WFMT RECOGNITION PROGRAM
In April 2011, the WFMT Council decided to extend the WFMT recognition program beyond the WFMT Lifetime Membership Award to honor major contributions in education, practice, and research of music therapists around the world.
The new awards include a) the research/special projects award, b) the advocacy of music therapy award, c) the service award, and d) the clinical impact award. Each award will be presented once every three years at the Opening Session of the WFMT World Congress of Music Therapy. All WFMT members can nominate a candidate.
The WFMT Council will review all nominations submitted online by April 30, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (PST). Late or incomplete nominations will not be considered! Award recipients will be contacted by July 1, 2013 so that they can make plans to attend the 14th World Congress of Music Therapy to receive the award in person. Award recipients are responsible for their own travel and congress expenses.
Award Categories
Research/Special Projects Award
This award honors a music therapist within the world who has made a significant contribution to the development of the profession through a specific research study or scholarly project.
Eligibility: This award is open to all music therapists. The person needs to have completed an outstanding research project or a scholarly project that involves (a) outcome documentation, (b) clinical applications, and (c) the reporting of outcomes within a publication or via two or more oral presentations.
Advocate of Music Therapy Award
This award honors a person who has made major contributions to the promotion of music therapy in an area of the world where the profession is less established.
Eligibility: This award is open to all individuals, music therapists and non-music therapists, who meet the criteria. Possible contributions include repeated public presentations or workshops within the country, the development of a music therapy training program within a country, the establishment of music therapy clinical positions within a country, or the implementation of a short-term project that addressed specific needs. The nominee does not need to be a citizen of the country.
Service Award
This award honors a music therapist who provides significant service to the profession of music therapy through work related to the WFMT association. The work supports the growth of WFMT.
Eligibility: This award is open to all music therapists and the nominee does not need to hold an office within WFMT. Service can involve long term commitments or task-specific projects.
Clinical Impact Award
This award honors a music therapist who has had a long-term impact on advancing the knowledge and practice of music therapy within a specific clinical area or population through the publication or presentation of his or her work.
Eligibility: This award is open to all music therapists who have had a long-term impact in the area of clinical work as a result of work with clients, the development of protocol or methodology, educational programs, or research. The nominee needs to demonstrate a long-term record of work and disseminated information within publications or oral presentations.
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