Working with coexisting diagnoses

Have you ever working with a client that had more than one diagnosis? Of course, often ADHD and autism, autism and SPD, ADHD and CP, etc. are present in children with developmental delays. So, how can Interactive Metronome help take training to the next level no matter what the diagnosis? Wendy Harron, an awesome OT and IM Provider, has the answers. Read more to find out how to work with cormorbid diagnoses.

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How Many Claps ‘Til You Reach the End of IM Training?

We often get questions on how to use IM with specific populations, how to work with the equipment and anything else that is causing our Providers headaches. Amy Vega, a fabulous SLP and our Clinical Education Director, is here to answer those questions in a weekly series. This time we are covering the length of IM training. Many people look at this as a certain number of claps; so, how many claps does it take to reach the end of the average IM training plan.

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Using IM to Work on Attention: Auditory and Visual

From time to time, we get questions on how to use IM with specific populations, how to work with the equipment and anything else that is causing our Providers headaches. Amy Vega, a fabulous SLP and our Clinical Education Director, is here to answer those questions in a weekly series. Each week, we will address one topic in-depth that has plagued our Providers. So, be sure to check back here for all the answers to your questions. While you’re at it, send in a question that has been on your mind. You never know who else it may help.

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How To Use Difficulty Settings With IM Training

From time to time, we get questions on how to use IM with specific populations, how to work with the equipment and anything else that is causing our Providers headaches. Amy Vega, a fabulous SLP and our Clinical Education Director, is here to answer those questions in a weekly series. Each week, we will address one topic in-depth that has plagued our Providers. So, be sure to check back here for all the answers to your questions. While you’re at it, send in a question that has been on your mind. You never know who else it may help.

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Developmental Optometrist

Developmental Optometrists Developmental optometrists, also known as behavioral or pediatric optometrists (if your specialty is with school age children), are more than your average eye doctor. There is more to optometry than correcting blurred vision or an astigmatism. Are the eyes functioning together as a team? Is the malfunction affecting learning?...

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Mental Health Professionals

Mental Health Professionals Like the family and caregivers they work with everyday, mental health  professionals are concerned with an individual approach to treatment. Whether it is a clinical psychologist focusing on research or a psychiatrist who writes prescriptions, mental health professionals need the tools to work with these varying groups. IM is...

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Other Healthcare and Mental Health Professionals

Other Healthcare and Mental Health Professionals Part of what makes IM so unique is its ability to improve domain-general mechanisms. The domain-general mechanism of timing is a "jack of all trades" mechanism that manifests itself in sleep cycles, speech patterns, ability to attend over time and overall efficacy of brain communication....

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Educators/School Psychologists

Educators & School Psychologists Today, maybe more than ever, schools are facing heavy pressure to keep standardized test numbers high and budgets low. This approach to educating children usually means that children with cognitive deficits and developmental disorders rarely receive the full complement of training needed to flourish. After realizing the...

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Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists

Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists Speech-Language Pathologists and  Audiologists specialize in communication and swallowing disorders, but the effect these conditions have on individuals goes well beyond trouble expressing words. So, what is really needed is a tool that will help address these problems at their core, deep in the nervous system. Without...

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