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From: Erika Shira
Date: 11 Oct 2008
Time: 20:16:45 -0500
Remote Name: 66.92.76.147
Great question. I'm not really well-versed in MIT myself, though I got a basic background in it in my graduate training. So yes, MTs definitely practice MIT. Part of the training for the NMT (neurologic music therapist) credential, which I don't hold, involves MIT. The basic difference between MIT and the method I described is that MIT, as I understand it, uses speech set to a melodic contour along with rhythmic tapping. The fluency work I've done uses live accompaniment (piano or guitar) and improvised lyrics. I talked about this in another comment here; I usually gauge the individual's comfort level with improvising lyrics and with language retrieval, and I might start with something really freeform (such as just singing about how their weekend went), or I might choose something much more structured in terms of both music and language (like lyric substitution for "My favorite things" where the person lists their own favorite things). Great question; I'd love to hear more about your work using MIT and how we might further develop approaches such as the ones I described to incorporate some MIT approaches.