NEW! IM-HOME
Kaitlin & IM-HOME
Farmington
Talcott Plaza
230 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06032
Phone:
(860) 674-1824
Fax:
(860) 674-1836
Canton/Avon
Canton Green Plaza
166
Albany Turnpike
Canton, CT 06019
Phone:
(860) 693-8720
Fax:
(860) 693-8913
info@thetalcottcenter.com
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Interactive
Metronome®
Latest modality added to Talcott roster
Available in Canton And Farmington!
Our clinic continues to seek out new modalities, techniques
and clinical certifications in order to remain on the cutting edge
of our professions. In the winter of 2007, Owner Kelly
Massucci and OT Sharon Pinchera attended the
Interactive Metronome®
training in Boston, in order to offer a new, innovative treatment
tool to our clients.
Interactive Metronome®,
or IM®, is a neurologically based assessment and treatment tool
designed to improve both motor planning and sequencing skills. When
looking at our daily lives, motor planning and sequencing play a
crucial role in our every move. From climbing up a set of stairs to
organizing the words in a sentence, motor planning and sequencing
are there!
Through the utilization of IM®,
the client participates in neurosensory and neuromotor exercises
designed to improve the brains processing abilities through the
concept of neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity refers to our brains
ability to reorganize neural pathways as a result of experience.
Developed during the early 1990’s, IM® requires the user to coordinate and synchronize a series of
hand and foot exercises to a computer-generated reference tone.
Listened to through headphones, the user strives to match the
rhythmic beat of the metronome with repetitive rhythmical motor
actions.
IM®
was first developed to improve the skills of children with learning
and developmental disorders such as:
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Sensory
Integration Disorder
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Autism
Spectrum Disorder
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Cerebral
Palsy
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Non-verbal
Learning Disorder
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ADD/ADHD
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As research and
knowledge continued to evolve, IM®
became widely utilized across a variety of new populations including
traumatic brain injury, stroke, Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis.
In addition, IM®
addresses the following skills:
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Focus and
attend
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Control
impulsivity
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Coordination
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Filter out
internal and external distractions
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Language
processing
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Academic
performance
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So, who else has
caught the IM®
bug to develop and refine their skills and abilities?
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Miami
Dolphins
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Miami Heat
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Florida
Panthers
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PGA golfers
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Syracuse
University Lacrosse team
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We are proud to
announce the Interactive Metronome assessment and treatment to our
repertoire of services. We have on-sight Occupational Therapists who
are trained to administer testing and treatment. We also have the
equipment necessary to provide services in this area. Please contact
us for more information.
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Learn more about
Interactive Metronome.
Visit their website
here...
