20 years: The Growth and Future of Pediatric Medical Dance/Movement Therapy
Date & Time:
Saturday, November 11, 2023
8:30 AM- 11:30 AM
Location:
Denver Marriott Tech Center
4900 South Syracuse Street
Denver, CO, 80237, United States
Course Description:
Pediatric medical DMT has grown over the last 20- years thanks to the support of the Andréa Rizzo Foundation. Starting as a three-hour weekly program at a leading oncology hospital in NYC, learn how Dréa’s Dream dance therapy is a national force with 5 programs in 5 states. Over the 20-years of the foundation’s existence, Drea’s Dream has incorporated the changing times by using advanced scientific theory and research to inform medical dance/movement therapy, strengthening its efficacy. Through discussions and experientials with DMTs from across the country, learn the core elements that
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.
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.
Sara Schmidt, M.Ed, MA, R-DMT
Ramanda Brockett, MA, R-DMT
Breanna Davis, M.S., R-DMT, LMHCA
Dr. Lori Baudino
Susan Rizzo Vincent
Registration:
https://www.adta.org/annual-conference