The Interactive Metronome is used as an assessment tool and also for treatment. The object of the IM training is to help your child improve their ability to selectively plan and sequence, without interruption by internal thoughts or external distractions, over extended periods of time. Your child will use an arm or leg to tap in time with the Interactive Metronome's beat that is heard through headphones. The trigger attached to the limb sends a signal to the computer. The computer will then analyze when the tap occurred in relation to the beat. Interactive Metronome training is used to improve your child’s ability to:
(See: www.interactivemetronome.com)
Recognize that rhythmic patterns or cycles exist in our surroundings
Focus our attention long enough to recognize individual patterns
that
exist within groups of simultaneously-occurring patterns in the surroundings
Create patterns (our actions and thoughts) that are in sync
with other patterns
Adjust or stop our own patterns so they do not interfere with the
patterns of others
