Special Populations in Music Therapy Flashcards
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A music therapist works with veterans with PTSD. During a session, a client becomes hyperaroused after hearing a military-themed song. The best immediate clinical response is to:
Answer: Transition to a grounding song chosen collaboratively with the client
Transitioning to a co-selected grounding song addresses the hyperarousal while maintaining therapeutic alliance and keeping the client engaged safely.
Which of the following best describes the role of music therapy in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs)?
Answer: Provide lullabies and entrainment to support physiological stabilization
In NICUs, live lullabies and entrainment techniques are used to support stable heart rate, respiration, and oxygen saturation in premature infants.
A music therapist is working in a correctional facility with adolescents adjudicated for violent offenses. Songwriting is chosen as the primary modality. Which is the most evidence-supported rationale?
Answer: Songwriting provides a structured outlet for emotional expression and self-reflection
Songwriting in correctional settings is supported as a means of processing emotions, developing self-awareness, and building prosocial expression in at-risk youth.
When working with a client who has a visual impairment, a music therapist should primarily adapt the session by:
Answer: Using verbal cues and tactile instrument demonstrations instead of visual modeling
Verbal cues and hands-on tactile demonstrations replace visual modeling to ensure full and equitable access to the therapeutic experience.
A music therapist documents that a hospice patient's pain-related behaviors decreased during live music sessions. This finding most directly supports which dimension of palliative care?
Answer: Physical comfort and quality of life
Reduction in pain-related behaviors reflects improved physical comfort, a core domain of palliative and hospice care that music therapy directly addresses.
During a group music therapy session on a psychiatric inpatient unit, a client with bipolar disorder in a manic phase begins monopolizing instruments and speaking rapidly. The therapist's best clinical response is to:
Answer: Use structured turn-taking and clear musical boundaries to redirect the behavior
Structured turn-taking and musical boundaries provide containment for manic behavior while keeping the client therapeutically engaged within the group.
A music therapist is treating a child with cerebral palsy who has spastic diplegia. Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) is selected as a technique. The primary intended outcome is:
Answer: Facilitating gait rehabilitation and movement coordination
RAS uses rhythmic cues to entrain movement patterns and has well-documented efficacy in improving gait parameters in individuals with motor impairments.