What informs treatment and clinical interventions? Past or Present?

Abstract: Research on the Effectiveness of Music Therapy & DIR/Floortime with Children with Autism (does this count as evidence? why? why not?)         The Effectiveness of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy within a Developmental, Individual-Differences, Relationship-based (DIR®)/Floortime™ Framework to

Musical Resources for Improvising Music Therapists: Mixolydian for the Guitar & Voice

Below is a brief introduction to the mixolydian mode for the guitar. Also included,  are some practice ideas to help incorporate this mode into your clinical tool box.  I. INTRODUCING MIXOLYDIAN Mixolydian Mode The relationship to the major scale Relationship

Individual Music-Centered Assessment Profile Assessing Level II on the IMCAP-NDRC: Musical (self) Regulation

The Individual Music-Centered Assessment Profile for Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Relating and Communicating (IMCAP-NDRC®) is a population specific, music-centered based music therapy assessment profiling system targeting specific areas of musical resposnsiveness pertaining to the child’s ability to engage, relate and communicate within

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy & DIR/Floortime Model: PowerPoint from the Mid Atlantic & Great Lakes Regional Conferences, 2010

Hi all, Attached is a compiled version of the powerpoints that I presented at the Great Lakes and Mid Atlantic Regional Music Therapy Conferences on the use of NRMT within the DIR/Floortime framework.  Best, John MAR 2010 CMTE DIR-Music

Individualized Music-Centered Assessment Profile for Child with Autism

 The IMCAP® is a population based, music-centered assessment profiling system targeting specific  areas of musical responsiveness as they pertain to musical interactions. The IMCAP’s goal is to create a Musical-Emotional Profile for each child being assessed. In essence, the IMCAP is basically