Midterm Flashcards
Define Music Therapy using 3 points
- The clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions
- With all ages and abilities
- To accomplish individualized goals
- Within a therapeutic relationship
- By a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program
Name the 4 organizations and their dates
- National Association for Music Therapy - 1950
- American Association for Music Therapy - 1971
- Certification Board of Music Therapists - 1983
- American Music Therapy Association - 1998
What is the function of the CBMT
- Credential MTs
- Define what safe, entry-level practice is
- Maintain certification
What does the AMTA do?
- Advance/advocate public knowledge about MT
- Increase access to MT
- Approve university MT programs
- Approve intern cites
What are the 2 journals of the AMTA?
Journal of Music Therapy and Music Therapy Perspectives
Evidence based practice is based on what 3 things?
MTs experience, client’s needs and preferences, research evidence
Evidence based interventions can be broken down in to which 4 catergories?
Performance, Improvisation, Composition, Listening
What is entrainment?
Matching rhythms
Describe the Iso principle
Taking a client from where they are to where they need to be using music.
What does RATE stand for?
Referral, Assessment, Treatment Plan, Evaluation and Termination
What is a referral?
It is when a music therapist is recommended by a source (other medical professionals, family, client themselves)
What is Assessment?
Gathering information on the client to assess if they would benefit from MT. This can be done through various ways including observation, formal intakes, from existing records, family, etc.
During Assessment what skills may you be looking for?
Motor, speech, emotional, social, cognitive, music
What is a Treatment Plan?
A treatment plan is developed with goals and objectives.
What is a goal?
A broad or abstract area of functioning you would like to address through a period of time. A general statement of the intended outcome.