Eco-friendly edition available at significant savings! Save $10.00 on the course cost and save $5.00 shipping fee, a total savings of 43%, by ordering our new eco-friendly edition of Let's Talk. You receive a pdf workbook that you can download to print or read on your computer. You receive an audio file that you can listen to directly on your computer or on an iPod, or you can burn on a CD. You receive an invoice via e-mail that you pay by check. If you prefer receiving a hard copy edition, we ship a printed workbook and audio CD via Priority Mail with an invoice that you pay by check.

Let's Talk is an indispensable professional study course with hundreds of time-proven techniques, strategies, and music applications that encourage communication skills leading to more independence, appropriate expression of needs and emotions, purposeful interaction with others, and feelings of self-worth. The practical guide is for therapists working with people of all ages across the spectrum of ability and disability, including people with significant communication deficits. The course includes a workbook and two audio discussions with the following chapters:

• Why Do We Communicate?
• How Does a Person Communicate Effectively?
• How Can Music Therapy Make a Difference?
• What Are Some Effective Techniques and Strategies?
• How Can We Make This Fun?
• What About Teens and Adults?
• What About People with Severe Communication Deficits?

Earn inexpensive, pre-approved CMTE credits. Music therapists can receive 20 hours of pre-approved CMTE credit by submitting written assignments chosen from options in each chapter. The CMTE fee is only $80 – only $4 per credit hour! You do not submit the CMTE fee or assignments until you are ready to receive credit. You can take the course now and apply for CMTE credit anytime in the future. See the CMTE Information page for details.

Learning Objectives for Let's Talk. Participants will be able to: (1) Interpret the assessment information for individuals with language and communication deficits. (2) Develop treatment strategies and structure treatment that meets the needs of individuals with language and communication deficits. (3) Implement treatment using music therapy strategies that are effective for individuals with language and communication deficits. CBMT Scope of Practice II: A, B, C, D, and E. III: A

Statement of relationship to CBMT: Let's Talk is approved by the Certification Board of Music Therapists (CBMT) for 20 Continuing Music Therapy Education credits (CMTE). Credits awarded by CBMT are accepted by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). Music Works Publications, S-001, maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria. See the CMTE Information page for details.

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