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MUSIC 2MT3 Midterm 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Music therapy (CAMT definition) - CORRECT ANSWER - A discipline in which
credentialed professionals (MTA) use music purposefully within therapeutic relationships to
support development, health, and well-being
Music therapy general ideas - CORRECT ANSWER - - creates a bond with patient
- safe space to explore emotions
- work towards rehabilitative goals (speech, motor skills)
- social connection
3 main areas of music therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Guitar
Piano
Voice
Canadian Association of Music Therapists (CAMT) - CORRECT ANSWER - - name
changed to this in June 2016
- a federally incorporated, self-regulated non-profit professional association
- creates strong MTAs
- bring awareness to the profession and MT services
- protects the public
Provincial music therapy associations - CORRECT ANSWER - do not regulate the
profession; do provide support
Educational Preparations - CORRECT ANSWER - - recognized training program
- multidisciplinary education and training
- study of music, physiology, anatomy, biology, anthropology...
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- must complete a 1000 hr supervised internship
- informs clinical needs of music
Requirements to become MTA - CORRECT ANSWER - - supervision/internship
- Certification Board of Music Therapists (CBMT) Exam
- continuing education
- maintain credential through CAMT (5 year cycle education process)
Personal Qualifications of a MTA - CORRECT ANSWER - Musician - good music skills,
knowledge of musical styles, uses flexibly and creatively
Therapist - good emotional and physical stability, helping others, patient, ethical, genuine
The Psychotherapy Act (2007) - CORRECT ANSWER - Was proclaimed by the Ontario
government on April 1, 2015, bringing the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
(CRPO) into full operation as a health regulatory college
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) - CORRECT ANSWER --
regulates its members in the public interest under the Psychotherapy Act (2007) and the
Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA)
- only members of CRPO can use "registered psychotherapist" (RP)
- only applies to therapists working in Canada
A music therapy session overview - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Hello/greeting song
2. Music therapy interventions
3. Goodbye song
Music therapy interventions include: - CORRECT ANSWER - P.I.L.L.S.S.
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Pre-composed music
Improvisation
Listening
Lyric analysis
Singing
Song-writing
Music therapy intervention goals - CORRECT ANSWER - - facilitate speech and
communication
- improve self confidence/expression
- stability in movement/range of motion
- social skills
Pre-composed music (intervention) - CORRECT ANSWER - - to motivate people
- powerful tool in therapy
- songs can evoke strong emotions or memories (not always positive)
Listening (intervention) - CORRECT ANSWER - - helps develop cognitive skills:
attention/memory
- e.g. in dementia, increases orientation and accesses memories
Singing (intervention) - CORRECT ANSWER - - development of articulation, rhythm,
breath control
- social skills/awareness of others (in group settings)
- safe space and turn taking
- improve confidence and self-expression
- may stimulate language centers in the brain
MUSIC 2MT3 Midterm 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Music therapy (CAMT definition) - CORRECT ANSWER - A discipline in which
credentialed professionals (MTA) use music purposefully within therapeutic relationships to
support development, health, and well-being
Music therapy general ideas - CORRECT ANSWER - - creates a bond with patient
- safe space to explore emotions
- work towards rehabilitative goals (speech, motor skills)
- social connection
3 main areas of music therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Guitar
Piano
Voice
Canadian Association of Music Therapists (CAMT) - CORRECT ANSWER - - name
changed to this in June 2016
- a federally incorporated, self-regulated non-profit professional association
- creates strong MTAs
- bring awareness to the profession and MT services
- protects the public
Provincial music therapy associations - CORRECT ANSWER - do not regulate the
profession; do provide support
Educational Preparations - CORRECT ANSWER - - recognized training program
- multidisciplinary education and training
- study of music, physiology, anatomy, biology, anthropology...
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- must complete a 1000 hr supervised internship
- informs clinical needs of music
Requirements to become MTA - CORRECT ANSWER - - supervision/internship
- Certification Board of Music Therapists (CBMT) Exam
- continuing education
- maintain credential through CAMT (5 year cycle education process)
Personal Qualifications of a MTA - CORRECT ANSWER - Musician - good music skills,
knowledge of musical styles, uses flexibly and creatively
Therapist - good emotional and physical stability, helping others, patient, ethical, genuine
The Psychotherapy Act (2007) - CORRECT ANSWER - Was proclaimed by the Ontario
government on April 1, 2015, bringing the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
(CRPO) into full operation as a health regulatory college
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) - CORRECT ANSWER --
regulates its members in the public interest under the Psychotherapy Act (2007) and the
Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA)
- only members of CRPO can use "registered psychotherapist" (RP)
- only applies to therapists working in Canada
A music therapy session overview - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Hello/greeting song
2. Music therapy interventions
3. Goodbye song
Music therapy interventions include: - CORRECT ANSWER - P.I.L.L.S.S.
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Pre-composed music
Improvisation
Listening
Lyric analysis
Singing
Song-writing
Music therapy intervention goals - CORRECT ANSWER - - facilitate speech and
communication
- improve self confidence/expression
- stability in movement/range of motion
- social skills
Pre-composed music (intervention) - CORRECT ANSWER - - to motivate people
- powerful tool in therapy
- songs can evoke strong emotions or memories (not always positive)
Listening (intervention) - CORRECT ANSWER - - helps develop cognitive skills:
attention/memory
- e.g. in dementia, increases orientation and accesses memories
Singing (intervention) - CORRECT ANSWER - - development of articulation, rhythm,
breath control
- social skills/awareness of others (in group settings)
- safe space and turn taking
- improve confidence and self-expression
- may stimulate language centers in the brain
