Making Music with People with Dementia, an Introduction: Day 2

Explore the questions of planning, responding, creating and working musically with how people experience their dementia.

This one-day training will consider the skills needed to facilitate music workshops with people with dementia (including planning and reflection), working musically in a person-centred way to meet the needs of people living with dementia, songwriting and music creation, and incorporating basic technology into your workshops.

This day can be booked as a standalone training day, or in conjunction with 'Day 1'. It is not necessary to have attended Day 1 before attending Day 2.

By the end of this training day participants will be able to:

• Identify potential effects and benefits of music for people with dementia
• Demonstrate basic music leadership skills for working with people with dementia
• Plan music workshops for people with dementia, taking into account individual needs
• Use different models of reflective practice for their work
• Identify relevant repertoire, musical activities and techniques for use in group and individual music-making with people with dementia
• Demonstrate basic skills with technology 

The day will be mainly practical in nature, covering different ways of making music and improvising, considering the skills needed to do this work, and giving delegates an opportunity to lead a musical activity in a safe and supportive environment.

The course is appropriate for anyone who wants to learn more about working musically with people with dementia or who wish to refresh their skills or gain new ideas for their own musical work.

If you would like to find out more about the trainers, Liv McLennan and Kevin Plummer, please click here https://musicforwellbeingblog....

Tea and biscuits included, but delegates must bring their own lunch