“An individual will always integrate new information and skills when there is inner motivation and curiosity. Music can be the built in reward.”
Esther Thane, BMT, MTA, AVPT | Creator of MITM
What is Meet In The Music (MITM)?
Meet In The Music© is a curriculum and a music therapy goal bank with a broad range of options that will allow you to instantly professionalize your music therapy practice.
MITM is easy to implement and includes all of the major components required for a modern practice. It has built-in program templates (music therapy interventions: both improvisation based and structured) for programming individual learners. 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.
Meet In The Music© (MITM) is a music therapy curriculum for autism and special needs that includes original interventions and songs and a goal bank. It includes customizable program templates, downloadable sheet music, video demonstrations, picture manipulatives and a wide scope and sequence of skill sets across many domains.
Program content includes:
Music Therapy Goal Bank
New interventions and songs
Parent programs
New training videos category
Telehealth tag & considerations for applicable interventions
New telehealth interventions
Videos
Sheet music
Picture cards
Included in the MITM curriculum is the relaxation program "Rooted in Music".
For the child with Autism and their 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 a child feel calmer, more relaxed, reduce anxiety and bring attention and focus to body and mind. This is an excellent resource for therapists, interventionists, parents, caregivers and any other members of a child’s treatment team. Enjoy this resource along with a child or for yourself!
Who is MITM For?
The Meet In The Music© (MITM) curriculum is for any music therapist in an organization or private practice using music to connect with children who have autism or other special education needs.
What MITM users are Saying
How Does the MITM Curriculum Work?
The Meet In The Music© program is delivered to professionals via subscription to the UnitusTI electronic data records (EDR) cloud.
Leading-edge data collection, staff and client management tools and program templates are built right into UnitusTI.
See instant data and quickly graph progress to make informed decisions
Provide reports and share relevant data securely with others
Track staff performance and give them collaboration tools to keep your practice on track
Customizable data collection means you can track as much or as little as you need to keep business humming and your clients happy
Delivered through the UnitusTI electronic data records cloud and accessible from any device, anywhere in the world.
UnitusTI capabilities include:
Assessments | Programs | Curricula | Data Acquisition Types | Program Maintenance | Target Maintenance | Pre-defined Reports | Customizable Reports | Service Code Tracking | Session Notes | Graphing | Calendar | Internal Messaging | Document Storage | Session Tracking | Interactive Materials | Role-based Access | Multimedia | Automatic Backups | Billing Prep | Real-time Data Monitoring
About the Author
Esther Thane, BMT, MTA, AVPT | Creator of MITM | Executive Director of ET Music Therapy
Esther has specialized since 1996 in the field of Autism and special needs. After many wonderful years on faculty at Capilano University, teaching in the Bachelor of Music Therapy Program, Esther continues to enjoy presenting at conferences, writing book reviews for published journals, & holding workshops for universities, local agencies and internationally. In 2014, Esther completed Dr. Diane Austin's (Music Psychotherapy Center, NY) first international distance training program in Advanced Vocal Psychotherapy. Her publication in the book: Voicework in Music Therapy (Jessica Kingsley Publishers), focuses on her innovative method of Vocal-Led Relaxation for Children with Autism. Esther created Meet In The Music (MITM) music therapy curriculum for children with autism, which is utilized by music therapists throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. Esther is Executive Director of ET Music Therapy in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the team serve over 120 families with both in person and telehealth: in two studio locations, in schools, implementing the MITM curriculum. In 2017, Esther was honored to receive the Iconic Women Creating a Better World For All award, presented by the Women Economic Forum in New Delhi, India. Recently, Esther received the Canadian Association For Music Therapy “PEER Recognition” award for innovation and advocacy.