Populations/Diagnoses
A progressive disease that affects memory, thinking, and behavior, and eventually interferes with everyday life.
What is Alzheimer's/Dementia?
A client is able to focus on an activity for 10 minutes without redirection.
What is Sustained Attention?
A Music Therapist plays a song and asks what instrument was played. The Music Therapist then marks yes or no based on the answer.
What is Event Recording?
During a music therapy session, a client is asked to clap when they hear a specific sound. Every 30 seconds, the therapist then checks whether the client is clapping at that exact moment.
What is Momentary Time Sampling?
Individuals with this diagnosis may have difficulty paying attention, sitting still, and completing multi-step tasks.
What is ADHD?
A client is asked to complete a multi-step task and does so correctly, in the correct order.
What is sequencing?
During a music therapy session, the therapist plays a song and asks that the client follow along by tapping the beat. The therapist then records how long the client stays focused: 5 minutes. So they record the duration as 5 minutes.
A client is told 3 words and is asked to recall them 5 minutes later. What cognitive ability is being observed?
What is Memory?
This is a medical condition in which blood flow to the brain is blocked, causing brain cells to die.
What is a Stroke?
A higher level of cognitive ability is demonstrated when a client plans a multi-step activity, gathers materials, and completes it in the correct order.
What is executive functioning?
During a music therapy session, the client is asked to recall words from lyrics. Each time the client correctly remembers a lyric, the therapist makes a tally mark.
What is Frequency Recording?
These are K-12 students who require academic, sensory, and cognitive support to build sustained skills in the classroom.
What are Special Education Students?
This is a disruption in normal brain activity caused by an external force or a penetrating head injury.
What is a Traumatic Brain Injury(TBI)?
A client is given a situation and asked to determine what comes next and why.
What is Reasoning?
During a music therapy session, a client is asked to answer questions about a song they had just heard. The therapist then marks yes or no every 30 seconds to indicate whether the client answered at least one question during that period.
What is Partial Interval Recording?
This developmental condition affects behavior, interaction, communication, and learning.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD)?
A client is asked to wait their turn during an activity, but keeps responding before being called on. What is being observed?
What is Impulse Control?
During a music therapy session, a client is asked to play a drum continuously. The therapist then checks every 30 seconds and records whether the client played for the entire period.
What is Whole Interval Recording?