Symposium

Arts & Neuroscience

Brain Injury

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Geriatric Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson's disease)

Neuroplasticity (includes neuroscience)

Stroke

Music as an Effective Treatment for Challenging Cognitive and Motor Impairments: An Interprofessional Approach (849072)

Presenter(s)

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  Leanna W. Katz, MS, OTD, OTR/L

  Occupational Therapist
  Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital & Boston University
  Boston, Massachusetts

  Presentation Slides
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  Abigail Spaulding, PT, DPT, NCS

  Physical Therapist
  Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  Charlestown, Massachusetts
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  Caitlin R. Hyatt, MT-BC, Neurologic Music Therapist Fellow

  Clinical Operations Manager
  MedRhythms, Inc.
  Melrose, Massachusetts

Music can both facilitate and support therapeutic interventions for neurological impairment because of its unique ability to be measured and adapted to align with corresponding movement, cognition, and visual/perception.  Recent literature demonstrates multiple theories on music processing and the use of music to promote brain plasticity in neurorehabilitation (Strait et al., 2009; Thaut & Hoemberg, 2014). This presentation will transform these theories into clinical implementation and provide the participants a toolset to utilize in practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify neurological impairments for which neurologic music therapy would be beneficial.
• Replicate the clinical implementation of music for therapeutic interventions.
• Understand the importance of an interprofessional approach for the integration of music in rehabilitation treatment.