer Prensner, MT-BC, A. Louise Steele, MMEd, MT-BC, Richard Yowler, MD and Richard Fratianne, MD.

Juvenile Detention Center Manual, Lori Smith and A. Louise Steele. (The Cleveland Music School Settlement, 1986).

Lisa M. Gallagher

Recent publications

"Music Therapy with Offenders in a Substance Abuse/Mental Illness Treatment Program." Music Therapy Perspectives 20:2, 2002.

"Music Therapy in Palliative Medicine." Lisa M. Gallagher, MA, MT-BC, Molly Huston MT-BC, Kristine Nelson, MD, Declan Walsh, MSc, FACP, Anita Louise Steele, MMEd., MT-BC. Support Care Cancer 2001.

"Developing and Utilizing a Computer Data Base for Music Therapy in Palliative Medicine." Journal of Palliative Care 12:3/2001, Lisa Gallahger, MA, MT-BC and Anita Louise Steele MMEd, MT-BC

Recent presentations

"Music Therapy with 200 Chronically and/or Terminally Ill Individuals." American Music Therapy Association Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 22, 2003; Great Lakes Regional Association, March 29, 2003.

"Music Therapy." National Federation of Music Clubs, Chatauqua, New York, June 30, 2003.

Music Therapy Research Study at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio for Palliative Medicine Research Rounds, December 7, 2002.

"Music Therapy and the Effects of Music on the Brain." Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, Ohio, November 12, 2002.

"Tips for Making Effective Presentations to a Variety of Audiences." American Music Therapy Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 2002.

"Developing and Utilizing A Computer Data Base for Music Therapy in Palliative Medicine." 13th International Symposium on Music Therapy in Hospital and Palliative Care, Montreal, Canada, September 2000.

"Music Therapy in the Care of the Terminally Ill." 3rd International Symposium on Music Therapy in Hospital and Palliative Care., Montreal, Canada, September, 2000.

"A Melodic Parting: Music Therapy for the Terminally III " American Music Therapy Association, Annual Conference, November 2000.

"Complimentary and Alternative Therapy: Music Therapy." Palliative Medicine Conference, Key West, Florida.

Research Poster: Music Therapy in a Palliative Medicine Unit, 6th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Geneva, Switzerland, September 1999.

Ronna Kaplan, MA, BT-BC

Recent publications

"Taking First Steps in Preschool Together: A Hierarchical Approach to Group Music Therapy Intervention. " Early Childhood Connections Vol. 7, No. 2, Spring 2001.

Co-editor of "Music Therapy and the Young Child" a Fact Sheet published by The American Music Therapy Association, Inc.

Recent presentations

"Adding Social Stories to Your MT Inventory." Ohio Association for Music Therapy Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, October 4, 2003.

"Constructing the PILRS: The Premature Infant’s Lullaby Rating Scale." With Anne Liberatore, MT-BC, Courtney Brez, MMT, MT-BC and Debbie Bates, MR-BC. Ohio Association for Music Therapy Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, October 4, 2003.

"What is O-R-F-F Anyway? An Introduction to the Use of Orff-Schulwerk Techniques in Music Therapy." Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, October 11, 2003.

"The Long and Winding Road: The Music Therapy Process through Longitudinal Case Studies." (Continuing Music Therapy course with Anne Libertore, MT-BC), Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2003.

"Structuring Social Success through Music Experiences for Children with Special Needs and Their Peers." Ohio Music Educators Association Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, January 2003.

"The Role of the Music Therapy Quality Assurance Coordinator or How I Learned to Love Outcomes-based Measurement." American Music Therapy Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 2002.

Co-leader of Early Childhood Roundtable, American Music Therapy Association Conference, Pasadena, CA., October 2001.

"A Seminar for Workers with Children with Special Needs." Co-leader, Rosenwald Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 2001.

"From Russia with Love: A Music Therapist's Report on an Interdisciplinary Cultural Exchange." American Music Therapy Association Conference, Pasadena, CA, October 2001.

Anne M. Liberatore, MT-BC

Recent presentations

"The Long and Winding Road: The Music Therapy Process through Longitudinal Case Studies." Co-presenter, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2003.

"Neurologic Music Therapy Techniques." Continuing Education Program, The Cleveland Music School Settlement, June 2001.

"Research in the Workplace: Can Be Done, Has Been Done." Co-presenter, American Music, 9th World Congress of Music Therapy, Washington, DC, November 1999.