Gain Music Therapy Experience in a Pediatric Setting
The music therapists at Cincinnati Children’s not only serve patients and families as part of our Creative Arts Therapies program, but they also provide hands-on training opportunities to the next generations of music therapists.
Our music therapy team is proud to offer two different music therapy internship programs:
- medical music therapy internship
- mental health music therapy internship
Both internships are American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) National Roster Internship sites. These internships are only available to students who have completed coursework at an AMTA-approved music therapy program and are cleared by their academic director to begin internship. Applicants for both internships must also meet these Entry Level Requirements to be eligible.
Internship Descriptions
Our medical music therapy internship is based out of our Burnet campus. Our mental health music therapy internship is based out of our College Hill campus.
While both internships are housed within Cincinnati Children’s, they are considered two separate internship sites. Applicants can apply to both internships, but these applications will count as two of the four active applications allowed by AMTA.
Both internships are six months long (approximately 1040 hours) and are currently offered once per year. The start dates are flexible within late summer / early fall. Exact dates for each internship will vary based on an intern’s availability and start dates of other students in Cincinnati Children’s Division of Child Life and Integrative Care. Both internships aim to give interns a cohort for peer support during their internship.
For application materials and more information on our medical music therapy internship, please visit our Medical Music Therapy Internship page.
For application materials and more information on our mental health music therapy internship, please visit our Mental Health Music Therapy Internship page.
Intern Scholarship
At Cincinnati Children’s, we are focused on ensuring all patients, families, students, employees, and the community understand that our commitments to access, opportunity, and belonging are unwavering. We strive to provide an environment where everyone feels welcome, safe, valued, and respected. Please click here to download information about our intern scholarship opportunity.
