When Words Do Not Say It All! How the Creative Arts Therapies Support the Mind, Body, and Spirit of Pediatric Patients and Their Families

Saturday, October 19, 2019 7:45 AM- 11:45 AM

Location:

New York Hilton Midtown
New York, NY

Course Description:

Pre-conference workshop.

About the Instructor:

Suzi Tortora, EdD, BC-DMT, CMA, LCAT, LMHC has a full-time private practice in Cold Spring, New York and NYC, specializing in parent- infant/child and family therapy; trauma; medical illness; and adult chronic pain. She is the International Medical Creative Arts Spokesperson for the Andréa Rizzo Foundation, having created and continuing to be the senior dance/movement therapist for pediatric patients at Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC, since 2003. She received the 2010 Marian Chace Distinguished Dance Therapist award from the ADTA. She teaches in Europe, South America, New Zealand, Israel and Asia; holds faculty positions in the USA, The Netherlands, Chech Republic, Argentina and China; offers the Ways of Seeing International Webinar Training Program for dance/movement therapists and allied professionals; has published numerous papers about her work; and her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children is used extensively in dance/movement therapy training programs internationally.

Nirupa Raghunathan, MD

Jennifer, Whitley, M.S., 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 and Certified as a Laban Movement Analyst from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies. She has been a DMT at Dancing Dialogue since 2014 working with children and families using Dr. Tortora’s Ways of Seeing psychotherapeutic multi-arts approach. Ms. Whitley’s experience also includes medical DMT at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, joining the Integrative Medicine Services team in 2012, with a focus in pediatric oncology alongside Dr. Tortora. Additionally, she works with children who have special needs 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.

Registration

https://integrativeonc.org/register

When a Baby is Very Sick: Treating his Soma and Psyche as One

Friday, October 18 9:30am -12:30pm

Location:

Hyatt Regency

400 South East Second Avenue

Miami, FL 33131

Course Description:

Tracing the history of infant, child and adolescent DMT from its origins to its growing applications today, this seminar highlights five pioneers work from the 1970’s – 1990’s. They demonstrate diversity through their ethnicity, populations served, and methods used. Collectively they have expanded DMT to include: psychiatric clinics for mothers with psychiatric disorders and their infants; children challenged in physical, cognitive, emotional and relational development; DMT in special education; bridging contemporary infant/child mental health, psychology; and creating nonverbal assessment tools. Through experientials and videos each presenter will describe their contributions and those that influenced their journey. (NBCC CE hours; ADTA CE hours; NY LCAT CPE hours)

Movement: 26-50%

Touch: Yes

Target Audience: Mid Level

Course Objectives:

1. Learn the early historic development of dance/movement therapy with infants, children, adolescents and families.

2. Understand the personal and professional journey that each pioneering DMT took to contribute to the early growth of DMT with infants, children, adolescents and families.

3. Understand how historic DMT theories and intervention methods based on infant, child adolescent development relate to contemporary DMT practice.

About the Instructors

Suzi Tortora, EdD, BC-DMT, CMA, LCAT, LMHC has a full-time private practice in Cold Spring, New York and NYC, specializing in parent- infant/child and family therapy; trauma; medical illness; and adult chronic pain. She is the International Medical Creative Arts Spokesperson for the Andréa Rizzo Foundation, having created and continuing to be the senior dance/movement therapist for pediatric patients at Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC, since 2003. She received the 2010 Marian Chace Distinguished Dance Therapist award from the ADTA. She teaches in Europe, South America, New Zealand, Israel and Asia; holds faculty positions in the USA, The Netherlands, Chech Republic, Argentina and China; offers the Ways of Seeing International Webinar Training Program for dance/movement therapists and allied professionals; has published numerous papers about her work; and her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children is used extensively in dance/movement therapy training programs internationally.

Nancy Beardall, PhD, BC-DMT, LMHC, CMA is Associate Professor and the Dance/Movement Therapy Coordinator at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. As a dance/movement therapist, consultant, Certified Movement Analyst, and educator, Dr. Beardall’s work has focused on the physical, cognitive, social/emotional and relational development of students using dance/movement therapy and the expressive arts in the schools. Dr. Beardall has integrated DMT programs within the schools with students from K-12. Beardall has developed numerous programs for middle and high school students focusing on the prevention of bullying, sexual harassment and teen dating abuse, promoting healthy relationships and making a difference in the school community. Her community building programs through the arts have involved students, teachers, parents and community members. Dr. Beardall has been on the Board of the ADTA (2011-2013) as well as Chair of the Approval Committee and currently serves on the Educational Committee.

Jane Wilson Cathcart, BA, Adelphi University; MSW, New York University; BC-DMT; Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R); Certified Movement Analyst (CMA); and Certified EMDR Practitioner. Ms. Cathcart’s early clinical training was in dance therapy at Turtle Bay Music School and with dance therapy pioneer Marian Chace at Bellevue Medical Center. She has had 48 years of clinical experience in settings such as Manhattan Children’s Psychiatric Center and Little Meadows Early Childhood Center with children, adolescents, physically challenged and developmentally delayed populations. She taught in the Wesleyan University Graduate Liberal Studies Program for 17 years. Her work is shown in the ADTA film “Dance Therapy: The Power of Movement”, where she is identified as “Jane Downes”. Jane has been a Trustee of the Marian Chace Foundation of the ADTA since 1996. In 2018 Jane received the ADTA Lifetime Achievement Award. She maintains a private practice in New York City and Cold Spring, NY.

Susan Loman, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, KMP Analyst, former director, Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Program, Antioch University New England, Keene, NH (1987-2017) is currently Professor Emerita and adjunct faculty. She served as: co-editor American Journal of Dance Therapy; on the editorial board of The Arts in Psychotherapy; former chair of the ADTA Education Committee; and on the ADTA Approval Committee. Co-author, The meaning of movement: Embodied developmental, clinical and cultural perspectives of the Kestenberg Movement Profile, 2nd Edition, she authored numerous articles, chapters, and books on the Kestenberg Movement Profile and dance/movement therapy. She presents throughout the US and abroad in: Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, England, Scotland, South Korea, Argentina, Switzerland, and will teach in China in 2019. In 2014, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ADTA and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award in Munich at Ezetthera (European Center for Dance Therapy) in 2017.

Glorianne Jackson, MA, Dance Professor Emerita, founding director of Marymount Manhattan College BA and BFA dance major programs; worked as a registered dance/movement therapist in the Creative Arts Department of Bronx Psychiatric Center; taught in special education programs of NYC Board of Education and University of Chicago Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School; Arthur Mitchell’s Dance Theatre of Harlem; and the dance major program of Hunter College, CUNY. Glorianne holds a MA in Dance Education,Teachers College, Columbia University, NY and a BA in Psychology from DePaul University, Chicago, IL. She is an registered dance/movement therapist and certified special education professional. She is a dance minister; a graduate of Eagles International Training Institute and the Living Word Christian Center School of Ministry and Missions. She has participated and led in local, national and international arts programs that enhance her passion for prophetic dance incorporating the use of large twirling flags and poetic scripting.

Registration:

https://adta.org/2019-conference/

Clinical Perspectives On Infant Mental Health Diagnosis And Treatment

Thursday, October 3, 2019

3:00 pm–4:30 pm

Location:

Diplomat Hotel

3555 South Ocean Drive

Hollywood FL, 33019

Course Description:

This session will provide an opportunity for the audience to learn more about infant mental health diagnosis and treatment from different infant mental health perspectives. A clinical case will be presented by a ZERO TO THREE Fellow to be followed by clinical interpretation and responses about diagnosis and treatment from four members of the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) from different parts of the world – Finland, Israel, and the United States

About the Instructors

Ann Chu, PhD, University of California, San Francisco

Responders:

Miri Keren, MD, Tel Aviv University

Kaija Puura, MD, PhD, Tampere University

Jody Todd Manly, PhD, Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester

Suzi Tortora, EdD, BC-DMT, CMA, LCAT, LMHC has a full-time private practice in Cold Spring, New York and NYC, specializing in parent- infant/child and family therapy; trauma; medical illness; and adult chronic pain. She is the International Medical Creative Arts Spokesperson for the Andréa Rizzo Foundation, having created and continuing to be the senior dance/movement therapist for pediatric patients at Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC, since 2003. She received the 2010 Marian Chace Distinguished Dance Therapist award from the ADTA. She teaches in Europe, South America, New Zealand, Israel and Asia; holds faculty positions in the USA, The Netherlands, Chech Republic, Argentina and China; offers the Ways of Seeing International Webinar Training Program for dance/movement therapists and allied professionals; has published numerous papers about her work; and her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children is used extensively in dance/movement therapy training programs internationally.

Registration:

http://annualconference.zerotothree.org

When a Baby is Very Sick: Treating his Soma and Psyche as One

Thursday, October 3, 2019

10:00 am–11:30 am

Location:

Diplomat Hotel

3555 South Ocean Drive

Hollywood FL, 33019

Course Description:

“Don’t worry, babies are too young to remember and understand!” Trauma and infant memory research explain that early memory is multisensory, somatic, and kinesthetic. This presentation addresses how to best support the medically ill baby and family bridging infant mental health, infant/child psychiatry, nonverbal movement analysis, and dance/movement psychotherapy.

About the Instructors

Suzi Tortora, EdD, BC-DMT, CMA, LCAT, LMHC has a full-time private practice in Cold Spring, New York and NYC, specializing in parent- infant/child and family therapy; trauma; medical illness; and adult chronic pain. She is the International Medical Creative Arts Spokesperson for the Andréa Rizzo Foundation, having created and continuing to be the senior dance/movement therapist for pediatric patients at Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC, since 2003. She received the 2010 Marian Chace Distinguished Dance Therapist award from the ADTA. She teaches in Europe, South America, New Zealand, Israel and Asia; holds faculty positions in the USA, The Netherlands, Chech Republic, Argentina and China; offers the Ways of Seeing International Webinar Training Program for dance/movement therapists and allied professionals; has published numerous papers about her work; and her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children is used extensively in dance/movement therapy training programs internationally.

Miri Keren, MD, Tel Aviv University

Registration:

http://annualconference.zerotothree.org

Families in Motion: Dance/ Movement Therapy with Babies, Young Children and Their Families

August 12, 2019 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM

Location:

Keio University
Tokyo, Japan

Course Description:

August 12 (Mon) at Keio University in Tokyo

AM: The workshops for parents & children  (same titles as above)

10:00〜10:40（0～11 Mo.）

10:50~11:30（1～2years）

11:40〜12:30（3～5years）

 The max number of children in each session: 10

PM: The lecture & workshops for specialists - Families in Motion: Dance/Movement Therapy with Babies, Young Children and Their Families

13:30〜16:00

About the Instructor:

Suzi Tortora, EdD, BC-DMT, CMA, LCAT, LMHC has a full-time private practice in Cold Spring, New York and NYC, specializing in parent- infant/child and family therapy; trauma; medical illness; and adult chronic pain. She is the International Medical Creative Arts Spokesperson for the Andréa Rizzo Foundation, having created and continuing to be the senior dance/movement therapist for pediatric patients at Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC, since 2003. She received the 2010 Marian Chace Distinguished Dance Therapist award from the ADTA. She teaches in Europe, South America, New Zealand, Israel and Asia; holds faculty positions in the USA, The Netherlands, Chech Republic, Argentina and China; offers the Ways of Seeing International Webinar Training Program for dance/movement therapists and allied professionals; has published numerous papers about her work; and her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children is used extensively in dance/movement therapy training programs internationally.

BabyMoves BabyCues: Workshops for Parents and Children

August 11, 2019 1:30 PM- 4:30 PM

Location:

PEP KIDS

1 Chome-1-3 Yokozuka, Koriyama
Fukushima 963-8803, Japan

Course Description:

The workshops for parents & children  BabyMoves BabyCues

13：30～14：10（0～11 Mo.）Rolling Baby

14：30～15：10（1～2years）Mobile Baby

15：30～16：10（3～5years）Busy Bodies! Dancing Friends and Dancing Stories!

About the Instructor:

Suzi Tortora, EdD, BC-DMT, CMA, LCAT, LMHC has a full-time private practice in Cold Spring, New York and NYC, specializing in parent- infant/child and family therapy; trauma; medical illness; and adult chronic pain. She is the International Medical Creative Arts Spokesperson for the Andréa Rizzo Foundation, having created and continuing to be the senior dance/movement therapist for pediatric patients at Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC, since 2003. She received the 2010 Marian Chace Distinguished Dance Therapist award from the ADTA. She teaches in Europe, South America, New Zealand, Israel and Asia; holds faculty positions in the USA, The Netherlands, Chech Republic, Argentina and China; offers the Ways of Seeing International Webinar Training Program for dance/movement therapists and allied professionals; has published numerous papers about her work; and her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children is used extensively in dance/movement therapy training programs internationally.

Dance to the Beat: A Pediatric Dance/Movement and Music Therapy Group

Sunday May 5, 2019, 1:30 pm- 2:30pm

Location:

Dancing Dialogue LCAT LMHC PLLC
26 Main Street
Cold Spring, NY 10516

Course Description:

A creative arts group therapy program used with a mixed- age pediatric oncology patients, their siblings and adult family members is presented by a dance and music therapist. This program draws upon each participant’s personal creativity and expressivity to care for their psychological, emotional and physical health. This approach creates a link between the mind, body and emotions to assist individuals in adjusting and coping with oncological diagnoses and treatment in an outpatient pediatric playroom. This group experience provides a unique way for each participant to get in touch with their feelings through creativity, dance, movement, music, play, relaxation, symbolic imagery, mindfulness and talk techniques. This non-verbal experiential approach enables children and families to get in touch with their feelings that transcends language. This presentation will include lecture, discussion, and experiential opportunities.

Course Objectives

1. Learn how to use a creative arts approach to draw out each participant’s personal creativity and expressivity to address psychological, emotional and physical health, related to the participant’s experience of medical illness.

2.  Learn how to create a link between the mind, body and emotions to assist individuals in adjusting and coping with oncological diagnoses and treatment 

3. Learn techniques that strengthen body awareness and body/self-image and decrease anxiety in relation to treatment procedures and hospitalization

4. Learn how to use creative arts approaches to build community and interpersonal relationships.

About the Instructors

Karen Popkin, MA, MT-BC, LCATis a Board-Certified Music Therapist and Licensed Creative Arts Therapist. Practicing since 1996, she has worked in mental health and medical populations. At Memorial Sloan Kettering, Karen is the Program Coordinator for Creative Arts and Movement therapies in the Integrative Medicine Service where she engages in program development and clinical work with inpatients. When not working, Karen enjoys spending time outdoors and playing euphonium as a member of the Metropolitan Music Community.

Suzi Tortora Ed.D, BC-DMT, LCAT, LMHCholds a doctorate from ColumbiaUniversity and serves as consultant to the “Mothers, Infants and Young Children of September 11, 2001: A Primary Prevention Project” in the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University under Dr. Beatrice Beebe. Dr Tortora has a dance/movement psychotherapy practice, in New York City and Cold Spring, New York. She is the manager of the Integrative Medicine Services DréasDream dance/movement therapy program for pediatric patients at Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancer Center since its inception in 2003. Dr. Tortora has published numerous papers about her therapeutic and nonverbal communication analysis work and her book, TheDancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children is used extensively in dance/movement therapy training programs. She has been featured on “Good Morning America”, “Eyewitness News” ABC –TV and Malcolm Gladwell’s book, What the Dog Saw. Dr.Tortora received the 2010 Marian Chace Distinguished Dance Therapist award from the National Dance Therapy Association. She holds a board position at NY Zero to Three Network. Dr. Tortora has international training programs in Europe, South America and Asia including faculty positions in The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Argentina and China; lectures; and offers international webinar-based training programs for dance/movement therapists and allied professionals.

Registration

https://www.suzitortora.com/shop/dance-to-the-beat-a-pediatric-dance-music-therapy-group-may-5

Following their Lead: Medical Dance Therapy for Infants, Children and Their Families

Sunday May 5, 2019, 10:30 am- 11:30am

Location:

Dancing Dialogue LCAT LMHC PLLC
26 Main Street
Cold Spring, NY 10516

Course Description:

 A pediatric medical diagnosis affects the whole family. As the medical team attends to the treatment finding emotional support for the patient and family members is challenging. Using the creative arts as a means of expression creates a safe environment where the patient and family can share their emotional responses and experience ways to enjoy childhood. A multi-sensory approach developed by one of the presenters that helps families and even the youngest children cope with treatments that has painful side effects is presented. This workshop demonstrates the use of dance/movement therapy, highlighting its role during medical procedures, pain management, and coping with emotional themes that arise. 

Course Objectives

1. Learn the core elements needed to develop a DMT program in a pediatric hospital.

2. Learn 3 elements of a multisensory DMT –based treatment to support emotional expression and painful medical procedures.

3. Learn specific early childhood developmental stages to support when working young hospitalized medically ill children

About the Instructors

Suzi Tortora Ed.D, BC-DMT, LCAT, LMHCholds a doctorate from Columbia University and serves as consultant to the “Mothers, Infants and Young Children of September 11, 2001: A Primary Prevention Project” in the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University under Dr. Beatrice Beebe. Dr Tortora has a dance/movement psychotherapy practice, in New York City and Cold Spring, New York. She is the manager of the Integrative Medicine Services Dréas Dream dance/movement therapy program for pediatric patients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since its inception in 2003. Dr. Tortora has published numerous papers about her therapeutic and nonverbal communication analysis work and her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children is used extensively in dance/movement therapy training programs. She has been featured on “Good Morning America”, “Eyewitness News” ABC –TV and Malcolm Gladwell’s book, What the Dog Saw. Dr.Tortora received the 2010 Marian Chace Distinguished Dance Therapist award from the National Dance Therapy Association. She holds a board position at NY Zero-to-Three Network. Dr. Tortora has international training programs in Europe, South America and Asia including faculty positions in The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Argentina and China; lectures; and offers international webinar-based training programs for dance/movement therapists and allied professionals.

Jennifer Whitley, M.S., BC-DMT, LCAT, CMA received her M.S. degree in Dance Therapy at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, is a Ways of Seeing practitioner, Level II Reiki trained, and a Certified  Laban Movement Analyst. She has been at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in NYC since May 2012, working with the pediatric oncology population as a dance/movement therapist and with hospital staff as a fitness/dance instructor with Integrative Medicine Services.  Ms. Whitley’s DMT experience also includes working with children diagnosed with ASD, ADHD, down’s syndrome, cerebral palsy, eating issues, family issues, and attachment disorders, both in the therapeutic school setting, and privately at Dr. Tortora’s Dancing Dialogue in Cold Spring, NY. Ms. Whitley has taught as interim instructor at The New School and presented workshops locally, nationally, and internationally.  

Registration:

https://www.suzitortora.com/shop/following-their-lead-dance-therapy-totora-may-5

Chronic Pain and Early Attachment: Dance/Movement Therapy Approaches to Healing 

Saturday May 4, 2019, 12:00 pm- 1:00pm

Location:

Dancing Dialogue LCAT LMHC PLLC
26 Main Street
Cold Spring, NY 10516

Course Description:

Approximately 1 in 4 American adults have chronic pain.  Research shows the development of chronic pain is associated with “insecure” adult attachment styles, rooted in infancy/early childhood experiences with primary caregivers.  These early experiences – initially registered on a somatic, kinesthetic and sensorial level – shape how we make sense of the world, express our emotions and respond to threats throughout our lifetime.  Using case study interventions, nonverbal ways to explore the relationship between chronic pain and early relationship patterns through moment-to-moment movement explorations that metaphorically reveal old and new ways to engage with self and others will be explored.  

Course Objectives

1. Describe 3 ways that early childhood experiences influence the development of self in general and in your own life. 

2. Explain how your body-mind- emotions create a continuum that can be explored through supporting discovery and healing using 3 creative arts methods.

3. Learn how to gain deep somatic insight into clients when moving with them and witnessing their affective and physical attunement during partnered movement explorations

About the Instructor

Suzi Tortora Ed.D, BC-DMT, LCAT, LMHCholds a doctorate from Columbia University and serves as consultant to the “Mothers, Infants and Young Children of September 11, 2001: A Primary Prevention Project” in the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University under Dr. Beatrice Beebe. Dr Tortora has a dance/movement psychotherapy practice, in New York City and Cold Spring, New York. She is the manager of the Integrative Medicine Services Dréas Dream dance/movement therapy program for pediatric patients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since its inception in 2003. Dr. Tortora has published numerous papers about her therapeutic and nonverbal communication analysis work and her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children is used extensively in dance/movement therapy training programs. She has been featured on “Good Morning America”, “Eyewitness News” ABC –TV and Malcolm Gladwell’s book, What the Dog Saw. Dr. Tortora received the 2010 Marian Chace Distinguished Dance Therapist award from the National Dance Therapy Association. She holds a board position at NY Zero-to-Three Network. Dr. Tortora has international training programs in Europe, South America and Asia including faculty positions in The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Argentina and China; lectures; and offers international webinar-based training programs for dance/movement therapists and allied professionals.

Registration

https://www.suzitortora.com/shop/chronic-pain-and-early-attachment-tortora-may-4

The Dance Between Parent and Baby

Saturday February 9, 2019, 12:30 pm- 2:30pm

Dr. Suzi Tortora is an internationally recognized Dance-Movement Psychotherapist, specializing in working with babies, young children, and their caregivers. Dr. Tortora will lead a small parent-baby class, using movement, music, and singing to support the parent-infant relationship. We'll also have a small group of observers (about 15), who are interested in Dr. Tortora’s work (e.g., dancers, therapists, and others who are interested in dance-movement work with babies & parents). You can learn more here: https://www.suzitortora.comor https://vimeo.com/82529883.

Where?  3763 Secord St (150 E), Salt Lake City (this is off of Rigdon Ave)

Cost: we are asking for a $40 contribution to pay for the space and for Dr. Tortora’s teaching.

Payment options: Venmo (@Ilse-DeKoeyer-Laros),  PayPal (paypal.me/ilsedekoeyer), or check at the venue.

Note: We would like to videotape Suzi's teaching, and will ask attendees to sign a release form. Let me know if you have any questions about this!

 Utah Association for Infant Mental Health Annual Conference

The Magic of Relationships:

Working with Infants, Toddlers, and Families

Friday February 8, 2019, 8:00 am-4:00pm

Multi Agency State Office Building

195 N 1950 W Salt Lake City, Utah 84116

Join UAIMH for an exciting day of learning!  David Oppenheim, Ph.D: Parental insightfulness and infant-parent attachment Anat Oppenheim, M.Sc.: Infusing the parent-child relationships and attachment into the work of the early childhood professional Suzi Tortora, EdD, BC-DMT, LCAT, LMHC, CMA: Utilizing movement-based interventions to strengthen relationships and support healthy development

 Register for the Conference:

https://uaimhannualconference.eventbrite.com

Cost: $100 (includes box lunch and 2019 UAIMH membership)

6 NASW CEU Credit Hours

6  Psychology CEUs

For more information contact: uaimh.info@gmail.com

The National Centre for Dance Therapy is honoured to welcome Dr. Suzi Tortora in Montreal for a new workshop on dance therapy with babies and young children, dedicated towards dance therapists, dance and health professionals, parents and all those who are interested in using dance therapy with this population. 

Become aware of the different ways young children communicate, learn and express themselves, through their movements and their senses. Learn skills that will prove useful to all the professionals and parents involved with young children, with or without special needs. Dr. Suzi Tortora will present her dance therapy program Ways of Seeing, which explores the non-verbal clues of babies and young children and proposes activities favouring the growing attachment relationship and the social, emotional and cognitive development of the baby. Dedicated to parents, educators and professionals, these activities can be used with families and groups and in therapeutic, hospital and preventative contexts, as well as for dyadic and individuals care.

(CE Credits for weekend available! Course is fully approved by the ADTA for Alternate Route credit for R-DMT training. Please contact Kelley Lindhardt through this website for more information.)

Dance Therapy Program
Dance/Movement Psychotherapy with Infants and Children

Dr. Suzi Tortora presents Dance/Movement Psychotherapy with Infants and Children: Explore activities that support how young children learn and communicate, early attachment relationships and social, emotional and cognitive development.

Sensitize yourself to the ways young children learn and express themselves through their movement and senses.

For parents, caregivers and professionals, these activities are used with families or groups and in dyadic or individual therapeutic, hospital, preventative and child-care settings.

$325 until Dec 28 / $350 after
January 6th TBD

*Course is fully approved by the ADTA for Alternate Route credit for R-DMT training. All Dance Therapy courses are eligible for CE hours. For further information about the ADTA, visit www.adta.org.