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Music Therapy Board Certification Practice
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A hospice patient communicate to the music therapist concerns about how the family World Cup
in bereavement where are the patient is talking the music therapist leans toward the patient and
occasionally nods. After the patient finish speaking the music therapist weights for a moment,
and then says it sounds like you're really concerned about your family which of the following
does the music therapist, verbal and nonverbal behavior demonstrate?
Unconditional positive regard, active, listening, countertransference, or sympathy? -
answer✔Active listening
A music therapist works with adults with anxiety disorders in a partial hospitalization program
once a week in music-assisted relaxation sessions, what is the best strategy to promote the
independent use of music for self-care - answer✔Provide clients with the playlist of the music
and relaxation skips for practice at home
A client who was originally from a different country, has undergone a traumatic experience. The
music therapist encounters resistance to questions about the trauma despite the clients
willingness to engage in musical interaction. The music therapist can infer from the clients
responses that - answer✔The clients cultural group may have a different perspective regarding
questions of a personal nature.
Play music therapist has been asked to write a song to help an adult with intellectual disabilities.
Remember the steps involved with teeth brushing. The most effective song lyrics to promote
functional independence includes - answer✔I remove the cap from the tube to a familiar tune.
Song lyrics may provide the necessary cues in structure to help clients learn, and remember the
sequence of steps, especially when sung to a familiar tune
An older adult female with chronic obstructive, pulmonary disease, COPD, any nursing home.
The client is tearful and verbalizes feelings of sadness about the recent death of her daughter
repeating the statement. If only God could've done better. What should the music therapist do
first to meet the spiritual needs of the client. - answer✔Facilitate fill in the blank songwriting
using the phrase, if only God. This provides the client with control of the lyrics, spiritual Contant
in easily indicates to the music therapist. The client spiritual affiliation in improvise song is not
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limited to a specific genre of spiritual music like hymns are gospel spiritual, which would
immediately stereotype the client spiritual needs and affiliation.
What is jazz waltz style? - answer✔A waltz played in syncopated, 3/4
I,IV, V7 on guitar in key of C - answer✔Chord diagrams
During a weekly hospice visit, a client and her daughter give a piece of piano sheet music to a
music therapist, stating that it was a favorite of the clients, deceased husband the music therapist
is unfamiliar with the song, noticing that the client appears eager to hear the song what is the
music therapists best action - answer✔Sight read the peace, playing a reduced piano part. The
music therapist can use training to play reduced part that was still convey the essence of the
peace which can open the door to reminisce in life review.
What illustrates professional development? - answer✔Conduct or assist with research, participate
in continuing education and engage in collaboration with other colleagues.
A child with cerebral palsy who communicates nonverbally brings an augmentative and
alternative communication AAC device to group music therapy. the best way to plan to
accommodate this client inclusion in a group singing experience is to - answer✔Pre-recorded
song lyrics onto the system. Pre-recorded lyrics allow the child to supply words and phrases to
songs in contribute most effectively.
A Music Therapist in a public school is about to conduct an initial assessment for five year old
boy with ADHD. The assessment is scheduled to take place in the boys classroom. To facilitate
the childs engagement most effectively the music therapist should - answer✔Delineate a small
area of the room to be used and remove possible distractions. When doing an assessment, it is the
therapists responsibility to create an environment or space. Conducive to the clients needs. The
child described needs a space with minimal distractions due to his ADHD.
Using rhythmic movement as a therapeutic technique to address gate, dysfunctions aligns most
directly with which of the following treatment approaches - answer✔Neurological. The
neurological approach, addresses gate, dysfunctions that stimulate music perception and pair it
with motor responses.
A music therapist is reviewing a pilot study in a peer reviewed journal to possibly apply the
intervention with current patients. in the study, the researchers concluded that the participants
benefited from the music therapy intervention. what is the primary concern when applying the
music therapy intervention used in the article? - answer✔A pilot study lacks replication. The
results from the study, maybe unique to the participants in the study.
A music therapist is working with a client who is depressed, and withdrawn. In an
improvisational dyad, the music therapist gradually changes, the tempo, range, and articulation,
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while reflecting in supporting any change in playing by the client. What is the music therapist
most likely attempting to encourage? - answer✔Increased emotional expressiveness, because
encouraging the client to be more musically expressive can be helpful in mobilizing emotions,
which often is an important step in helping the client to examine their experience of depression.
In community music therapy settings, what is a primary challenge music therapist are tasked
with addressing in order to ensure that clinical services provided to both clients and community
are ethical and competent? - answer✔Self exploration in pursuit of cultural humility and
reflexivity. Working in community settings challenges the music therapist to be aware of their
intersectional identity and any accompanying assumptions, biases, and prejudices that come with
their cultural perspective.
To fully assess a client for music therapy services a music therapist should use -
answer✔Musical and nonmusical assessment procedures. Using both assessment procedures will
give the music therapist the most comprehensive information about the client.
A Music Therapist receives a referral for a new client from a nurse who states client loves music
the music therapist initial follow up communication is to - answer✔Ask the nurse about specific
clinical needs. Inappropriate follow up with the nurse would be to request more information
about clinical needs.
Which of the following is a method of stress reduction that involves tensing and releasing of the
body - answer✔Progressive muscle relaxation
A music therapist has taken a job at a facility with a few older instruments, and a limited budget
for music therapy supplies. The music therapist would like to have a client improvise on a
diatonic orff xylophone while the music therapist plays the piano, but the xylophone is missing
its f and b bars. which scale beginning on C, should the music therapist play in to most
successfully facilitate this experience? - answer✔Major pentatonic, because a major pentatonic
scale starting on sea, would use the note C D E G, and A which could all be played on the
xylophone.
Several clients to attend a music therapy group in an inpatient psychiatric facility have a history
of nonsuicidal, self injury (NSSI). The clients have responded poorly to discussion based
intervention, such as lyric analysis in songwriting. The music therapist believes that an
improvisation using various percussion instruments will best address the client goals and elicit a
positive response, but is worried about the possibility of clients taking parts of the instruments
used later for NSSI. which of the following should the music therapist do to ensure client Safety?
- answer✔When collecting the instruments, inspect them for any broken or missing parts.
