Alternate Route Opportunities

The ADTA and Dance/Movement Therapy Certification Board recognize an Alternate Route to dance/movement therapy registry and certification. The Alternate Route is a self-directed program of training which requires having or acquiring a masters degree (or higher) from an accredited institution of higher learning, plus general training, specific dance/movement therapy coursework, fieldwork, and an internship.

Click here to find out about requirements for the Alternate Route.

Alternate Route coursework can take place at an accredited college or university, an institute, or from a specific instructor. Colleges & Institutes that offer ADTA approved courses are marked with * below. Individual courses in ADTA Approved master’s programs are approved courses. Approved courses are automatically accepted when a candidate applies for the R-DMT credential via the Alternate Route. Students interested in taking approved courses should ask specifically about course approval prior to registering for courses. For some institutes and individual courses, college credit can be arranged.

Please note: All courses are not offered constantly throughout the year. We encourage everyone to contact the provider directly for specific offerings and more information. Alternate Route workshops and intensives are often listed on our Forum, under Announcements. You may also check the ADTA Facebook page and the ADTA LinkedIn site. Check these sites regularly, as new information is posted daily.

GRADUATE COURSEWORK (college credit)

*ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND40 Avon Street
Keene, NH 03431-3516
Telephone: 603-283-2137

Contact: Susan Loman, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, Director --- sloman@antioch.edu

Masters Program in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling, Department of Applied Psychology. Summer and intensive courses.

*COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
600 S Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605-9988
Telephone: 312-369-7697

Contact: Bethany Brownholtz --- bbrownholtz@colum.edu

Department of Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling, Graduate Laban Certificate in Movement Analysis (GL-CMA), Movement Pattern Analysis Consultant Certificate (MPACC), and Alternate Route R-DMT Certification Studies.

*DREXEL UNIVERSITY

Mail/Stop 905, 1505 Race Street, 10th Floor Bellet

Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192
Telephone: 215-762-6921

Contact: Ellen Schelly Hill, MMT, BC-DMT, NCC, LPC, Director --- es42@drexel.edu

Dance/Movement Therapy Program, Department of Creative Arts Therapies.

Post Master's Certificate: Meets DMT Theory and Practice, DMT Group Processes, and Movement Observation and Assessment course requirements

*LESLEY UNIVERSITY
29 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: 617-349-8413

Contact: Nancy Beardall, PhD, BC-DMT, Coordinator --- beardall@lesley.edu

Dance Therapy & Mental Health Counseling Specialization, Expressive Therapies Division, Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences.

Summer and January intensive courses.

MARYLHURST UNIVERSITY

PO Box 201

Marylhurst, OR 97036
Telephone: 503-699-6244 or 503-636-8141, Ext. 381

Contact: Maria Brignola, MCAT, BC-DMT, NCC --- mariabrignola@gmail.com

*PRATT INSTITUTE

East 3

200 Willoughby Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11205

Telephone: 718-636-3428

Contact: Joan Wittig, MS, LCAT, BC-DMT, Director --- jwittig@pratt.edu

Spring/Summer intensive program.

*UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

4632 York Ave. South

Minneapolis, MN 55410

Telephone: 612-925-5277
Contact: Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb --- loebx001@umn.edu

Offering several Alternate Route approved courses. Advising for R-DMT and help finding fieldwork and internship sites in local hospitals and institutions are also possible.

INSTITUTES (no automatic college credit)

Check with the institute to see if college credit can be arranged.

*CENTER FOR MOVEMENT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (CMER) California Courses
POB 2001 ,Sebastopol, California 95473
Telephone: 310-600-0664
Contact: Judy Gantz, MA, CMA, Director --- judy@cmer.info
Alternate Route Training Courses in Dance/Movement Therapy. Courses offered for CEs for ADTA and BBS.California Courses