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Tool for the Assessment of the Quality of Relationship (AQR-Tool)

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Tool for the Assessment of the Quality of Relationship (AQR-Tool)

The AQR-Tool helps to assess the quality of relationship between the patient and the therapist. The assessment can answer the question whether - from a developmental psychological point of view - the therapist’s intervention is appropriate to the patient’s state of development.

Catalog of Assessment Tools

Tool for the Assessment of the Quality of Relationship (AQR-Tool)

The AQR-Tool helps to assess the quality of relationship between the patient and the therapist. The assessment can answer the question whether - from a developmental psychological point of view - the therapist’s intervention is appropriate to the patient’s state of development.

Title (Acronym)  
Tool for the Assessment of the Quality of Relationship (AQR-Tool)
Author(s) Schumacher, K., Calvet, C. & Reimer, S.
Publication date 2011, 2013 (German publication), 2019 (English publication)
Publisher info Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (German publication), Reichert-Verlag (English publication)
Purpose The AQR-Tool helps to assess the quality of relationship between the patient and the therapist. The assessment can answer the question whether - from a developmental psychological point of view - the therapist’s intervention is appropriate to the patient’s state of development.
Assessment
index terms		 Observational - an assessment tool or process in which observation of client behavior con-stitute the predominant mode of data collection
Electronic - an assessment tool that involves the use of an electronic or digital device during the administration phase
Population Children on the autistic spectrum. Further development of the AQR-Tool for people with severe multiple disabilities, for people with dementia, for people with borderline personality disorder, for music therapy in psychosomatic medicine and for music therapy in neurorehbilitation
Scores Not applicable.
Administration Either individually, or in a group to compare the results.
Time The amount of administration time depends on the assessment question. Intervention questions that arise during therapeutic work: immediate. For diagnosis, one therapy session in addition to 15 minutes of the video with assessment of the basic mode. Research: to estimate the basic mode: three times the video time. Microanalysis: six times the video time.
Comments

Specialized training is required
Can only be administered by a trained music therapist
Cross-refence Download cross references as pdf
Reference

Schumacher, K. Calvet, C., Reimer, S. (2013): Das EBQ-Instrument und seine entwick-lungspsychologischen Grundlagen. Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Schumacher, K., Calvet, C., Reimer, S. (2019): The AQR Tool - Assessment of the Quali-ty of Relationship. Wiesbaden: Reichert-Verlag.
REVIEW None.
Description The AQR-Tool for the Assessment of the Quality of Relationship has been developed in music therapy with children on the autistic spectrum. Developmental psychological knowledge, especially infant research, forms the theoretical basis. The scales of the AQR-Tool follow the logic of development as described by the infant researcher D. Stern and focus on how the relationship to oneself (body and voice), to objects such as music instruments, and to the music therapist develops in children with pervasive developmental disorders. Another scale describes the music therapist and his/her interventions. Therefore, an AQR-Assessment can answer the question whether - from a developmental psychological point of view - the therapist’s intervention is appropriate to the patient’s state of development. The AQR-Scales can help to work out appropriate interventions and aims for therapy.