DMT course in March: DMT in HEALTHCARE

CMER is offering Dance/Movement Therapy In Healthcare: PREVENTION, TREATMENT
& AFTERCARE on March 19, 20, 21 2010 at Pomona College --Claremont CA 9:00am
6:30pm.

Dance/Movement Therapy In Healthcare:
PREVENTION, TREATMENT & AFTERCARE

This course has been approved by the American Dance Therapy Association as meeting requirements
for the Alternate Route R-DMT credential and satisfies 25 hours of DMT Theory & Practice Training.
This course is approved for CE by the ADTA.

This course meets the qualifications for 25 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs
and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Provider #3888).


Course Content/Description:

This dance/movement therapy theory and practice course covers the role of
dance/movement therapy in the prevention and treatment of illness, and in the
maintenance of health and well being. This course will be divided into three sections to
cover the dance/movement therapy principles and applications specific to prevention,
to treatment, and to aftercare.

In the section on prevention, this course focuses on dance/movement therapy
contributions to health and well being in response to the somatic, emotional and
cognitive consequences of stress and trauma. The section on treatment addresses
dance/movement therapy in a medical context and as an adjunctive treatment for illness.

The section on aftercare focuses on the role of dance/movement therapy in coming
to terms with treatment outcomes, creating new choices, and finding new meaning.
All sections will focus on self regulation, self expression, and self in relationship, all
fundamental to health and well being. The specific attention throughout to body awareness,
creativity, and attunement, will amplify aspects of dance/movement therapy theory and
practice, as well as provide a foundation for a somatically oriented psychotherapy practice.


Course Objectives:


1) Students will become familiar with the concepts of prevention and wellness in dance/movement
therapy practice.

2) Students will gain understanding of the cognitive, somatic and emotional impact of stress and
trauma on health and well being.

3) Students will develop an understanding of the application of dance/movement therapy theory
and practice in the treatment of illness in a medical context.

4) Students will learn interventions, applicable both to the student as therapist and to work with
patients, that are grounded in the principles of dance/movement therapy and based in the
concept of preventive care and maintenance of health.

To sign up, contact Judy@movement-education.org

High Probability of Survival with Children who have Cancer

Since I've been thesis-thesis-thesising lately, I apologize for not updating my blog as much as usual.

Today, I'd like to offer a post I read on the Art Therapy blog regarding a study in Germany on children with cancer and their high probability of survivial. Here's the original article, too.

This research is exciting for the fields of creative and expressive arts therapies, since it highlights aspects of the role of music therapy, positive effects of parent accompaniment, and the importance of quality of life in the hospital.

Arts in Healthcare

From Musings of a Dance/Movement Therapist blog:

Arts in Healthcare Seen Yielding Benefits
According to a new study by the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, Americans for the Arts, The Joint Commission and the University of Florida Center for the Arts in Healthcare documents that incorporating the arts into health-care settings has multiple benefits for patients and may reduce health-care expenses. Up to half of health-care institutions in the U.S. incorporate arts programming into their care. Benefits from arts programming include shorter hospital stays, less need for medication, and a boost for job satisfaction and employee retention. Philanthropy Journal, Oct 19, 2009