Therapeutic Music Interventions Flashcards

A music therapist begins a session with an agitated client by matching the client's fast tempo and loud dynamics, then gradually slows and softens the music. Which principle is being applied?

Answer: Iso principle

The iso principle matches music to the client's current state and then gradually shifts it toward the desired state.

Which Neurologic Music Therapy technique uses a steady external rhythmic cue to improve gait speed, cadence, and stride length in clients with Parkinson's disease?

Answer: Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS)

RAS uses rhythmic entrainment of the motor system to inherently rhythmic movements such as walking.

Melodic Intonation Therapy is most appropriate for which client?

Answer: An adult with nonfluent (Broca's) aphasia and relatively intact comprehension

MIT uses melodic intoning and left-hand tapping to engage right-hemisphere pathways for clients with nonfluent aphasia and good auditory comprehension.

In a songwriting intervention, which technique offers the MOST structure for a client with limited verbal ability?

Answer: Fill-in-the-blank lyric substitution in a familiar song

Fill-in-the-blank song parody provides a familiar melody and structure, requiring only single-word or short-phrase contributions.

The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) primarily involves:

Answer: Listening to programmed classical music in a relaxed state while dialoguing about imagery

Bonny Method GIM uses sequenced classical music programs to evoke imagery while the client is in a relaxed, altered state and dialogues with a trained guide.

Which approach to music therapy is based on the concept of the 'music child' and typically uses clinical improvisation with a therapist pair (one at piano, one facilitating)?

Answer: Nordoff-Robbins (Creative Music Therapy)

Nordoff-Robbins Creative Music Therapy holds that every person has an innate 'music child' accessed through improvisation, traditionally with two therapists.

A therapist uses a song with lyrics about loss, then asks a hospice family to discuss which lines resonate with them. This intervention is best described as:

Answer: Lyric analysis

Lyric analysis uses song lyrics as a springboard for verbal processing and discussion of personal themes.