1. By Mary Jones, OTR/L, DipCOT Brain Focus International, Inc.
CERTIFICATION & COACHING: IM PEDIATRIC BEST PRACTICES MODULE 6: INTERPRETING DATA
By Mary Jones, OTR/L, DipCOT
Sensational Kids, LLC
Brain Focus International, Inc.

2. Outcome Goals for Module 6
Homework assignment and post-test review from Module 5.
Interpreting IM data specific to pediatric populations
Review of Module 6
Assignment/Homework

3. Review of Post-Test from Module 5
1. Children may elicit a negative emotional response from a practitioner during IM training by expressing which of the following?
Demand more attention than others
Opposition
Motivation
a and b
Answer: D

4. Review of Post-Test from Module 5
2. True or False: The very children we find the most difficult to build relationships with are the ones who do not need positive relationships with adults the most.
Answer: False

5. Review of Post-Test from Module 5
3. When working with children who present with challenging behaviors the following are common reactions:
Feeling frustrated
Feeling discouraged
Questioning of professional skills
All of the above
Answer: D

6. Review of Post-Test from Module 5
4. What can be done during IM sessions to help build positive relationships with IM students?
Allow students to help you during sessions
Provide task directed opportunities
a and b
None of the above
Answer: C

7. Review of Post-Test from Module 5
True or False: It is important to make sure students know how important they are to the IM process.
Answer: True

8. The Key to IM Success: Modify for Engagement!
Be Spontaneous for Novelty!
Increase repetition for
Synaptic growth!

9. Techniques for Success
Positioning alternatives
Physical Environment
Sensory Environment
Motivation Strategies
Tempo/Timing variance
Feedback Strategies
Interpreting Data
Pacing of activities and themes
Duration of tasks and sessions
Building Relationships – allowing control
Switch choices and Access

10. Interpreting data with pediatric populations.
Review of norms reference list
Review of how to locate data lists, results view
Review of how to print, copy, save as pdf for records
How to locate and use clinical data sheets.

11. Interactive Metronome® (IM) Assessment Results
The Interactive Metronome® (IM) is a brain-based rehabilitation assessment and training program developed to directly improve the processing abilities that affect attention, motor planning, and sequencing. This, in turn, strengthens motor skills, including mobility, gross motor function, and many fundamental cognitive capacities such as planning, organizing and language.

12. The normative ranges for IM performance are as follows:
Age
6 -
7 to 8
9 to 10
11 to 12
13 to 15
16+
Extreme Deficiency
280+
270+
260+
240+
215+
200+
Severe Deficiency
Below Average
90-169
80-159
75-154
72-149
70-146
Average
90-119
65-89
55-79
45-74
43-71
41-69
Above Average
56-89
45-64
38-54
36-44
33-42
30-40
Exceptional
40-55
32-44
28-37
26-35
23-32
22-29
Superior
Below 40
Below 32
Below 28
Below 26
Below 23
Below 22

13. LOCATING RESULTS VIEW – SHORT FORM TEST

14. INTERPRETING SHORT FORM TEST GRAPH

15. SHORT FORM TEST OVER DURATION

17. INTERPRETING SRO% GRAPH FOR SFT

19. LOCATING LONG FORM ASSESSMENT REPORT DATA

22. Feeling the Beat

23. Decreasing the Praxic Load

24. To enable new motor planning

31. Data List View

38. Embellishing a PDF File (8.3)

41. Review of Module 6 Learning Outcomes
Review of norms reference list
Review of how to locate data lists, results view
Review of how to print, copy, save as pdf for records
How to locate and use clinical
data sheets.
Case example: interpreting
data to best plan IM
training for a child.

43. Module 6 Homework
1. Complete Post-Test 2. Complete LFA with a child and review data