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Archive for month: April 2015
Apr 302015April 30, 2015
Dance: Positively Changing Lives of Urban Youth–An ADTA Talk
By Hopkins, KamahriaIn ADTA Talks, Advocacy, Children, Creative Arts Therapy, Dance, DMT Skills, Performance as Therapy, Service, Social ActivismTags abuse, ADTA, ADTA Talks, American Dance Therapy Association, at-risk, Atlanta, bullying, children, dance, dance therapy, dance/movement therapist, Georgia, International Dance Day, National Dance Week, nonverbal communication, peer pressure, poverty, resilience, teens, youth
In this ADTA Talk, Dr. Charné Furcron, LPC, BC-DMT, BCC, ACS, discusses and embodies the powerful effect that dance has...
Apr 282015April 28, 2015
Will I Be Able to Dance at My Job as a Dance/Movement Therapist?
By Welling, AndeIn FAQsTags becoming a dance therapist, dance, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy
It depends on the clients, the setting, and how you define dance. If you are a dancer and love performing...
Apr 272015April 27, 2015
#GimmeFive for National Dance Week
By Malher-Moran, MelindaIn Dance, Performance as Therapy, VeteransTags ADTA, American Dance Therapy Association, dance, Ellen DeGeneres, FLOTUS, Gimme Five Challenge, GimmeFive, Let's Move, Michelle Obama, National Dance Week, National Dance Week Foundation, NDW, NDW2015, Uptown Funk
Let’s celebrate! It is officially National Dance Week! This year National Dance Week Foundation (NDWF) is calling all dancers to...
Apr 222015April 22, 2015
Earth Day, Every Day!
By Candell, ArianaIn Creative Arts Therapy, Dance, DMT Skills, Nonverbal CommunicationTags dance, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, Earth Day, ecopsychology, ecotherapy, environment, holistic, mindfulness, nature, somatic psychology, somatics
Editor’s Note: In honor of Earth Day, Ariana invites readers to bring the body, mind, and spirit into an...
Apr 202015April 20, 2015
Making Dance/Movement Therapy the Therapy of Choice for Autism Spectrum Disorder
By Danielle FraenkelIn Autism Spectrum Disorder, Body Image, Creative Arts Therapy, Dance, Developmental Disabilities, DMT Skills, Nonverbal Communication, Performance as Therapy, SupportTags ASD, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, AutismAwareness, ballet, dance, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, Danielle Fraenkel, kinesthetic empathy, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, LIUB, Michele Iemolo, NAAM15, National Autism Awareness Month, nonverbal communication, Phillip Martin-Nelson
Phillip Martin-Nelson, principal dancer of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, who was diagnosed with severe autism, credits ballet with...
Apr 122015April 12, 2015
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
By Lysa Monique Jenkins-HaydenIn Advocacy, Ethics, Multiculturalism and Diversity, Service, Social Activism, Social Injustice, WebinarsTags Affinity Groups, Black Americans, Black History, Black Lives Matter, dance movement therapy, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, Multiculturalism, Post-Racial Society, protest, racial discrimination, Social Justice, Webinar
March 21 was established in 1966, by the United Nations, as the International Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination. This day...
Apr 82015April 8, 2015
Reintroduction to Body and Community: Dance/Movement Therapy with Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injuries
By Brett, LeahIn Brain Injury, Nonverbal CommunicationTags awareness, brain injury, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, kinesthetic empathy, nonverbal communication, Not Alone, NotAloneinBrainInjury, TBI, traumatic brain injury
Over one million individuals survive traumatic brain injuries (TBI) each year. TBI often results in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes,...
Apr 62015November 15, 2018
Growing up Refugee
By Wilson, LoraIn Advocacy, Education, Refugees, Service, Social Activism, Social Injustice, Support, Survivors, Trauma, WebinarsTags abuse, activism, advocacy, children, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, Haiti, life skills, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, refugee, refugees, resilience, service, survivors, trauma, trauma-informed care, Webinar
For the first time since World War II, the number of displaced people in the world has surged to more...
Apr 22015April 2, 2015
Dance/Movement Therapy and Autism: Dances of Relationship–An ADTA Talk
By Hopkins, KamahriaIn ADTA Talks, Advocacy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Creative Arts Therapy, Developmental Disabilities, Nonverbal CommunicationTags ADTA, ADTA Talks, American Dance Therapy Association, ASD, attunement, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, AutismAware, AutismAwareness, Christina Devereaux, dance, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, LIUB, nonverbal communication
In honor of World Autism Awareness Day, Christina Devereaux, PhD, LCAT, LMHC, BC-DMT, NCC, discusses how the essential nature of...