Music Therapy Treatment Plan

Client & Setting

Ray is an 18 year old Caucasian male who is a 12th grade student at Georgia
Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS). Ray was referred
by his teacher because of severe emotional/behavioral disorders on 9/21/12.
Goals
As a result of the music therapy assessment, the following music therapy
goals were established for Ray:
1.

To increase Rays impulse control, operationally defined as his

ability to stop playing/singing after being cued verbally and
nonverbally by the student music therapist.

Terminal Objectives
The long-term music therapy objective established for Ray was:
1. Ray will increase his impulse control in response to a prompt from
student music therapist from a baseline measurement of 58% on
October 3rd, 2014 to a final measurement of 100% by November 21st,
2014.
Short-Term Objectives
For Terminal Objective No. 1
1. Ray will increase his impulse control from a baseline measurement of
58% accuracy in response to the therapists verbal and nonverbal cues
to end playing/singing on October 3rd, 2014 to a measurement of 64%
accuracy by October 17th, 2014.
2. Rays impulse control from a measurement of 64% accuracy in
response to the therapists verbal and nonverbal cues to end
playing/singing on October 17th , 2014 to a measurement of 70%
accuracy by October 24th, 2014.
3. Rays impulse control from a measurement of 70% accuracy in
response to the therapists verbal and nonverbal cues to end
playing/singing on October 24th, 2014 to a measurement of 76%
accuracy by October 31st, 2014.
4. Rays impulse control from a measurement of 76% accuracy in
response to the therapists verbal and nonverbal cues to end
playing/singing on October 31st, 2014 to a measurement of 82%
accuracy by November 7th, 2014

5. Rays impulse control from a measurement of 82% accuracy in

response to the therapists verbal and nonverbal cues to end
playing/singing on November 7th, 2014 to a measurement of 88%
accuracy by November 14th, 2014
6. Rays impulse control from a measurement of 88% accuracy in
response to the therapists verbal and nonverbal cues to end
playing/singing on November 14th, 2014 to a measurement of 94%
accuracy by November 21st, 2014.
7. Rays impulse control from a measurement of 94% accuracy in
response to the therapists verbal and nonverbal cues to end
playing/singing on November 21st, 2014 to a measurement of 100%
accuracy by November 21st, 2014.
Treatment/Therapeutic Procedures
To Increase Rays impulse control, music will be used in therapy both as the
mediator, reinforcement and structure. A large opportunity of improvisation
playing will occur as well as lyric analysis and discussions regarding his
opinions and feelings. The improvisation playing will create a structured
atmosphere for Rays emotional and impulse control skills. Song writing will
occur to help the building of rapport between the client and student music
therapist, this will also affect Rays creativity and long-term memory. Music
of certain artists/bands will be re-created to help develop Rays repertoire
and self-esteem. Drumming will be used to help reinforce the clients tempo
control throughout performance and singing will be used to help build selfesteem. There will be brief introductions to a variety of instruments and their
use. Performance in school/church/other locations will be supported by the
student music therapist, and rehearsal will occur during sessions.
Performance will be used in the manner to receive positive reinforcement
from peers, faculty, and guardians. While learning to control speed, and
picking up on cues from the therapist either verbally or nonverbally, verbal
reinforcement and positive facial affect form the therapist will be used on a
continuous schedule to encourage and establish improvement. In order to
help motivate Ray to follow instructions, guitar improvisation will be saved
until the end of the sessions.
Design
The design used for music therapy with this client will be single baseline,
also known as partial reversal.
Evaluation
Rays progress in the area of impulse control, further defined as the following
of a cue that is verbal or nonverbal prompted by the student music therapist
in order to end playing/singing will be measured through the

stimulus/response method of frequency recording. A percentage will be the

amount of prompts followed accurately divided by the total given prompts
within each given session. Measurements are tallied by the therapist after
the task is completed.

Signature of Student Music Therapist

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