All the details here are taken from IM official website – for comprehensive information visit: https://www.interactivemetronome.com/
What is Interactive Metronome?
Interactive Metronome® (IM) is an evidence-based training and assessment tool. IM is shown to improve cognition, attention, focus, memory, speech/language, executive functioning, comprehension, as well as motor & sensory skills.
How does IM Affect the Brain?
IM is an evidence-based, engaging therapeutic modality used by professionals who work with pediatric and adult patients with neurological conditions that affect cognitive and motor functioning. IM is believed to improve the resolution and efficiency of an individual’s internal brain clock(s) and temporal processing. It is hypothesized that this results in more efficient brain connectivity, communication, and synchronization via increased integrity of the brain white matter tract communication system, producing more efficient communication between critical brain networks.
Research has shown IM intervention leads to improvements in the following areas of the brain:
You can read the research papers here: https://www.interactivemetronome.com/im-specific-research-white-papers
How Does IM Actually Achieve the Cited Results?
Through its unique software and hardware, the Interactive Metronome® challenges the user to synchronize a range of whole body exercises to a beat. A score is provided in milliseconds. IM’s game-like features engage the client with auditory and visual guidance and provide real-time feedback while encouraging him/her to improve their scores.
IM Treatment Applications:
IM is used by 30,000 clinicians, hospitals and universities to treat pediatric and adult populations with ADHD, autism, traumatic brain injuries, strokes, sensory processing disorders, learning disabilities, developmental delays, speech-language issues, cerebral palsy, auditory processing disorders and dyslexia. It is also used to improve sports & athletic performance.
- PEDIATRIC CONDITIONS:
- Autism
- ADHD
- ADD
- Dyslexia
- Non-specific Reading Disorders
- Learning Disabilities and Difficulties
- Speech/Language Issues
- Attention / Focus Issues
- Problems with Mathematical Skills
- Executive Functions Issues
- and much more
- ADULT CONDITIONS:
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Stroke
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Neurological Conditions
- Speech / Language Rehab
- Concentration and Attention Issues
- Processing Speed Issues
- Coordination Problems
- Balance Issues
- Executive Functions Issues
- and more
How to Enrol in the Interactive Metronome® Intervention?
IM is offered not only as part of some Integra Master
Program® packages, but also separately in a remote version. A purchase of IM Home unit is needed, in order to have this kind of distance service.
- Initial Fee: 230 euros, which includes:
- Support for installing the software and activating the license
- Initial IM Assessment of the child or the adult
- The first IM Intervention Program – the daily sessions for the first month on the basis of the assessment results
- Instruction and training on how to perform the program. In case the user is a kid, a responsible parent also undergoes a training, so that they can monitor the kid’s performance and physically help them in the beginning, if needed.
- Regular monitoring on how the user deals with the program.
- Ongoing support during the process of learning and getting used to the intervention.
- Monthly Fee: 123 euros, which includes:
- Building the daily therapeutic sessions for the month
- Periodic analysis of the data in the system gathered from the regular training sessions and the test sessions
- Periodic analysis of the quality of the movements while clapping or tapping at the beat (via video-clips sent by the client)
- Program adjustments according to the results of the above analysis
- Ongoing support – answering questions and giving professional advice, in order for the kid or the adult to get the maximum benefit out of the intervention
The fee is due in advance, after a previous discussion of the case and a confirmation that the program is suitable for the child or the adultt. You will then get access to create an account and choose a payment method. After the payment is completed, an invoice is issued on request.
