Music therapy ✔✔"The clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish
individual goals within a therapeutic relationship by a
... [Show More] 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 practiceIso 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 movements [Show Less]