Brain Rehabilitation: Abanormal Involuntary Movement / Rehearsing and Timing Presentations

 



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Unit: Brain Rehabilitation
Theme: Abnormal Involuntary Movement
 
Introduction
 

Research is now consolidating and expanding the evidence-base for dance/movement therapy and the creative arts therapies; understanding the relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication behaviors in the patient-provider relationship; enhancing diagnostic specificity using movement assessments; movement disorders; gesture.


 
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Learning Objectives 

  • Understand the concept of brain rehabilitation
  • Explain how dance relates to brain rehabilitation
  • Gain an awareness of the importance of diagnosing abnormal involuntary movements
  • Experience the application of these concepts on a one on one session 

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Check In
 
 
IV
Main Lesson 

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Presentations
 
Group A
 
Jade Aspen, Celeste,


 
Group B
Andie and Skylar



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The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast

Daniel Gregory Amen is an American doctor who practices as a psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist as director of the Amen Clinics. He is a five-times New York Times best-selling author as of 2012. Contrary to psychiatric diagnosis based on bundles of behaviors as opposed to brain scans, Amen uses SPECT imaging for purported diagnostic purposes and brain rehabilitation. 

Question 1

 What is Amen's main message in his speech about SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography)?


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(00:00 - 20:53)

The field of Dance/Movement Therapy does not have enough evidence based research to prove its benefits for the mental, emotional, psychological and physical health of clients in need of help. Yet, it borrows from other fields to validate the assumptions made by its pioneers when they began to use dance and movement as tools for mental, emotional and psychological rehabilitation. In this video, Dr. Amen recommends the use of movement coordination exercises such as ballroom to rehabilitate the brain.


Question 2

What is the meaning of the acronym ANT according to Amen's definition? 

Question 3

What 5 questions you should ask yourself when you experience ANT? 

Question 4

According to Amen, how would dance benefit the brain? 


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A Note to Remember

The relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication behaviors in the patient-provider relationship enhances diagnostic specificity using movement assessments; movement disorders and gesture.



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Case Study


Abnormal Involuntary Movements

 Robyn Flaum Cruz, PhD, BC-DMT, LPC is Professor of Expressive Therapies in the PhD Program, at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Cruz's clinical work has spanned populations such as adults with serious and persistent mental illnesses and children and adolescents with trauma and substance abuse issues. Her doctoral degree is in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Measurement and Methodology. She has worked as a research methodologist and research consultant, taught doctoral students since 1995, and has taught graduate courses in dance therapy, research methods, and statistics to students from many disciplines in the US, Europe, and South America.



Psychodiagnosis, Movement and Neurology

Question 5

How do Amen's concepts about brain rehab combined with Flaum- Cruz' ideas about abnormal involuntary movement could be used to further the application of dance movement therapy?


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Activity

Students will work in pairs and observe involuntary movement on each other to create a reading of possible meanings.


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Glossary


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Journaling


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Sources


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Students' Work



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