Practicing Music Therapy in the NICU: An Interview With Kim Hawkins

by | Sep 15, 2011 | Music Therapy, NICU, Young Children

Matt Logan, MT-BC

In this podcast, Matt Logan interviews Kim Hawkins, an experienced NICU Music Therapist who provides services in a highly-rated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the United States. In the interview, the speakers address current approaches to treatment, including a NICU layout, common goals and objectives as well as music therapy interventions.

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About the Interviewee:

Kim Hawkins, MT-BC, is a certified NICU Music Therapist practicing at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Her patients range in age from 29 weeks gestational age to infants older than 1 year of age.   Interventions utilized with infants include low auditory stimulation, multi-sensory stimulation with live singing, multi-modal stimulation, and developmentally supportive care. Her strong area of interest is in supporting parents to interact with their infants. She provides education and support to parents through the NICU Parent Group, individual sessions with parent and infant, and assisting parents to record their voice for their infant. Kim also works with the hospital’s palliative care program, including pediatric palliative care services in the NICU.

About the Author:

Matt Logan is a music therapy practitioner in Iowa City and is currently pursuing a Master’s of Arts degree in Music Therapy at The University of Iowa. He works primarily in hospice and palliative care settings, but is also interested in using lullabies with premature and full-term infants as evident by his website www.APerfectLullaby.com. In this podcast Matt interviews Kim Hawkins, an experienced NICU Music Therapist who provides services in a highly-rated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the United States. Contact: matt@musictherapysource.com

Suggested Citation:

Logan, M. (Author). (2011, September 15).Practicing music therapy in the NICU: An interview with Kim Hawkins. Retrieved from www.imagine.musictherapy.biz