The Roots & Future of Child Dance/Movement Therapy 20th Early Childhood Forum
Date & Time:
Friday, November 10, 2023
9:30 AM- 12:30 PM
Location:
Denver Marriott Tech Center
4900 South Syracuse Street
Denver, CO, 80237, United States
Course Description:
Tracing the evolution of DMT with children and families, this year addresses DMT for those: exposed to traumas such as war and natural disasters; using movement, stories and music as sources to connect/learn about self and other, fostering selfidentity within community; using indigenous methodologies, and trauma work with indigenous students in public schools and its with effect the family unit addressing generations-long deficits of cultural knowledge; how dance helps youth develop social, emotional, and cognitive skills to thrive, positively address self-concepts, developing leadership and life skills; and child/adolescent mental healthcare practices within the context of urban Turkish and
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.
Selena Coburn, BC-DMT, LMHC
Charne Furcron, Ed.D, BC-DMT, LPC, NCC, BCC, MAC, CPCS, ACS
Deepa Sai Avula, BC-DMT
Lynn Koshland, BC-DMT
Zeynep Catay
Registration:
https://www.adta.org/annual-conference