Sound Therapy Training for Practitioners: Curriculum Outline
Our Practitioner and Distributor Sound Therapy training courses are intended to help practitioners become better informed about Sound Therapy in order for them to further assist their clients with information.
Speech pathologists, nurses, doctors, remedial teachers, pre-school teachers, palliative care workers, audiologists, natural therapists, massage therapists, psychologists, counselors, and many more.
As a trained Sound Therapy practitioner or distributor you can augment the benefits you can offer to your clients. At the same time, you will increase your income, while taking very little of your time, and also add to the versatility of your practice.
The Distributor Learning Program serves as an introduction to the basics of Sound Therapy, as well as history, anatomy of the ear, the benefits of Sound Therapy for many conditions and the related research. The Certificate Course is a one-year course consisting of six advanced modules and a research study on a subject of your choice relating to Sound Therapy. Both courses are available via distance learning. To enquire about these live courses, please call our office and speak to our training co-ordinator.
Distributor Essentials Pack: $199.00
Certificate Course: $399.00
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( Distributor Contract (Australia) Distributor Contract (USA))
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Sound Therapy Australia was established in 1989 and was the first organisation to introduce a form of Sound Therapy based on the work of Dr Tomatis to Australia. In 2001 Sound Therapy Australia went through a transition and became Sound Therapy International; bringing Sound Therapy to a wider and ever growing worldwide audience.
Sound Therapy International aims to introduce to the public, Australia and worldwide, the self-help listening program developed by Patricia and Rafaele Joudry and to provide education to enable users to get maximum benefits from the program. Education is provided by means of books, manuals, audio information tapes, lectures to community and professional groups, media interviews and training courses for practitioners.
The Director of Sound Therapy International, Rafaele Joudry has a background in community education and a keen interest in finding the best ways to assist people with their learning. Over a period of over twenty-five years she has worked with many groups including pre-schoolers, parents, public housing tenants, pensioners, community workers, and health practitioners.
She has been studying and working with Sound Therapy now for over fifteen years and has met many of the leading Sound Therapy proponents from around the world. Rafaele has helped thousands of people to improve their well being through Sound Therapy and is well qualified to introduce the method to other practitioners.
Sound Therapy is a listening system which uses high frequency, filtered classical music to rehabilitate the ear and stimulate the brain. It is based on discoveries made fifty years ago by the French ENT specialist, Dr Tomatis. Dr Tomatis combined aspects of medicine, music therapy and psychology to create a unique method with many benefits related to ear and brain functioning.
In the 1980s, Canadian Author, Patricia Joudry, found a way to put the Tomatis therapy on cassette, making it accessible as a portable method that could be used by people in all walks of life and all over the world. Since the release of the Joudry program the list of benefits known to be provided by Sound Therapy has increased due to the convenience and long term treatment made possible by the portable method.
Patricia and Rafaele Joudry's book, Sound Therapy: Music to recharge your Brain, outlines the discoveries of Dr Tomatis, tells the story of how Patricia's' life was transformed by the therapy and the amazing events that led to her developing the portable program. New chapters by Rafaele detail the benefits for many specific conditions and dozens of listeners share their own testimonials.
Rafaele Joudry's second book Triumph Over Tinnitus continues to explore the benefits of Sound Therapy, providing helpful hints and methods for working to improve and overcome the frustrating and often overwhelming syndrome of Tinnitus.
Rafaele's third book, Why Aren't I Learning, forms an essential guide for health professionals and parents of children who can benefit from Sound Therapy. The book explores sensory integration therapies and the essential role of Sound Therapy in addressing learning difficulties.
In the fifteen years since Sound Therapy was first introduced to Australia, thousands of people have used the method with success. Rafaele's mission is to get the therapy into the hands of all those who need it. To achieve this, not one person, but a small army of practitioners and health educators is needed.
A wide range of practitioners come into contact in their daily practice with people who need Sound Therapy. This would include doctors, nurses, dentists, psychologists, healers, counselors, aged care workers, child care workers, teachers, tutors, massage therapists, naturopaths, osteopaths and chiropractors, speech pathologists, audiologists and many others. The training is intended for practitioners such as these who are already in contact with a network of clients and are open to learning about another way in which they can help these clients.
For these practitioners to get the therapy into the hands of their clients they need a certain level of knowledge, confidence and experience in understanding, explaining and supervising the method. The client will have confidence to try something new and conviction to persist with it if their practitioner is confident and knowledgeable about the method.
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The training courses for practitioners will give you a basic grounding in the theory and applications of Sound Therapy. You will be able to answer the 100 most asked questions about Sound Therapy. You will be equipped to diagnose the need for the program, to present it to the client in a way that is comprehensible and appealing. You will be familiar with the regime to be followed, equipment needs, pitfalls, success signs and how to counsel your clients to support their successful listening program.
As a practitioner outlet for Sound Therapy you can offer the appropriate Sound Therapy book, tapes and other information resources for sale to your clients.
Adding Sound Therapy to your practice will give you a way to help your clients in ways not addressed by any other modality. It will also add to your income in a way that is not very time consuming or capital intensive.
All courses are now available to practitioners via distance learning. The distance program will be conducted with the use of audio-cassette tapes, manuals, written work and telephone interviews. You will receive live recordings of Rafaele Joudry's workshops accompanied by a question paper that corresponds to the recordings. After completing your written answers you will send your paper to the Training Coordinator, who will then call you for a follow-up interview.
In each course, participants will be supplied with a manual covering the questions and answers raised in the course.
All participants are advised to read the book: Sound Therapy: Music to Recharge Your Brain before undertaking the training. This will provide you with a good basic knowledge of Sound Therapy prior to commencing the training. Other useful preparation would be to read the Sound Therapy Practitioners Manual, watch the DVD, listen to the audio information tape or hear Rafaele Joudry lecture if you have the opportunity. A Distributor Essentials Pack containing all the tools mentioned and more is available from Sound Therapy, at a discounted price of $199.00.
Basic Knowledge
The most frequently asked questions about Sound Therapy on price, product and benefits.
History
The history and evolution of Sound Therapy and the contributions made by Dr Tomatis, the Joudrys and others.
Anatomy
The anatomy of the ear, outer, middle and inner. Tomatis's particular views on how the ear works and how it responds to Sound Therapy.
Benefits
The benefits of Sound Therapy for a healthy person, for a person with tinnitus, hearing loss, (sensorineural and conductive), stress and energy, communication, sleep, autism, dyslexia, ADHD, Down's Syndrome, speech problems, Meniere's Syndrome; and how it enhances musical ability and pre-natal development.
Stock
Gain basic knowledge of the full Sound Therapy product range and how to select suitable products for your clients.
Theory
The laws of Tomatis, the effects of analogue versus digital sound, the workings of the Electronic Ear.
Sound
Understanding frequencies, filtering and pitch vs. volume.
Research
What has been done, constraints, medical acceptance and the response of professional associations.
How to use Sound Therapy
Equipment, volume, side effects, listener education and duration of treatment.
Practitioner/Distributor terms
Marketing guidelines, customer service, holding stock, shipping, and how to make Sound Therapy a successful and valuable addition to your practice.
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(prices GST inc) |
The Distributor Essentials Pack
(Provides you with the necessary information to become familiar with the product and its potential, and to
learn the basics of how your Distributorship will operate.)
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| Includes |
| Book: Sound Therapy : Music to Recharge Your Brain |
$24.45 |
| Book: Triumph Over Tinnitus |
$24.45 |
| Book: Why Aren't I Learning |
$24.45 |
| DVD: Sound Therapy : Creating Enhanced Listening around the world. |
$19.95 |
| Brochures: 10 'Releif' brochures and stand |
$25.00 |
| CD: Nutritional Information CD |
$5.50 |
| Booklet: Listening Helps Learning booklet x 3 |
$6.00 |
| Discounted Price for Distributor Pack (includes all of above plus full range of information sheets and brochures and other distributor documents) |
$89.00
(value $133.80) |
PLUS
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| Distributor Learning Program (Learning Program Workbook, 3 DVDs, Conference Call (monthly) and Referring Practitioner Pack |
$224.90 |
| Total Value |
$224.90 |
Discounted Price for Pack |
$199.00 (GST included) |
Express Post, within Australia, $22.00 (GST Included). Contact us for quote on overseas postage
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Payment for either course is required along with registration on the downloadable form (Distributor Contract (Australia) Distributor Contract (USA)).
Please call the Training coordinator to discuss the timing of the next Research Tutorial Program if you wish to take advantage of this service.
Payment is accepted by cheque or credit card (Mastercard or Visa). Cheques should be made payable to Sound Therapy International Pty Limited.
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