Training Courses
Training Courses Offered at DMH
We invite you to peruse the listing of our training courses and supervision. All of our courses are taught live and in-person. Recently, because of the global demand for our courses, we have been working hard to create additional. Therefore, in addition to live and in-person courses, DMH will offer courses online via video recording training format as well as real-time video conferencing course. In addition to courses, we offer clinical supervision for music therapists and DIRFloortime practitioners.
If you are interested in hosting any of our training courses, please email us at info@dmhmusictherapy.com . We would be happy to answer any questions to help set up a training in your area. We have offered our courses throughout South America, Europe, and the USA.
Training Courses Include:
An Introduction to DIRFloortime for Music Therapists
This course provides participants with the opportunity to take this 13-hour course via video lecture segments. Following registration (allow for 48 hours before receiving materials), you will receive a confirmation that you’ve successfully registered for the course. Visit this page for more information about the course.
IMCAP-ND Assessment Course
The IMCAP-ND is a psychometrically tested musical-play observation instrument that focuses on how clients perceive, interpret, and create music with the therapist as the first step in formulating clinical goals and strategies. IMCAP-ND provides the therapist with a method for observing, listening, and rating musical: 1) social-emotional responses, 2) cognition/perception, and preferences, perceptual efficiency, and self-regulation. Visit this page for more information about the course.
Improvising Musical themes with Clinical Intent
Musical themes are the “playing field” for musical interaction in which clients are provided with opportunities to engage and express. Through the creation of themes that are built around the client’s musical, behavioral, and/or emotional cues clients may experience empathy, predictability and feelings of safety that can enhance the relational music making experience. This course explores the intersection between clinical-musical themes and syntax and how they serve as a foundation for providing opportunities for engagement. Visit this page for more information about the course.
Crafting Measurable Music-Centered Goals
Clinical goals are the building blocks of the treatment plan and guide the music therapy process. Goals are designed to be specific, realistic, meaningful, measurable and tailored to meet the needs of the client. Generally, in music therapy practice, clinical goals tend to focus primarily on conventional domain areas of health such as motor, cognition, emotional, speech and so on. This course will focus on understanding music as its own domain of health and will introduce ideas and examples related to crafting operationally defined, measurable and meaningful music-centered goals. Visit this page for more information about the course.
If you have any questions regarding any or our courses, please do not hesitate to email us at info@dmhmusictherapy.com. You can also follow us and post on any of our Facebook pages: Developmental Music Health Services and IMCAP-ND (Music Therapy Assessment)