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Music Therapy Board Certification Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Music therapy ✔✔"The clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individual goals within a t... herapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program" (AMTA, 2015). Education for All Handicapped Children Act ✔✔Public Law 94-142; passed in 1975 to call for mainstreaming of students with disabilities into public schools in the United States ("free and appropriate" education) Individualized Education Program (IEP) ✔✔Developed in 1978 through IDEA to improve the education of students with disabilities who are qualified for special education in the United States; written plan that includes an assessment of the student's strengths and limitations, concrete goals and objectives for education, a list of the people administering the program, related services, and methods for evaluation American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) ✔✔The national organization that represents the field of music therapy in the United States today; promotes awareness of the profession, advances clinical and scientific knowledge in the field, and sets and maintains the standards of music therapy practice Iso principle ✔✔The concept that music should be chosen to initially match the mood state of a client and adjusted gradually to the desired mood state; described in Kircher's (1602-1680) theory of temperaments and affections, in the dissertation of Samuel Mathews in 1806, and by Esther Gatewood in 1920; termed in the 1940s by Ira Altshuler National Association for Music Therapy ✔✔Established in 1950; first national organization to represent the field of music therapy; signaled the birth of the music therapy profession American Association for Music Therapy ✔✔Established in 1971; originally called the Urban Federation for Music Therapists (UFMT); the second national organization that represented the field of music therapy; merged with the NAMT in 1998 to form the AMTA Board Certification exam ✔✔Established in 1985 by the NAMT and the AAMT to increase the credibility of the field of music therapy; an exam taken by a music therapy student to measure his or her knowledge of music therapy principles and foundations, clinical theories and techniques, general knowledge about music, and professional roles and responsibilities Sensorimotor ✔✔The first stage of Piaget's theory of development that takes place between the ages of zero and two; the child learns through his or her senses and motor moveme [Show More]

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