• Provided one-to-one music therapy sessions for hospice patients to address symptoms including pain, anxiety, depression, agitation, among others• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members at weekly IDG meetings to address collective needs of patients and their families• Presented about alternative techniques, including use of music, to address symptoms related to dementia to groups of caregivers, community members and other healthcare professionals• Began development of University-affiliated internship program to encourage students from Illinois State University to provide music therapy services for hospice patients under guidance of board-certified music therapists• Planned music for quarterly memorial services and led instrumentalists in performing music to support families and friends

• Planned two to four therapeutic recreation programs daily for residents to address cognitive, psychosocial and motor needs• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members and residents’ family members at bi-weekly care plan meetings as representative from recreation therapy department • Led exercise, trivia, current events, book club, music, radio, arts and crafts and discussion topic groups for groups of residents with a variety of functioning levels• Provided one-to-one music therapy sessions with residents to address anxiety, depression, cognitive stimulation and pain management• Participated in planning and executing nursing home wide concerts and holiday parties

• Learned culturally sensitive repertoire to serve members of Asian, Russian, Hispanic and Jewish communities in Brooklyn • Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members at weekly IDT meetings as representative from creative arts therapy department • Assessed individualized needs of patients and families and designated appropriate problems to address within music therapy sessions • Supplied clinical documentation of interventions utilized to address patient and family problems and progress towards meeting needs of patients and families • Engaged in discharge planning for patients no longer meeting hospice criteria with interdisciplinary team and completed joint visits with LMSW to coordinate discharge planning with patient and patient’s caregivers• Participated in planning and performing with licensed creative arts therapists (LCATs) for organization-wide memorial service