This three-day online course will equip delegates to use the Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) with minimally responsive patients in clinical settings.
The MATADOC is a standardised music-based assessment of awareness validated for use with adults with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC). It helps with evidence-based treatment planning and contributes to interdisciplinary assessment of awareness in PDOC. The MATADOC provides a rigorous assessment and evaluation for use with people whose awareness is difficult to assess clinically due to complex clinical presentations that compromise motor, cognitive and communication functioning. Although validated for adults with PDOC, it can be used with other minimally responsive populations including children with PDOC, those with profound developmental disabilities, end stage dementia or end stage terminal illness.
This training will cover the background to adult and child PDOC patient groups, and the latest research evidence underpinning the rationale for using music in diagnosis, assessment and treatment with PDOC patient groups.
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https://www.rhn.org.uk/events/music-therapy-assessment-tool-for-awareness-in-disorders-of-consciousness-matadoc-online-training-3/?mc_cid=b4ee676c98&mc_eid=4e1d08fb4d