2015 Education & Training

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Brilliant use of case studies

throughout giving examples of

how to put theory into practice.

- Managing behaviours that challenge in brain injury delegate

Your clinical experience – from tips

during the practicals but also in the

theory – has helped with my clinical

reasoning and understanding.

-Thermoplastic splinting course delegate

Excellently run. Staff were giving

of their time. Very knowledgeable.

Course content very pertinent. Would

highly recommend it to colleagues.

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It gives me great pleasure to present our 2015 education and training programme. This year, alongside the usual mix of open lectures and training courses, I am delighted to introduce our annual National Brain Injury Symposium which takes place on Friday 13 March and explores all aspects of complexity and brain injury. I am equally excited to welcome the return of Music Therapy Advances in Neuro-disability which this year focuses on dialogues in neuroscience, research and clinical practice in the field of music therapy.

The programme in this brochure captures the width and breadth of RHN expertise, ranges from local outreach events to international knowledge exchange opportunities, and caters for all audiences, from general public to experts in the field and from students to senior healthcare professionals. There is something for everyone, so I certainly hope to see you at the RHN in 2015!

Diane Playford, Director of the Institute of Neuropalliative Rehabilitation, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

About the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Based in Putney, South West London, the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability has been providing specialist care and support for people with complex or profound disabilities due to neurological injury or disease for over 160 years.

We provide a range of services for people living with complex disabilities including short-stay neuro-rehabilitation, long-stay care and specialist nursing home services. We help those affected by disorders of consciousness, acquired or traumatic brain injury and progressive neurological conditions.

Our education and training programme serves as a way for us to share the knowledge and expertise, which we have developed over the years, in this highly specialised field.

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Contents 4

5 Quick look calendar

Conferences

6 National Brain Injury Symposium: Complexity and best practice 7 Music Therapy Advances II: Dialogues in neuroscience, research

and clinical practice

Specialist Training Courses

8 Managing behaviours that challenge in brain injured individuals: The positive behaviour approach

9 An introduction to thermoplastic splinting of the upper limb in neurological conditions

10 SMART assessor training

11 Introduction to casting in neurology

12 An introduction to music therapy techniques in neuro-disability 13 Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of

Consciousness (MATADOC) training

14 Open Lecture Series

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Quick Look Calendar 5 Month Day Event

January 15 Managing behaviours that challenge in brain injured individuals: The positive behaviour support approach

February 12 Open Lecture - Evidence based garden therapy in Scandinavia

March 13 National Brain Injury Symposium: Complexity and

best practice

April 23 Open Lecture: Introducing Mealmats: Multidisciplinary management of eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties

after brain injury

May 7 Managing behaviours that challenge in brain injured individuals: The positive behaviour support approach 18-20 An introduction to thermoplastic splinting of the upper limb

in neurological conditions

June 11 Open Lecture - signing To and singing With people with acquired brain injury: Music therapy techniques for

assessment and rehabilitation

12-13 Music Therapy Advances II: Dialogues in neuroscience,

research and clinical practice

July 6-10 SMART Assessor training

September 9 Managing behaviours that challenge in brain injured individuals: The positive behaviour support approach 17 Open Lecture - Spasticity management in patients with

complex needs

21-23 Introduction to casting in neurology

October 8 An introduction to music therapy techniques in neuro-disability

November 3-5 Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders

of Consciousness (MATADOC) training

19 Open Lecture - Music therapy: How does it work?

December 8 Managing behaviours that challenge in brain injured individuals: The positive behaviour support approach

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Conferences 6

National Brain Injury Symposium: Complexity and best practice Date

Friday 13 March

Venue

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, London, SW15 3SW

Cost

£150

£120 early bird (before 30 January) or if presenting a poster

Details

This one day symposium will cover the theme of ‘complexity’ in brain injury. From assessing capacity to discharge in complex cases, the symposium will be an opportunity to share information and best practice as well as discussing the latest developments in the field. The Symposium will be a mixture of lectures, workshops/panel discussion and poster presentations.

Keynote presentations

• Dr Jessica Fish, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London Complexity and assessment of capacity

• Dr Nick Ward, Reader in Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, UCL Neurorehabilitation and brain plasticity

• Dr Diane Playford, Reader, UCL, Institute of Neurology and Director, Institute of Neuropalliative Rehabilitation, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Complex cases: discharge from neurorehabilitation Poster abstracts are invited under the themes of:

1. Assessment, management and/or treatment of complex cases 2. Complexity along the care pathway: acute, post-acute, funding,

admission, discharge, revolving door, long term care

Lead facilitator:

Dr Sophie Duport, Associate Director of Research, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

For further information or to book:

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Conferences 7

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Music Therapy Advances II: Dialogues in neuroscience, research and clinical practice

Date

Friday 12 - Saturday 13 June

Venue

Cost

£300

£250 early bird (before Wednesday 1 April)

Details

This international conference aims to draw leading researchers and practitioners in music therapy, neuro-rehabilitation, psychology and

neuroscience who are using music based interventions to address the needs of those with acquired, developmental and neurodegenerative conditions.

Keynote presentations:

• Felicitiy Baker, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne

The ‘Pop Selfie’: Rebuilding fragmented identities through therapeutic songwriting

• Professor Jörg Fachner, Anglia Ruskin University

Biomarkers of the music therapy process and effectiveness in psychiatric and neurorehabilitation

• Professor Mari Tervaniemi, Institute of Behavioural Sciences,

University of Helsinki

Empirical windows to music therapy: promises and limitations of the neuroscience approach

• Dr Julian O’Kelly, Research Fellow, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability Music therapy advances in neuro-disability: to infinity and beyond? Papers and poster abstracts are invited under the themes of:

1. Neuroscience methods and applications for music therapy 2. Innovations in research and practice.

Lead facilitator:

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Specialist Training Courses 8

Managing behaviours that challenge in brain injured individuals: The positive behaviour approach

Dates

Thursday 15 January / Thursday 7 May / Wednesday 9 September / Tuesday 8 December

Venue

Cost

£95

Details

This one day course is open to anyone working with individuals with a brain injury who may wish to increase their skills and knowledge of managing behaviours that challenge. It offers a theoretical and practical introduction to the positive behaviour support approach, which has been found to be highly effective and rewarding for those clinicians applying the methods in a range of settings.

By the end of the course, attendees will:

• Have an understanding of the possible causes of challenging behaviour after a brain injury.

• Be able to describe the possible functions of challenging behaviour - Why is it happening and what does it tell us?

• Have an understanding of the development of both pro-active (preventative) and reactive strategies.

• Be able to appropriately select and use a range of verbal and non-verbal strategies to prevent or respond to challenging behaviours.

• Be able to identify methods that can be incorporated into the clients’ environment and lead to the reduction in incidences of challenging behaviour.

• Be proficient in the completion of documentation of challenging behaviour (e.g. ABC’s) and understand the purpose of collecting data.

• Have an understanding of how debriefing and regular staff support mechanisms may help teams working with people with behaviours that challenge.

Lead facilitator:

Dr Sam Batstone, Principal Clinical Psychologist, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

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9 Specialist Training Courses

An introduction to thermoplastic splinting of the upper limb in neurological conditions

Date

Monday 18 – Wednesday 20 May

Venue

Cost

£380

Details

An exciting opportunity to attend an intensive course and learn about the challenges of splinting abnormal tone with complex pathologies such as acquired brain injury and disorders of consciousness.

This course is designed for clinicians, who have some basic experience of working with thermoplastic materials and wish to gain further handling skills and understanding of splinting the neurologically impaired upper limb. Attendees will develop knowledge of the clinical reasoning behind splinting in neurology through theoretical and practical workshops, with all materials provided throughout the course.

Lead facilitators:

Physiotherapists and occupational therapists, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

For further information:

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SMART assessor training Dates

Monday 6 July – Friday 10 July

Venue

Cost

£785

£750 early bird (before Friday 1 May)

Details

The SMART (Sensory Modality and Rehabilitation Technique) is a standardised tool specially designed for the assessment of patients with disorders of consciousness, as recommended in the Royal College of Physicians’ National clinical guidelines on the care of people in a vegetative or minimally conscious state, following severe brain injury (2013).

The full five day course is designed for senior neurological clinicians (AHP’s, Clinical Psychologists, Nurses, Doctors) as a first step to gaining their accreditation as SMART assessors. This intensive course will enable delegates to develop both the skills and knowledge to be competent in the observation and assessment of patients with disorders of consciousness. The course also aims to develop skills required to conduct SMART assessments, including for treatment planning. Teaching will take place through tutorials, formative assessment and practical sessions.

Following completion of the training, delegates will be required to complete between one and three SMART assessments (dependent on the accreditation pathway selected) to complete the SMART accreditation process. Re-accreditation is required every four years.

Lead facilitator:

Helen Gill, SMART Developer & Consultant

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[email protected] - 020 8780 4500 ext. 5140 - www.rhn.org.uk/courses-and-training

Introduction to casting in neurology Date

Monday 21 - Wednesday 23 September

Venue

Cost

£395

Details

This three day course, for physiotherapists and occupational therapists, offers a theoretical and practical introduction to casting complex

neurological patients. It is primarily focused on the use of soft and scotch cast materials and will provide an overview of casting techniques and clinical reasoning in splinting.

There will be a large practical element, with all the materials provided to enable learning which can be directly applied to practice. The course will cover elbow, wrist and hand, knee and ankle splints.

Lead department:

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An introduction to music therapy techniques in neuro-disability Date

Thursday 8 October

Venue

Cost

£95

£60 for students (limited availability)

Details

This is a continuing professional development event primarily for music therapists and music therapy students. The one day course, which has a practical emphasis, consists of workshops on specific music therapy techniques used in neuro-disability, including music therapy techniques. There will be space for hands-on trialling of the techniques as well as time for discussion.

Lead department:

Music Therapy, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

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[email protected] - 020 8780 4500 ext. 5140 - www.rhn.org.uk/courses-and-training

Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) training

Date

Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 November

Venue

Cost

£350

Details

This three day training will equip delegates to use the Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) in clinical settings. The MATADOC provides a rigorous assessment and evaluation system for music therapists working with people whose level of awareness is unknown due to profound brain damage. It is clinically derived as well as research driven, having been developed and researched with adult populations with disorders of consciousness (DOC).

This course is suitable for professionals who are

• Practicing as music therapists or students in the latter stages of music therapy training programs

• Working with populations with profound brain damage

The training can be followed by an optional second level competency development which is offered through online supervision.

Though most suited to professional music therapists, the training is also open to allied professionals who are experienced in working with DOC populations. The decision to open the MATADOC training to non-music therapy professionals is at the discretion of the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability.

Lead facilitator:

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Open Lecture Series 14

Lectures are held in the De Lancey Lowe Room, 4.30-5.30pm Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, London, SW15 3SW

The lectures are free and open to everyone but please contact us if you plan to attend as places are limited.

020 8780 4500 ext. 5140 [email protected]

www.rhn.org.uk/conferences

February 12 Evidence based garden therapy in Scandinavia Presenter: Jose Spring, Research & Development Co-ordinator, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

April 23 Introducing Mealmats: Multidisciplinary management of eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties after

brain injury

Presenters: Members of the multidisciplinary team, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

June 11 singing To and singing With acquired brain injury:

Music therapy techniques for assessment and

rehabilitation

Presenters: Associate Professor Felicity Anne Baker, University of Melbourne & Dr Julian O’Kelly, Research Fellow, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

September 17 Spasticity management in patients with complex

needs

Presenters: Members of the multi-disciplinary team, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

November 19 Music therapy: How does it work?

Presenters: Music therapists, Royal Hospital for

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15 Training brought to you

Although the majority of the training we offer is held at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, it is possible for some specialist training courses to be organised at alternative venues. For example, in the past, SMART Assessor Training has been held at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in Lausanne, Switzerland and at Pattison’s Academy for Comprehensive Learning, South Carolina, USA.

For further details about this service please contact: Tel: 020 8780 4500 ext. 5140

Email: [email protected]

Compass

Compass is the Electronic Assistive Technology Service at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability which provides assessments for communication aids, computer access, environmental control and powered wheelchair controls for inpatients and people living with neurological disabilities in the community. Compass can provide training in the above technology for equipment users, relatives and professionals in rehabilitation, either on a one to one basis or in larger groups. Training can cover assessment methods, technical skills or any requirement related to electronic assistive technology provision. It can be provided at our home in Putney or out in the community.

For further details about this service please contact: Gary Derwent

Tel: 020 8780 4500 ext. 5099 Email: [email protected]

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The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, West Hill, Putney, London, SW15 3SW

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Finding Us

Nearest tube station: East Putney

Nearest rail station: Putney

Bus:

The 170 bus route stops directly outside the main entrance