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A 17 year old is demonstrating a sudden decline in grades, increased unexcused absences, and inability to
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concentrate when in school. Facial affect has changed from friendly to flat. When approached, the student
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states he is fine. Reports indicate the client responds to music, so a music therapy referral is requested. To
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assess possible causes of the change in behavior, a music therapist should FIRST
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A. observe the student in other classes.
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B. discuss concerns with the guidance counselor.
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C. identify current stressors in the student's life.
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D. review the student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP). - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. identify current
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stressors in the student's life
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A music therapist is using ballroom dancing to facilitate intimacy in a relationship between a client, who has
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dementia, and his wife. During a session, the client's favorite big-band music is played, but he is having
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difficulty standing up and dancing with his wife. The BEST intervention would be to recommend that the
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wife
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A. watch a big-band dance video with her husband.
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B. sing to her husband as they sit facing one another.
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C. hold her husband's hands and move in time to the music.
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D. sit silently next to her husband while they listen to the music. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. hold her
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husband's hands and move in time to the music.
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,A 52-year-old woman hospitalized for ovarian cancer requests music therapy to help her relax and sleep.
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During the initial session conducted at bedtime, the client shares her fears and life story before the use of
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any music intervention. After validating the client's feelings, the BEST direction for the music therapist to
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take is to
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A. discuss favorite songs important to the client's life.
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B. improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.
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C. compose a song together reflecting the client's disclosure.
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D. close the session and bring the client's favorite music to follow-up visits. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B.
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improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.
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A music therapist has been jointly treating a client with vascular dementia and the client's daughter, once a
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week for one hour. Recently, the client has become more withdrawn, presenting with a reduced emotional
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response and increased passivity. Despite changes, the daughter continues to encourage the client to be
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active and engaged, yet the client is agitated and combative. Which of the following is the music therapist's
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BEST response?
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A. Continue treatment using the music to address agitation and combativeness.
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B. Discontinue treatment as the client's passivity will increase with disease progression.
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C. Remove the daughter from the music therapy session immediately.
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D. Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music therapy sessions. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔D. Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music therapy sessions.
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When completing a behavioral assessment, information relating ONLY to behaviors observed, not
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interpretation, is considered
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,C. prejudicial.
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D. objective - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. objective
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A 7-year-old girl with a severe developmental disability is receiving music therapy in a residential setting.
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She is nonverbal and prone to be fearful and anxious in new situations. When brought into the therapy
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room for her first session, she actively resists and begins to cry. The music therapist, working in an
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improvisational model, might do which of the following?
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1. Meet the child by playing music to express the intensity of her crying.
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2. Reflect the child's sound and breathing with careful musical phrasing.
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3. Comfort the child by holding and rocking her while singing soothing lyrics.
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4. Sing without words so the child hears another voice that corresponds to how she is feeling.
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A. 1, 2, and 3 only
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B. 1, 2, and 4 only
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C. 1, 3, and 4 only
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D. 2, 3, and 4 only - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. 1, 2, and 4 only
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"Since her admission, Mary has spent most of her time in her room and has not participated in unit
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activities." Under which assessment domain would this statement MOST likely be found?
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A. psychosocial
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C. communicative
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D. sensorimotor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A. psychosocial
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, When playing a familiar song with a young client, which of the following therapeutic exercises will MOST
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effectively increase sustained attention?
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A. altering note order
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B. varying key signature
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C. changing note duration
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D. modifying time signature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. changing note duration
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The last portion of a music therapy SOAP note discusses which of the following?
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A. progress summary
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B. physician's recommendations
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C. plan for treatment
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D. provider's assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. plan for treatment
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A song on the guitar in the key of C needs to be transposed to the key of Eb. Using first position fingering in
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the key of C, the therapist needs to place the capo on the
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A. 2nd fret.
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B. 3rd fret.
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C. 5th fret.
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D. 7th fret. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. 3rd fret.
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) principles require music therapists to take which of the following into
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account when planning treatment?
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A. best available research; patient characteristics, culture and preferences; and clinical expertise
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A 17 year old is demonstrating a sudden decline in grades, increased unexcused absences, and inability to
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concentrate when in school. Facial affect has changed from friendly to flat. When approached, the student
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states he is fine. Reports indicate the client responds to music, so a music therapy referral is requested. To
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assess possible causes of the change in behavior, a music therapist should FIRST
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A. observe the student in other classes.
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B. discuss concerns with the guidance counselor.
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C. identify current stressors in the student's life.
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D. review the student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP). - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. identify current
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stressors in the student's life
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A music therapist is using ballroom dancing to facilitate intimacy in a relationship between a client, who has
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dementia, and his wife. During a session, the client's favorite big-band music is played, but he is having
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difficulty standing up and dancing with his wife. The BEST intervention would be to recommend that the
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wife
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A. watch a big-band dance video with her husband.
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B. sing to her husband as they sit facing one another.
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C. hold her husband's hands and move in time to the music.
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D. sit silently next to her husband while they listen to the music. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. hold her
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husband's hands and move in time to the music.
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,A 52-year-old woman hospitalized for ovarian cancer requests music therapy to help her relax and sleep.
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During the initial session conducted at bedtime, the client shares her fears and life story before the use of
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any music intervention. After validating the client's feelings, the BEST direction for the music therapist to
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take is to
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A. discuss favorite songs important to the client's life.
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B. improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.
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C. compose a song together reflecting the client's disclosure.
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D. close the session and bring the client's favorite music to follow-up visits. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B.
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improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.
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A music therapist has been jointly treating a client with vascular dementia and the client's daughter, once a
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week for one hour. Recently, the client has become more withdrawn, presenting with a reduced emotional
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response and increased passivity. Despite changes, the daughter continues to encourage the client to be
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active and engaged, yet the client is agitated and combative. Which of the following is the music therapist's
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BEST response?
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A. Continue treatment using the music to address agitation and combativeness.
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B. Discontinue treatment as the client's passivity will increase with disease progression.
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C. Remove the daughter from the music therapy session immediately.
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D. Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music therapy sessions. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔D. Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music therapy sessions.
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When completing a behavioral assessment, information relating ONLY to behaviors observed, not
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interpretation, is considered
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A. subjective.
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B. irrelevant.
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,C. prejudicial.
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D. objective - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. objective
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A 7-year-old girl with a severe developmental disability is receiving music therapy in a residential setting.
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She is nonverbal and prone to be fearful and anxious in new situations. When brought into the therapy
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room for her first session, she actively resists and begins to cry. The music therapist, working in an
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improvisational model, might do which of the following?
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1. Meet the child by playing music to express the intensity of her crying.
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2. Reflect the child's sound and breathing with careful musical phrasing.
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3. Comfort the child by holding and rocking her while singing soothing lyrics.
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4. Sing without words so the child hears another voice that corresponds to how she is feeling.
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A. 1, 2, and 3 only
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B. 1, 2, and 4 only
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C. 1, 3, and 4 only
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D. 2, 3, and 4 only - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. 1, 2, and 4 only
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"Since her admission, Mary has spent most of her time in her room and has not participated in unit
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activities." Under which assessment domain would this statement MOST likely be found?
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A. psychosocial
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B. emotional
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C. communicative
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D. sensorimotor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A. psychosocial
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, When playing a familiar song with a young client, which of the following therapeutic exercises will MOST
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effectively increase sustained attention?
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A. altering note order
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B. varying key signature
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C. changing note duration
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D. modifying time signature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. changing note duration
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The last portion of a music therapy SOAP note discusses which of the following?
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A. progress summary
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B. physician's recommendations
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C. plan for treatment
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D. provider's assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. plan for treatment
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A song on the guitar in the key of C needs to be transposed to the key of Eb. Using first position fingering in
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the key of C, the therapist needs to place the capo on the
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A. 2nd fret.
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B. 3rd fret.
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C. 5th fret.
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D. 7th fret. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. 3rd fret.
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) principles require music therapists to take which of the following into
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account when planning treatment?
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A. best available research; patient characteristics, culture and preferences; and clinical expertise
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