Music Therapy Exam Secrets Study Guide: MT-BC Test Review for the Music Therapist, Board-Certified Examination

Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the Music Therapy test.

The Music Therapy Exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Music Therapy Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the Music Therapy Exam.

Music Therapy Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A thorough review for the Music Therapy Exam
• A breakdown of music theory, perception, and skills in clinical situations
• An examination of initial assessments and treatment planning
• An analysis of treatments, implementation and termination
• A guide to ongoing documentation and evaluation of therapy
• An in-depth look at professional development and responsibilities

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Music Theory, Perception, and Skills in Clinical Situations section covers:

• Intervals
• Triads and Chords
• Cadences
• Harmonic analysis
• Scales
• Vocal Registers
• Rhythm
• Self-listening and tuning

The Initial Assessment and Treatment Planning section covers:

• Therapy versus regular settings
• Movement and music
• Assessments from observations
• Addressing issues
• Developmental disabilities
• Music therapy assessment
• Objectivity and bias
• Recording therapy sessions

The Treatment, Implementation and Termination section covers:

• Baselines
• Anecdotal records
• Treatment plans
• Learning language
• Individual vs. group therapy
• Targeted music therapy
• Types of design
• Termination

The Ongoing Documentation and Evaluation of Therapy section covers:

• Data shows success
• Secondary gains
• Final evaluation
• Positive and negative reinforcement
• Emotional effects
• Clinical assessment and improvisation
• Designing experimental studies
• Requirements for funding

The Professional Development and Responsibilities section covers:

• Setting goals
• Keeping abreast of developments
• Supervision and consultation
• Computers and music
• Teaching specifics
• Defining music therapy
• Code of Professional Practice
• Following procedure and recommendations

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the Music Therapy Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.