Join the wait list so you can be the first to hear when the doors open for enrollment. You’ll also have access to exclusive bonus materials and a discounted rate on all course packages.

As soon as you join the waitlist, you’ll get a Pop Song Rhythms Bonus to “Better When I’m Dancing” by Meghan Trainor (to help your clients and students work on auditory perception skills and selective attention!)

Attention and perception are fundamental abilities that underlie all the other skills we work on with our clients and students.

Our clients can’t improve social skills or practice motor skills until they can attend.

Our students can’t increase communication abilities or learn new academic concepts until they can attend.

According to Dr. Kathleen Howland, MT-BC, SLP-CCC: “Nobody can learn anything until they can pay attention. Attention is the bedrock of all cognition.”

The Attention and Perception E-Course was created for music therapists, educators, and other professionals who want to deepen their understanding of attention and perception, and use that knowledge to create engaging and effective musical experiences to target those processes.

The E-Course offers a thorough overview of attention and perception, and gives a multitude of creative intervention ideas for targeting auditory perception and listening skills, and sustained, selective, divided, alternating, and joint attention.

You’ll watch more than 30 video demonstrations, so you can see what the techniques look like in action during actual music therapy sessions.

And, throughout the course you’ll learn creative intervention ideas, new original songs, and strategies for maintaining your clients’ attention throughout a session. You’ll also have access to sheet music, colorful visuals, pop song rhythm sheets, listening guides, dance break MP3s, and creativity worksheets.

🎼  BasicE-Course 
5 continuing ed credits (pre-approved)

♪ Advanced: E-Course | Article Review & Reflection Qs
8 continuing ed credits (pre-approved)

🎸  Pro: E-Course | Article Review + Reflection Qs | Email Idea Subscription + Support
15 continuing ed credits (pre-approved)

Your instructor, Amy Kalas Buser, MM, MT-BC:

  • Studied at University of Miami and is trained in Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT)
  • Has fifteen years of experience as a music therapist and music educator
  • Served as Interim Professor of Music Therapy at University of Miami
  • Published research on joint attention in the Journal of Music Therapy
  • Taught two E-Courses: Autism & Special Needs Course (previously on Music Therapy Ed) and Tune In To Teens

Join the wait list so you can be the first to hear when the doors open for enrollment. You’ll also have access to exclusive bonus materials and a discounted rate on all course packages.

Here’s what others are saying about Amy’s E-Course, Autism & Special Needs (previously on Music Therapy Ed):

It was THE best course I have taken!! I love how she gave it to you in words, then SHOWED you!! It was perfect. Please teach another course! I love your style and would love to see more from you!
– Amanda White, MT-BC

I am so excited about this course! I LOVE the resources and songs you have included. I had an AHA moment during each lesson so far. I couldn’t stop watching the videos, I just got so excited. Now I’m going to go back and watch them all again and complete the action steps!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this course! So very useful!
– Julie DeKeyzer, MM, MT-BC

What an information and idea packed course this has been. I’m particularly grateful for the activity ideas and the final creativity worksheet and action plan…This was exactly the sort of course I crave – facts, research, practical application, video demonstration, activity ideas…perfect!
– Denise Travis, MM, MT-BC

I thought your course was excellent. I work with adults on the autism spectrum, and have gotten a lot of ideas from this course. Thank you so much for all the information and the excellent way it was presented.”
– Marilyn Leeseberg, MT-BC

Just completed Chapter 1, and am already excited to incorporate several of the songs into my practice. The videos are awesome – it is so helpful to be able to watch you in action, Amy! I am SO loving the course! I hope that you will do more courses in the future! This course has been fantastic! :)
– Kim Beck, MT-BC

Here’s what others are saying about Amy’s E-Course, Tune In To Teens – Creative Ideas for Connection & Music Therapy Session Planning:

“I think this was the most organized and clearly presented online music therapy course I have ever taken. Thank you for so much for the valuable and useful information. I really appreciated the amount of specific, practical, and useful ideas.”
– John Kneip, MT-BC • Music Therapist

“Lifesaver course. I’m working with high school and post-grad students for the first time. I struggled to make relevant, age-appropriate activities, and your course was the first thing I turned to. I’m having an easier time of it now and I thank you for the great information!
– Julia Sullivan, MT-BC • Music Therapist

“Amy is very knowledgeable and quite obviously loves what she does. I believe that many music therapists would benefit from her knowledge of this particular clientele and well as the push to find your own creativity again. So often we get bogged down in the day to day and just need to reconnect and get some fresh insight.”
-Cynthia Fahey, MT-BC • Music Therapist

“It is the only comprehensive resource that I have been able to find online that has specifically helped me in planning my sessions.”
– Ali Howshall • Music Teacher

“This course was one of the most organized and thorough courses that I have taken! The instructor shared valuable information, suggestions, and provided materials and resources that I will definitely use with my clients. I appreciate examples of various music experiences that address the music therapy domains as well as strategies to help with challenging situations that may occur while working with this population.”
– Stacie Proctor, MM, MT-BC • Music Therapist

Here are what others are saying about Amy’s E-Books & Resources:

“I highly recommend Amy’s book, Tuneful Teens. When I first started out as a new music therapist, the population that intimidated me the most was the tween and teen crowd. That’s why I was so excited when my friend and fellow music therapist Amy Kalas Buser launched her E-Book, Tuneful Teens. Amy provides everything you need — step by step procedures, templates, sheet music, etc. — to implement the interventions in your music therapy sessions.”
– Rachel Rambach, MM, MT-BC • Music Therapist

“I hope you keep creating more E-Books and CMTE online courses. I love all the ones you currently have available. You are great and your ideas and presentation are so creative and also easy to implement, as you do a great job of “breaking” all the interventions down. Thank you and please keep creating!”
– Michelle Nettle, MT-BC • Music Therapist

Join the wait list so you can be the first to hear when the doors open for enrollment. You’ll also have access to exclusive bonus materials and a discounted rate on all course packages.

As soon as you join the waitlist, you’ll get a Pop Song Rhythms Bonus to “Better When I’m Dancing” by Meghan Trainor (to help your clients and students work on auditory perception skills and selective attention!)