Catholic Eldercare
817 NE Main Street
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Phone: 612-379-1370
Email: kdahlin@catholiceldercare.org
Website: https://catholiceldercare.org/
Member Type: National Roster Internship Site

Facility Characteristics: Please contact site supervisor for additional information.

Training Information:Please contact site supervisor for additional information.

Start Month(s): Please contact site supervisor for additional information.
Housing: Not provided
Meals: Not provided
Stipend: Not provided
Age Ranges: Please contact site supervisor for additional information.
Populations: Please contact site supervisor for additional information.
Setting: Please contact site supervisor for additional information.
Internship Director: Kiran Dahlin, MT-BC, E-RYT

Children’s Minnesota
345 N. Smith Ave, St. Paul, MN 5512
Phone: 651-220-6078
Email: sarah.woolever@childrensmn.org
Website: https://www.childrensmn.org/internship-residency-fellowship-programs/music-therapy-internship/
Member Type: National Roster Internship Site

Facility Characteristics:
Children’s Minnesota is a paid internship. The hourly rate is variable depending on bachelor’s or master’s level student. Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health care organizations in the United States, with 432 staffed beds at its two hospitals in St. Paul and Minneapolis. An independent, not-for-profit health care system, Children’s Minnesota provides care through more than 13,000 inpatient visits and more than 200,000 emergency room and other outpatient visits every year. Music therapists at Children’s Minnesota work with patients in both individual and group settings. Services are primarily provided in the inpatient setting while children are hospitalized and may include siblings or other family members. Weekly music therapy groups are held on several of the units. The Minneapolis campus includes Hematology/Oncology, Cardiovascular Critical Care, Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU), and Medical/Surgical units. The St. Paul campus includes Epilepsy/Neurology, Center for the Treatment of Eating Disorders, Medical/Surgical, NICU, and PICU units. Age range of patients on both campuses is from birth to young adult.

Training Information:
Interns can expect to have a diverse and fulfilling experience at Children’s. Time is split between Minneapolis & St. Paul hospital campuses and includes supervision from three music therapists. Interns will have opportunities to collaborate with a multidisciplinary medical team in rounds, care conferences, co-treatment sessions, and committees. They will also have opportunities to observe, co-lead, and lead individual, family, and group music therapy sessions. Successful interns at Children’s Minnesota will display a willingness to learn a variety of musical styles and to work with people of different cultures and religious beliefs. They will have effective communication and listening skills, effective organization and prioritization skills, and an interest in and ability to work with sensitive populations in a mature and professional way.
Start Month(s): January, April, June, September
Housing: Not provided
Meals: Not provided
Stipend: Yes
Age Ranges: Infants/Children,Pre-teens,Teens,Young Adults
Populations: Autism Spectrum Disorders,Behavioral Disorder,Cancer,Comatose,Developmentally Disabled,Dual Diagnosed,Early Childhood,Eating Disorders,Learning Disabled,Medical/Surgical,Neurologically Impaired,Physically Disabled,Terminally Ill
Setting: ChChildren’s Hospital or Unit,Oncology,Outpatient Clinic
Internship Director: Sarah Woolever, MM, MT-BC

Lifeworks Services, Inc. (INACTIVE)
2965 Lone Oak Drive, Suite 160
Eagan, MN 55121
United States
Phone: (651) 454-2732
Fax: (763) 746-3339
Email: lbronder@lifeworks.org
Web Site: www.lifeworks.org
Member Type: National Roster Internship Site

Facility Characteristics:

Lifeworks has three sites located throughout the Twin Cities metro area. We are a non-profit organization that serves adults with varying levels of cognitive and physical disabilities. The client capacity is different at each site and the number of weekly groups is based on the number of clients in center. At each center, some clients have employment as a goal and some have social enrichment as a goal. Group music therapy services at all locations are available to clients with social enrichment as a goal. Clients have the option to pay an additional fee to receive private music therapy services. Individual client sessions are currently in place at our Brooklyn Park, Eagan, and Apple Valley locations.

Training Information: Interns will work alongside an experienced board certified music therapist at three different program locations throughout the Minneapolis metro. This is a 40 hour per week internship in which the intern will experience a variety of individual and group sessions comprised of adults with varying levels of cognitive disabilities. Interns can expect to interact with direct service staff on a regular basis. Because music therapy is the only therapy offered at Lifeworks, these staff often look to music therapists for consultation when a client has communication or behavioral needs.

Interns will learn skills in consulting and creating programming for individual clients as well as checking in with staff on client progress. Group sessions are conducted at each of our locations. There are 4 music therapy groups offered weekly at each of our sites. These vary in length based on the needs of the clients anywhere from 30-50 minutes per group.

Lifeworks also supports four musical performance groups including two choirs and two rock bands. Interns can expect to assist and gain experience in developing, directing, and planning community performances for these groups. These groups meet weekly to rehearse at one of our sites throughout the metro.

As the internship progresses interns will get the opportunity to initiate projects of their choosing to benefit their clinical skills as well as the site. Interns should be self-starters who appreciate a combination of independence and co-leading. There are many opportunities for growth in programming at our centers and Lifeworks values innovation of services. Interns will be supported in ideas for growth in programming. Interns will receive monthly skill building trainings from supervisors to address specific areas of growth and interest. Additional Information: All three of our sites are fully supplied with a guitar, keyboard, ukuleles, large drum, and various small hand percussion which are all available to intern use. Our sites are equipped with top of the line multi-sensory environments. These rooms are the treatment space utilized for the majority of our music therapy services. Multi-sensory rooms include light dimmers, image projectors, disco balls, bubble tubes, light sprays, vibro-acoustic mats and recliners, and various handheld sensory equipment. Interns will receive multi-sensory environment training in order to learn to utilize these experiences and pair them with music therapy interventions.

Interns will have access to a shared office with the Internship Director at one of our program sites. This office includes storage space, access to a desktop computer, printer, music therapy literature, and guitar and keyboard practice space. Intern will have access to paper documentation as well as a shared electronic drive with Internship Director in order to keep track of documentation and assignments electronically. A monthly stipend of $350.00 is available for full time interns, with a maximum of $2, 450.00. This amount will be adjusted if a student becomes part-time

Start month: January, April, July, October
Housing: Not provided
Meals: Not provided
Stipend: Yes, $2,450.00
Age Ranges: Teens,Young Adults,Adults,Mature Adults, & Seniors
Populations:Alzheimer’s/Dementia,Autism Spectrum Disorders,Behavioral Disorder,Developmentally Disabled,Dual Diagnosed,Hearing Impaired,Learning Disabled,Multiply Disabled,Neurologically Impaired,Visually Impaired
Settings: Adult Day Care
Contact name: Laura Bronder, MT-BC

Park Nicollet Health Services

Methodist Hospital, Frauenshuh Cancer Center

3931 Louisiana Avenue S

Minneapolis, MN 55426 United States

Phone: (952) 993-5901

Email: Dawn.M.Miller@healthpartners.com

Website: www.healthpartners.com (information to apply is not on website. Please contact internship director.)

Member Type: National Roster Internship Site

Overview

Park Nicollet Health Partners is a comprehensive medical Music Therapy internship with locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, where interns gain experience in many medical settings and populations. The Park Nicollet Health Partners internship program began in 1998. Approximately 190 interns from academic programs across the country have completed their internships in our program. Park Nicollet is part of the larger HealthPartners system.

Program Structure

Music Therapy interns gain experience in facilitating both group and individual Music Therapy sessions in a variety of clinical settings, including:

  • Methodist Hospital, Regions Hospital or Lakeview Hospital
  • Frauenshuh Cancer Center
  • Park Nicollet Hospice or Health Partners Hospice

OPTIONAL PLACEMENTS:

  • Struthers Parkinson’s Center
  • Regions Hospital – behavioral health units
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation – Harmonicas for Health

Interns receive feedback and supervision from an experienced team of seven board-certified music therapists with over 100 years of combined clinical experience and advanced training in the following:

  • Bonny Method of Guided Imagery, Music Imagery and Mandalas
  • Neurologic Music Therapy
  • Medical Music Therapy
  • Hospice Music Therapy
  • Counseling techniques
  • Music Psychotherapy

Interns are gradually given caseloads and responsibilities, including: documentation in electronic medical records (EPIC), participation in interdisciplinary team meetings, and administrative tasks to fully prepare them to function as music therapists.

Interns engage in additional educational opportunities through hospital in-services and community Music Therapy observations.

A supportive cohort of 3-4 interns interact with each other through co-leadership of sessions, group supervision, weekly peer supervision, internship projects and other team opportunities.

Start month: January, April, July, October

Housing: Not available

Meals: Yes, Interns receive 4-5 free meals each week in the hospital cafeteria.

Stipend: Yes, $1,500.00

Mileage: Reimbursement at the IRS mileage rate is provided for commuting miles between homes or facilities of home hospice patients.

Music instruments and electronic resources: Interns are provided with guitars, portable piano keyboards, carts, numerous percussion and Orff instruments, iPads, laptops, portable speakers, work cell phones and other Music Therapy resources for use with patients.

Populations, ages and settings: Adult medical inpatient, outpatient, home care and hospice settings. Optional 1-2 day placements in a behavioral health program or with pediatric and NICU patients at Regions hospital.

Contact name: Dawn McDougal Miller, MME, MT-BC