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Question 1: A 17 year old is demonstrating a sudden decline in

grades, increased unexcused absences, and inability to concentrate when in school. Facial affect has changed from friendly to flat. When approached, the student states he is fine.Reports indicate the client responds to music, so a music therapy referral is requested. To assess possible causes of the change in behavior, a music therapist should FIRST

• Observe the student in other classes
• Discuss concerns with the guidance counselor
• Identify current stressors in the student's life
• Review the student's individualized education plan (IEP)

CORRECT ANSWER : C. This is the only choice that allows the

music therapist to determine potential causal factors

Question 2: A music therapist is using ballroom dancing to

facilitate intimacy in a relationship between a client, who has dementia, and his wife. During a session, the client's favorite big-band music is played, but he is having difficulty standing up

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and dancing with his wife. The BEST intervention would be to recommend that the wife

• watch a big-band dance video with her husband.
• sing to her husband as they sit facing one another.
• hold her husband's hands and move in time to the music.
• sit silently next to her husband while they listen to the music.

CORRECT ANSWER : C. Having the wife hold her husband's

hands and move in time to the music with him is an intervention that brings both partners together in an active interaction that approximates dancing and facilitates intimacy.

Question 3: A 52-year-old woman hospitalized for ovarian

cancer requests music therapy to help her relax and sleep.During the initial session conducted at bedtime, the client shares her fears and life story before the use of any music intervention.After validating the client's feelings, the BEST direction for the music therapist to take is to

• discuss favorite songs important to the client's life.
• improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.

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• compose a song together reflecting the client's disclosure.
• close the session and bring the client's favorite music to

follow-up visits.

CORRECT ANSWER : B. Once the client has discussed her

fears and shared her story, she may be more ready for sleep.Introducing soft guitar music at this point would be germane to accomplishing the stated therapeutic goal.

Question 4: A music therapist has been jointly treating a client

with vascular dementia and the client's daughter, once a week for one hour. Recently, the client has become more withdrawn, presenting with a reduced emotional response and increased passivity. Despite changes, the daughter continues to encourage the client to be active and engaged, yet the client is agitated and combative. Which of the following is the music therapist's BEST response?

• Continue treatment using the music to address agitation and

combativeness.

• Discontinue treatment as the client's passivity will increase

with disease progression.

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• Remove the daughter from the music therapy session

immediately.

• Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during

music therapy sessions.

CORRECT ANSWER : D. When working with clients who have

vascular dementia, re-evaluation of treatment length and frequency, as well as type of interventions is an important aspect of care due to the often sudden onset of symptoms and continued loss of functioning. While music therapy can be beneficial, music can also, at times, be over-stimulating, possibly causing distress.

Question 5: When completing a behavioral assessment,

information relating ONLY to behaviors observed, not interpretation, is considered

• subjective.
• irrelevant.
• prejudicial.
• objective.