Table Of Contents:
Foreword 9(2)

Ronald M. Borczon
Acknowledgments 11(1)
Disclaimer 12(1)

Overview of the IMTAP 13(4)

Purpose 13(1)

Benefits and features 13(1)

Administration time 14(1)

User qualifications 15(2)

Rationale for the Use of Music Therapy as an Assessment Protocol 17(4)

Why music therapists assess 17(1)

The need for a specific music therapy assessment 18(1)

Unique qualities of the music therapy assessment 19(1)

Summary 20(1)

History and Development of the IMTAP 21(4)

History 21(1)

Item development 21(1)

Domains and sub-domains 22(2)

Gross motor (GM) 22(1)

Fine motor (FM) 22(1)

Oral motor (OM) 22(1)

Sensory (SEN) 22(1)

Receptive communication/auditory perception (RC) 23(1)

Expressive communication (EC) 23(1)

Cognitive (COG) 23(1)

Emotional (EMO) 23(1)

Social (SOC) 23(1)

Musicality (MUS) 24(1)

Scoring system 24(1)

Administration Instructions 25(12)

General considerations 25(1)

Age considerations and interpretation of scores 25(1)

Establishing a rapport 26(1)

Planning the assessment sessions 26(1)

The assessment process 26(11)

Step one: the intake form 26(2)

Step two: the cover sheet 28(1)

Step three: the session outline 28(1)

Step four: data collection 28(2)

Step five: computing final scores 30(1)

Step six: reviewing cross-domain skills 31(3)

Step seven: the summary sheet 34(1)

Step eight: goals and objectives form 34(1)

Step nine: graphing 34(3)

The IMTAP Quantification Module 37(6)

Overview 37(1)

Preparation 37(2)

Step one: skill selection 37(1)

Step two: the observe/record period 38(1)

Step three: selecting a time cueing system 38(1)

Step four: scoring symbols 38(1)

Data collection 39(4)

Step one: preparing the tally sheet 39(1)

Step two: recording and observing 39(1)

Step three: tallying scores 40(3)

Skill Definitions 43(50)

Gross motor skills (GM) 43(2)

Fundamentals 43(1)

Perceptual/visual/psycho motor 44(1)

Fine motor skills (FM) 45(5)

Fundamentals 45(2)

Strumming 47(1)

Autoharp/Q Chord 47(1)

Guitar/dulcimer 48(1)

Piano 48(2)

Pitched percussive/mallet 50(1)

Oral motor skills (OM) 50(2)

Fundamentals 50(1)

Air production 51(1)

Sensory skills (SEN) 52(5)

Fundamentals 52(1)

Tactile 52(1)

Proprioceptive 53(1)

Vestibular 54(1)

Visual 55(1)

Auditory 56(1)

Receptive communication/auditory perception (RC) 57(4)

Fundamentals 57(1)

Direction following 57(1)

Musical changes 58(1)

Singing/vocalizing 59(1)

Rhythm 60(1)

Expressive communication (EC) 61(4)

Fundamentals 61(1)

Non-vocal communication 61(1)

Vocalizations 62(1)

Spontaneous vocalizations 62(1)

Verbalizations 63(1)

Relational communication 63(1)

Vocal idiosyncrasies 64(1)

Cognitive skills (COG) 65(6)

Fundamentals 65(1)

Decision making 66(1)

Direction following 66(1)

Short-term recall/sequencing 67(1)

Long-term recall 67(1)

Academics 68(3)

Emotional skills (EMO) 71(2)

Fundamentals 71(1)

Differentiation/expression 71(1)

Regulation 71(1)

Self-awareness 72(1)

Social skills (SOC) 73(6)

Fundamentals 73(1)

Participation 74(1)

Turn-taking 75(1)

Attention 76(1)

Direction following 77(1)

Relationship skills 77(2)

Musicality (MUS) 79(14)

Fundamentals 79(1)

Tempo 80(2)

Rhythm 82(2)

Dynamics 84(1)

Vocal 85(1)

Perfect and relative pitch 86(1)

Creativity and development of musical ideas 87(3)

Music reading 90(1)

Accompaniment 91(2)

Case Studies 93(34)

Case study 1: Neil 93(1)

Background 93(1)

Intake 93(1)

Assessment planning 94(1)

Session I 94(4)

Activities 94(1)

Musicality domain (MUS) 95(2)

Social domain (SOC) 97(1)

Session 1 summary 98(1)

Session 2 98(3)

Activities 98(1)

Musicality domain (MUS) 99(1)

Social domain (SOC) 100(1)

Session 2 summary 101(1)

Session 3 101(3)

Activities 101(1)

Musicality domain (MUS) 102(1)

Social domain (SOC) 103(1)

Session 3 summary 104(1)

IMTAP summary (Neil) 104(4)

Case study 2: Timothy 108(14)

Background 108(1)

Intake 108(1)

Assessment planning 109(2)

Fine motor domain (FM) 111(1)

Receptive communication/auditory perception domain (RC) 112(2)

Expressive communication domain (EC) 114(1)

Cognitive domain (COG) 115(1)

Sensory domain (SEN) 116(1)

Social domain (SOC) 117(2)

Emotional domain (EMO) 119(1)

Musicality domain (MUS) 120(2)

IMTAP summary (Timothy) 122(5)

The IMTAP Software and CD-ROM 127(8)

Installing the IMTAP software 127(1)

System requirements 127(1)

Installing on a Windows system 127(1)

Installing on a Macintosh system 128(1)

Using the IMTAP software 128(6)

Entering client records 129(1)

Viewing and printing client records 129(1)

Exporting Contact Information 130(1)

Conducting a client intake 130(1)

Recording assessment data 130(2)

Goals and objectives 132(1)

The Report Menu 133(1)

Printing 133(1)

Technical support 134(1)

Appendix A: IMTAP forms 135(6)

Intake Form

Cover Sheet

Session Outline

Domain Forms

Gross Motor (GM)

Fine Motor (FM)

Oral Motor (OM)

Sensory (SEN)

Receptive Communication/Auditory Perception (RC)

Expressive Communication (EC)

Cognitive (COG)

Emotional (EMO)

Social (SOC)

Musicality (MUS)

Summary Form

Goals and Objectives

Graph Form

Quantification Form

Appendix B: Music Reading Samples 141(6)

IMTAP Music Sample Hii

IMTAP Music Sample Hiii

IMTAP Music Sample Hv

IMTAP Music Sample Hvii

IMTAP Music Sample Hix
References 147(2)
Index 149