Biography:
As an undergraduate, Roberta Adler was the founder of the music therapy curriculum at Wayne State University music therapy curriculum (Bachelor of Music with a Concentrate in Music Therapy, June 1973). She has provided music therapy services across the age spectrum. As a Board Certified Music Therapist, she concentrates clinically on gerontology, intellectual disabilities, and psychiatry. She is Owner/Director of Mobile Music Therapy Services of Orange County. Roberta Adler is the author of Musical Assessment of Gerontologic Needs and Treatment: The MAGNET Survey (2nd Edition now in press); and primary author of Music Therapy for Multisensory and Body Awareness in Children and Adults with Severe to Profound Multiple Disabilities (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017). A lyric-coloratura soprano, Bobbi enjoys her guitar, fretted dulcimer, and all genres of music. She has received the Wayne State University Howard J. Donnelly Leadership and Scholarship Award; The American Music Therapy Association Western Region Service and Professional Practice Awards; and the Shallway Foundation Award for Professional Excellence in Public Performance.
Title : Music therapy for adults living with Dementia: Assessment, session planning, and lets do it!