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Society for Integrative Oncology AnnualConference| Collaboration of an Integrative Pediatric Team to identify modality interventions… (Banff, Canada)

  • Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive Banff, Alberta Canada (map)

Collaboration of an Integrative Pediatric Team to identify modality interventions, and assessment scales, to facilitate the design of an electronic document and optimize efficiency of data administration

Date & Time:

Thursday, September 14, 2023

5:30 PM- 7:00 PM

Location:

Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity

107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
PO Box 1020 Banff, Alberta
Canada
T1L 1H5

Course Description:

TBD

About the Instructors

Jennifer Whitley, MS BC-DMT LCAT CMA is a board-certified Dance/Movement Therapist (DMT) and Licensed Creative Arts Therapist who received her master’s degree, with honors, in Dance Therapy at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.  She is trained through the Ways of Seeing program at Dancing Dialogue, Certified as a Laban Movement Analyst from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies and completed training in the discipline of Authentic Movement at The New York Center for the Study of Authentic Movement with Joan Wittig. Jenn is also a Reiki Practitioner (Level II) and trained in Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) through MSKCC. She has been a DMT at Dancing Dialogue since 2014 working with children, families, and adults incorporating all aspects her training into the Ways of Seeing psychotherapeutic multi-arts approach. She is certified provider of TeleMental Healthcare from the Telehealth Certification Institute. Jenn’s experience also includes medical DMT at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, joining the Integrative Medicine Services (IMS) team in 2012, with a focus in pediatric oncology alongside Dr. Tortora. Her work at MSKCC also expands beyond pediatrics into staff wellness and providing virtual classes and workshops for adult patients through IMS. Additionally, she provides dance/movement therapy for children with neurodiverse conditions facilitating group DMT sessions in the public school setting since 2013.  She taught as interim instructor in The New School’s Creative Arts Therapy Certification Program, worked as DMT/Choreographer for Angelight Films, and presents workshops locally, nationally, and internationally. 

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Karolina Bryl

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Karen Popkin

Nirupa Raghunathan

Registration:

https://www.sioconference.org/

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