DIR 433: Using music in floortime 

Course Description

Musical interaction IS interaction, musical relatedness IS relatedness and musical communication IS communication. This course will provide participants with learning opportunities focused on facilitating musical-play interactions through the use of percussion and singing.  The course is designed for Floortime practitioners who would like to use music to foster self-regulation,  2-way purposeful communication and engagement. 

Instructional method: Live Online lecture with video examples and live musical demonstrations.

Prerequisite: DIR 101

Instructor 

John A. Carpente, Ph.D., MT-BC, LCAT, is a Professor of music therapy at Molloy College, founder & director of the Rebecca Center for Music Therapy, and founder of the Center for Autism and Child Development at Molloy College. Dr. Carpente is a pioneer of DIRFloortime-based music therapy and has over 20 years of clinical and supervisory experience working in various clinical settings serving children, adolescents, and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders. He received his Master of Arts degree at the Steinhart School of Education at New York University, where he also completed post-graduate advanced certification training, levels 1 & 2, in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. He completed his Ph.D. from Temple University where he received several research and clinical practice awards for innovation and contributions to the field of music therapy. Dr. Carpente is credentialed as an Expert DIRFloortime Practitioner and trainer by the ICDL. His research interests include clinical assessment and improvisational music therapy with autistic people. He has written several peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and authored the Individual Music-Centered Assessment Profile for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (IMCAP-ND). He has lectured and conducted trainings worldwide has received numerous awards for his research and clinical contributions to the field. 

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will be able to explain how musical interaction IS interaction, musical relatedness IS relatedness and musical communication IS communication.

2. Participants will be able to identify strategies for facilitating musical-play interactions through the use of percussion and singing.

3. Participants will be able to identify specific methods and ways to use music to foster functional emotional development, specifically focusing on self-regulation,  purposeful two-way communication, and engagement.

course outline

Welcome & Introductions; Overview and expectations of the course (15 min)

Review of Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities 1 through 3 (20 min)

Music interaction as developmental health: FEDCs in musical-play(25 min)

Overview of room set up and preferred instruments (10 min)

Exploring the voice & role of melodic singing (integration of rhythm and percussion) to facilitate engagement (20 min)

What may get in the way of the non-musician therapist? (20 min)

Clinical-music techniques such as: imitating, reflecting, synchronizing, extending, incorporating, and rhythmic grounding. (60 min)

Q & A (10 min)

Professional Continuing Education

All participants can request a Certificate of Attendance documenting hours of participation and available professional continuing education credits at the time of registration. Please note that continuing education credit is only provided for direct seat time. Course preparation including readings, lectures, and mentoring is not included in the CE hour or credit total. This course is a live online course and participants must log in individually to the online classroom, following the instructions provided by ICDL and with their camera on, so there is a record of each participant's attendance individually. If participants join in a room with a group, each participant must still log in on their own device so ICDL can see each participant and verify each individual's login and log out of the online classroom. Participants must attend the entire course to get CE credit. Partial credit is not an option. 

Social Workers must complete the course evaluation posted on the floortime.org course page in order to receive ASWB ACE continuing education credit. 

Course Completion:

• Attendance is required to complete this course. Students in live online courses must have a device (PC, Mac, Tablet, Smartphone) with a microphone. ICDL provides the software for the course. 

• Passing the post-test with at least 70% is required for course completion

• Certificate of Attendance (by request) will be available on floortime.org within 30 days of course completion. To request accommodations, please contact certificates@icdl.com.

Please CLICK HERE for Instructor Disclosures 

The course content is focused on a specific product or service (DIRFloortime®) and there will be no mention of other products or services. ICDL does not receive any commercial support for the DIRFloortime certificate courses. If any commercial support is provided for a conference or event, it will be disclosed on the promotional material or webpage for that specific event. 

Continuing Education Questions?  E-mail ceu@icdl.com

Speech and Language Pathologists

This course is offered for 0.3 ASHA CEUs (Various levels, Professional area).

Non-Credit Onsite Events: Continuing education credit is not offered for breakfast, luncheon, and dinner functions nor breaks, board and committee meetings, and networking events.

Skills Level: This Training is appropriate for occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, educators, and mental health treating professionals of all skill levels.

Important Information for Speech and Language Pathologists:

As part of your registration, you were asked if you want CE credits for ASHA for this course. Selecting "yes" is required for ICDL to process your ASHA continuing education credits. If you chose "yes", our Continuing Education Department will complete and submit an ASHA participant form on your behalf at the conclusion of your course as long as your attendance requirements are met

We also request that all participants complete a course evaluation form posted on the course page. This course evaluation is for ICDL and is used to help improve all aspects of our training program. Your feedback is valuable and we thank you for your time!

If you have any questions about this process please email us at ceu@icdl.com.

DIR 433: Using music in floortime 

ICDL is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID #2385. This live online course is offered at 0.3 CEUs, introductory level, OT service delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

Non-Credit Onsite Events: Continuing education credit is not offered for breakfast, luncheon, dinner functions or breaks; board and committee meetings, networking events.

Skill Level: This Training is appropriate for occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, educators and mental health treating professionals holding at least DIRFloortime Basic Certificate.

Please complete the course evaluation survey that will be posted on your class page. This course evaluation is for ICDL and is used to help us improve our course offerings. We thank you for your time.

Counselors

psychologists

social workers

NEW YORK STATE SOCIAL WORKERS:

International Council on Development and Learning, Inc., SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0371.  This course is offered for 3 contact hours of credit.  

Educators

NEW YORK STATE EDUCATORS:

ICDL is recognized by the New York State Education Department's Office of Teaching Initiatives as an approved sponsor of CTLE for Professional Classroom Teachers, School Leaders and Level III Teaching Assistants. Approved Provider Number: 23878.

MUSIC THERAPISTS

MT-BCs can claim credits for the course under the Other Continuing Education Opportunities category for recertification. Please refer to the Recertification Manual for additional details