2021 NICU Webinar Series

This on-demand NICU Webinar Package includes:

WEBINAR #1: NICU-MT: Multiple Benefits, Long-term Effects; Presenter: Jayne Standley, Ph.D., MT-BC; Description: With decades of research, a bestselling book, and hundreds of music therapists certified through the Institute for Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy, Dr. Jayne Standley is one the most influential figures in shaping NICU Music Therapy worldwide. In this webinar, she provides an overview of evidence-based music protocols with premature infants and emerging evidence of developmental impacts. Learn about potential neurologic implications of NICU-MT, explore pathways for future research that isolate variables, and be ready to have more detailed information about using music to facilitate premature infant welfare.

WEBINAR #2: Clinical COVID-19 Adaptations for NICU-MT; Presenters: Brianna Negrete, MM, MT-BC; Ciele Gutierrez, MM, MT-BC, and Valerie Williams, MM, MT-BC; Description: Providing music therapy services at two leading teaching hospitals in the United States, NICU-MT fellows Brianna Negrete, Ciele Gutierrez, and Valerie Williams take you behind the scene and share how they adapted their clinical practice under COVID-19 restrictions. You will learn not only to think creatively, but also how to protect your vulnerable clients and yourself during these unprecedented times. Be ready for the new normal in neonatal intensive care units!

WEBINAR #3: NICU-MT Protocols on Physiologic Measures; Presenter: Andrea M. Cevasco-Trotter, PhD, MT-BC; Description: As senior NICU-MT researcher, Dr. Andrea Cevasco-Trotter observed that infants who are self-regulatory maintain a balance between motor, autonomic, states, and attention/interaction. In this webinar, she addresses how supportive non-pharmacologic interventions, such as NICU music therapy, help infants in the development of their self-regulatory skills in the NICU. Dip into her research world and discover the importance of monitoring and tracking physiological outcomes during NICU music therapy protocols.

WEBINAR #4: Gestational Development and Implications for NICU-MT; Presenter: Emily Pivovarnik, MM, MT-BC; Description: Studying under Dr. Jayne Standley reshaped Emily Pivovarnik understanding of premature neonatal physiology and development and its implications for evidence-based practice for NICU MTs. In this webinar, she invites you to have a look at anatomical development by gestational age and sensory processing in premature infants. Learn about implications for certified NICU-MT's and current music therapy protocols in the NICU.

WEBINAR #5: Long-Term Benefits: Follow up Research; Presenter: Ellyn Hamm-Evans, Ph.D., MT-BC; Description: A passion for NICU music therapy, Dr. Ellyn Hamm-Evans brings her clinical and research experience from the Research Institute of Nationwide Children’s Hospital to evaluate long-term NICU-MT benefits. Now Assistant Professor of Music Therapy at the University of Georgia, she examines the current literature looking into follow-up research. Learn about important implications for clinical practice and explore future research that could strengthen the knowledge base.

WEBINAR #6: Music Therapy on the Antenatal Care Unit; Presenters: Ciele Gutierrez, MM, MT-BC and Hannah Sellers, MT-BC; Description: Tallahassee Memorial Hospital’s lead NICU-MT Ciele Gutierrez and Hannah Sellers reveal an innovative music therapy program and breakthrough advise that captivates mothers in the Antenatal Care Unit. For the first time ever, the speakers discuss common diagnoses in this setting, transitioning to the NICU, and how music therapy services can play an integral role in the women’s plan of care. Let Ciele and Hannah guide you through the ups and downs in supporting mothers who are hospitalized due to pregnancy complications.

WEBINAR #7: Long-Term Infants and their NICU Stays; Presenters: Judy Nguyen Engel, MM, MT-BC and Brianna Negrete, MM, MT-BC; Description: NICU-Fellows and trainers for the Neonatal Institute for Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy at Florida State University, Judy Nguyen and Brianna Negrete have collaborated with many individuals at the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Level IV NICUs. In this webinar, they unveil perspectives from clinicians, medical staff, and parents related to infant’s long-term stay in a neonatal unit. Learn from clinical examples addressing developmental, medical, psychosocial, and emotional domains.

WEBINAR #8: Discharge Transition and Home Follow-Up; Presenters: Amy Robertson, Ph.D., MT-BC and Ellyn Hamm-Evans, Ph.D., MT-BC; Description: Director of Music Therapy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and founder of the music therapy program at Florida Hospital Orlando, Dr. Amy Robertson says, “Pertinent developmental care for NICU infants does not end at discharge.” Joined by Dr. Ellyn Hamm, they are speaking about supporting parents in the challenging transitions from the NICU to the home. Learn about evidence-based music therapy interventions to promote positive parent-infant bonding and developmental outcome within infants first six months of life.

WEBINAR #9: Integrating NICU-MT within Developmental Care; Presenters: Ciele Gutierrez, MM, MT-BC; Valerie Williams, MM, MT-BC; Description: As clinical fieldwork coordinator for the National Institute for Infant & Child Medical Music Therapy Ciele Gutierrez has explored novel NICU-MT programs. Along with NICU-MT Valerie Williams, she is back to teach you about integrating music therapy within a developmental care model to promote positive outcomes post discharge. You will engage in an hands-on illustration of creating a home follow up program.

WEBINAR #10: Creating NICU-MT Programs: Building a Clinical Program on Research Outcomes; Presenter: Jayne Standley, PH.D., MT-BC; Description: For the final NICU webinar, Dr. Jayne Standley the founder of the Institute for Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy at Florida State University is back to talk about her dream of having a NICU-MT in every hospital. She will discuss strategies for creating NICU-MT positions and clinical efficacy for enhancing treatment of premature infants. Learn about planning, designing, funding, and implementing evidence-based NICU-MT interventions as well as documentation for future data mining and analysis of impact.