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Clinical Care vs. Entertainment: When Music Therapists Are Asked to Work Outside of Their Role
"Could you do a sing-along for our employee appreciation event?" "Our entertainer canceled. We need you to perform for an hour" "Could you do some Christmas caroling?" "We'd like you to sing the national anthem for our next event" Sound familiar? As music therapists, we are often asked to perform additional duties outside of our scope of practice that fall into the category of entertainment and activities without therapeutic intent. While these requests may seem harmless, the

Corinne Stypulkoski, MM, LCAT, MT-BC
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