Reaching ADL Goals in Home Healthcare with Interactive Metronome® The Interactive Metronome (IM) facilitates neural timing and synchronization for coordinated movement and thinking that are necessary for performing self-care activities and ADLs independently and safely in the home environment. See how IM lends itself to being used throughout a therapy session...

Using IM in Skilled Nursing Facilities Demand for nursing home and other health-care services for the elderly will increase significantly as the baby-boomers age. At current usage rates, there will be approximately 3 million residents in nursing homes by the year 2030. This is roughly double the current number of nursing...

The Effectiveness of Hand-over-Hand Interactive Metronome® for Infants, Toddlers, and Clients with Severe Physical Disabilities This presentation will review the basic principles of Interactive Metronome as they relate to motor control and functional movement. Hand-over-hand use of Interactive Metronome will be discussed for use with a diverse group of clients including...

Strategies for Facilitating Development in Toddlers & Preschoolers The Interactive Metronome (IM) in has been used as a speech therapy modality in The Language Learning Center, Inc. for approximately 8 years . Initially used primarily with clients exhibiting learning disabilities, difficulties in recognizing language components and processing delays, the treatment has...

Adult Cognitive-Linguistic Group Treatment with IM There are many benefits to providing therapy in a group setting, including peer support and opportunities for natural communication. A core skill that underlies speech/language and cognitive/linguistic abilities is that of mental timing or what is referred to in the literature as temporal processing. The...

Using IM to Enhance Driving Evaluation Results: A Case Study Driving is the highest level IADL a person participates in on a daily basis. People need to be able to safely drive to get around their town and keep them independent especially in rural areas. Driving is usually one of the...

Reconnecting After Concussion: Addressing PCS with IM Post-Concussive Syndrome (PCS), also known as Mild Brain Injury, disrupts a core set of higher level cognitive/executive function skills, resulting in deficits in attention, memory, processing skills, and organization/planning. Additionally, mental endurance/cognitive fatigue is an issue.These deficits often require skilled intervention to reconnect the...

Enhancing TBI Recovery with IM The Interactive Metronome can be an effective tool for treating individuals with a traumatic brain injury. People with brain injuries suffer from deficits in a variety of areas including motor, sensory, cognition and behavior. Deficits in these areas greatly affect people's ability to communicate and to...