Course Schedule

Instructor: John Carpente, Ph.D., MT-BC, LCAT, DIR-C 

Dates of the Course: June 7 & 14th @ 9am-3pm EST (Both synchronous meetings will be recorded for those unable to attend due to time difference)

Cost: Early Bird $199. (Before April 15, 2024), Regular Registration $225, Students $150

DAY 1

  • Overview of ASD
    • ASD Treatments & research
    • DIR model and supportive research
    • Affect diathesis theory & role of affect
  • 10:30-10:45 Break
  • 10:45-12:15 Lecture
  • Define the “D” & 6 Functional Emotional Developmental Levels
    • Level 1: Self-regulation and interest in the world
    • Level 2: Engagement
    • Level 3: 2-way purposeful

Through the experiences of musical-play, we work to develop foundational capacities for social-emotional development

  • 12:15-1:30 Lunch (on your own)
  • 1:30-3:00pm Lecture
  • Review levels 1-3/Continue with FEDLs
    • Level 4: Problem-solving
    • Level 5: Creating ideas
    • Level 6: Bridging ideas
  • 3:00-3:3:15 Break
  • 3:15-5:00 Lecture
  • Define the “I” of DIR model
  • Sensory systems; sensory modulation; praxis & sequencing
  • Affect and praxis
    • Define “R” in DIR
    • Integrating the “D,” “I,” & “R”

DAY 2

  • 9:00-10:30 Lecture
  • Principles & techniques of Floortime: integrating D, I & R
    • Music therapy & Floortime
    • Realizing Floortime with the 4 music therapy methods: improvisation, composition, receptive experience, recreative music
    • MT Emotional Levels & DIR FEDLs
    • Clinical techniques & Floortime procedure

Understanding each client’s biological & musical differences inform how the therapist craft musical experiences in order to maximize interactions

  • 10:30-10:45 Break
  • 10:45-12:15 Lecture
  • Musical Emotional Profiles
  • MEARS Levels & FEDLs
  • Level 1: Musical attention
  • Level 2: Musical affect
  • Level 3: Musical Adaption
  • 12:15-1:30 Lunch
  • 1:30-3:00pm Lecture
  • Level 4: Musical engagement
  • Level 5: Musical interrelatedness
  • Musical differences
  • 3:00-3:3:15 Break
  • 3:15-5:00 Lecture
  • Floortime and musical clinical techniques
    • Assessment and MT goals
    • Wrap-up

Learning Objectives

Participants successfully completing this course will be able to:

  1. Identify common features of autism and other challenges of relating and communicating.
  2. Identify the key features of relationship-based approaches.
  3. Explore 6 Functional Emotional Developmental Levels (FEDLs) in the DIR® model and potential challenges that children face at each capacity.
  4. Understand the “I” in DIR – individual differences and how health, sensory processing, and regulatory challenges can impact a child’s development.
  5. Understand key principles and basic strategies of Floortime.
  6. Understand the role of relationship and family in the DIR® model.
  7. Understand the essential role of affect as it is related to the D, the I, and the “R”.
  8. Understand how to carry out music therapy interventions within a DIRFloortime framework.
  9. Understand how each of the four music music therapy methods can be employed within a DIR framework.
  10. Understand how to assess the type of music therapy method/s is clinical warranted based on the client’s profile.
  11. Understand how to conceptualize client’s, musically, within a DIR framework.
  12. Exploring how the DIR 6 Functional Emotional Capacities relate to specific musical responses with regard to the Musical Emotional Assessment Rating Scale.

Registration

Cost: Early bird before April 15th: $199 US. Regular registration after April 15th: $225 Per Person. Students: $150

Refund Policy: 50% refund until April 8, 2024. No refunds will be awarded after April 8, 2024

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