Meet In the Music© (MITM)- Music Therapy Curriculum for Autism & Diverse Needs, on UnitusTI Program Management Cloud
Connect with children with autism and diverse needs through music.
“I have seen much improvement in my son through the M.I.T.M curriculum, he is more interactive, playful, and interested in music. Music is now an important part of how he perceives the world around him.”
— John Seminerio, parent of child with Autism
MITM© includes:
Skill domains: Cognitive, Communication, Emotional, Social, Therapeutic Music Instruction, Physical
a goal bank of over 300 music therapy goals & objectives that you can use to document on your clients, week to week.
165+ interventions, original music, songs, and audio recordings. These interventions include, when applicable:
extensive procedures
picture cards (to view on screen, download and print off)
sheet music (to view on screen, download and print off)
audio files
relaxation recordings
videos for modeling
training videos of music therapy strategies
parent programs to do at home with their child
Both Qualitative and Quantitative data can be collected for analysis.
Treatment plans can be created from program templates, tailored to each client’s ability level and designed to utilize personal strengths, motivations, and interests.
Program tag that helps you filter for telehealth appropriate interventions
“As a speech and language pathologist, I’ve always known the benefit of music therapy for my students. I’m amazed at how much is worked on, each session. MITM works on things like social referencing, joint attention, language skills and following direction, listening carefully, learning new concepts, learning new vocabulary & expressive language… the list just goes on!
Where I’ve noticed a huge improvement with my daughter is her ability to self regulate. She actually finds the activities that are best for her. Once she’s had that, you can see her whole body calming down and it gets her ready to learn. With MITM, there is a really good balance between supporting my daughter to choose what she needs but also getting her open to learning and doing other things.”
— Stephanie Chamut, Speech and language pathologist, parent of child with Autism
The Meet In The Music©curriculum is for any music therapist in an organization or private practice using music to connect with children who have autism or other diverse needs.
Included in the MITM© curriculum is the relaxation program "Rooted in Music".
These relaxation recordings can be used in a variety of populations and ages. Rooted in Music is successfully being used in schools, in home, senior's homes, dental clinics, and harm reduction addiction facilities. For the child with Autism and his family, there is often daily stress of navigating through the challenges of interaction and overwhelming sensory input. Providing opportunities to simply “be” in the moment and live in the rhythm for a while can help your child feel calmer, more relaxed. It can reduce anxiety and bring attention and focus to his body and mind. Add this relaxation to your child’s “bag of self-regulation tricks”! This relaxation is also for you to enjoy along with your child or independently. This is also an excellent resource for therapists, interventionists and any members of the child’s treatment team.
“I don’t usually use relaxation recordings in my practice, but Esther Thane’s Rooted in Music recording is an exception. Esther’s recordings work! The piano music and the sound of Esther’s voice are soothing and calming. I have used her recordings and found them to be very effective in helping anxious clients relax. I am thrilled they are included in her MITM curriculum for others to experience!”
— Dr. Diane Austin, ACMT, LCAT, Director of the Music Psychotherapy Center in NYC, NY
Esther Thane published a chapter on her “Rooted In Music” relaxation method, in “Voicework in Music Therapy” textbook, used by various university music therapy training programs:
Why should you use Meet In The Music© (MITM)?
Meet In The Music© has been developed and refined for 25 years in the field of autism and special education with hundreds of children, and is a proven, successful curriculum in music therapy practice today used by music therapists throughout the US, Canada, and in Australia, that can immediately help you measure and validate your treatment plan.
“With MITM, my daughter responds on a different level… it speaks to her heart. I see it touching many different areas that she needs to work on: eye contact, social skills, bi-lateral integration, lots of sensory needs are being met, her ability to focus and calm herself. It’s just so seamless. She’s really her most happy and authentic self in these experiences.”
— Sandra Doyle, parent of child with autism
Listen to the podcast talking all about the MITM© curriculum:
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
(or search ‘Canadian Music Therapy’ in your favourite podcast app)
UnitusTI Cloud Platform for Music Therapists & Music Educators
For:
Sole proprietor Music Therapists
Music educators
Small & large music therapy practices
Universities (Music Therapy Programs)
Those servicing ANY population & ANY age group
Those that take narrative session notes after music therapy sessions
Those that take quantitative data using rating scale, frequency counts, duration data, discrete trial, task analysis etc.
How does one use the curriculum?
Document on your clients using narrative data or quantitative data using your phone, tablet or laptop (iOS or Android devices)
Meet In The Music© (MITM) curriculum comes pre-loaded with your UnitusTI account
Create your own program templates that include goals, objectives and methods
Collect Qualitative and Quantitative data for analysis
Create Treatment plans that can be client's tailored to ability level, personal strengths, motivations, and interests
We utilize UnitusTI- therapy software for our practice management, assessments, documentation, clinical reports, and scheduling, as well as the Meet In the Music Curriculum©. This program is implemented by music therapists globally.