Interactive Metronome is a tool used to assess and improve the neurological process of motor planning, sequencing and processing; basically the user has to coordinate a set of hand/foot maneuvers set to a specific beat heard through headphones.
Ms. Sue said it was very difficult for him to listen to the cues through the headphones and apply the correct hand/foot exercises to the beat.
Typically, for his age, he should have scored around an 80---the lower the better. He scored between 300 and 400 for the different exercises, which classifies him between severely and extremely deficient...it's always so upsetting and difficult to hear this. His score was severely deficient even for the 6 year old range.
Ugh.
Of course learning the struggles is the first step to improving the behavior, but I just wish for once something would be easy for him.
So we are starting a new program at therapy to work on the Interactive Metronome, which is said to help improve: (from the website: www.interactivemetronome.com)
- Focus and attend for longer periods of time
- Increase physical endurance and stamina
- Filter out internal and external distractions
- Improve ability to monitor mental and physical actions as they are occurring
- Progressively improve coordinated performance.
