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Arts Therapies

The Practice Development Network for Allied Health Professions - Arts Therapies (including art therapists, drama therapists, dance movement therapists and music therapists) is chaired by Vicky Karkou. The last network meeting was Friday 19th June 09 at NHS QIS, Elliott House, 8-10 Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh, EH7 5EA. For more information about the network and future meeting dates please contact Vicky Karkou.

Network Objectives

One-Day Conference: Evaluation in Arts Therapies 14th March 2009

A one-day event in Art, Music, Drama and Dance Movement Psycho/Therapy was held on Saturday 14th March 2009 9.30am - 4.30pm at Surgeon's Hall, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DW.  The purpose of this conference was to showcase examples of good practice on evaluation of routine work and discuss issues around evidence and research

The event was organised in partnership with:
• The Practice Development Network: Arts Therapies (NHS Quality Improvement Scotland )
• The Scottish Arts Therapies Forum (SATF)
• The NHS Education Scotland (NES)

Click here to view more information about this conference (PDF, 105KB, 1 min 27 secs)

  

Click here to view the programme for the day (PDF, 39.1KB, 32 secs) 

 

Please click on the links below to view each of the presentations from this event:

 

Robin Hood in dialogue with the King: evidencing Dance Movement Psychotherapy in the 21st Century by Dr Bonnie Meekums (PPT, 255KB, 3 mins)

 

Practice based evidence in Dramatherapy by Ditty Dokter PhD (PPT, 181KB, 2 mins 30 secs)

 

Evaluating Time-Limited Music Therapy Groupwork in Schools by Emma Pethybridge (PPT, 106KB, 1 min 28 secs)

 

Arts Therapies Evaluation and Evidence - What Counts? by Prof Helen Odell-Miller (PPT, 89KB, 1 min 14 secs)

 

An Art Psychotherapy Service Review of Activity and Development by Jacky Mahony (PPT, 110KB, 1 min 31 secs)

 

A Broad Spectrum Approach to the evaluation of art therapy in a learning disabilities service by Simon Willoughby-Booth (PPT, 240KB, 3 mins 20 secs)

 

 

Media Release - June 2008

Queen Margaret University offers UK’s first M.Sc. in Dance Movement Psychotherapy

Click here to view the media release (Word, 28K, 7 Secs)
 
For more information about this course readers should visit: www.qmu.ac.uk/Dance_Movement_Psychotherapy.htm or contact:
 
Admissions at Queen Margaret University
Tel: +44 (0)131 474 0000
Email: admissions@qmu.ac.uk
 
For further media information please contact Lynne Russell, Press and PR Officer, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, tel: 0131 474 0000, mob: 07711 011 239

Sharing Best Practice in Assessment in the Arts Therapies - 15 March 2008

The Scottish Arts Therapies Forum and Quality Improvement Scotland Practice Development Network held an event in the Thistle Hotel, St James Centre, 107 Leith Street, Edinburgh on 15th March 2008.  The purpose of the event was to share Best Practice in the Arts Therapies. 

'Promoting the Emotional Wellbeing of Adults with Mental Health Issues - The Contribution of Arts Therapies' (Information Leaflet for Professionals Working with Adults with Mental Health Issues)

Please click on the link below to view the 'Promoting the Emotional Wellbeing of Adults with Mental Health Issues - The Contribution of Arts Therapies' information leaflet for professionals working within Mental Health.

The leaflet was developed by the Arts Therapies Practice Development Network and funded by the Practice Development Unit of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland

We hope that the leaflet will prove useful for professionals dealing with adults with mental health issues by outlining the role of Arts Therapists

There is space on the back page of the leaflet to add your professional details or details of your Arts Therapy Department

Click here to download the leaflet (PDF, 136K, 37 secs)

‘Promoting the Emotional & Social Well Being of Children – The Contribution of Arts Therapies’ (Information Leaflet for Professionals Working with Children)

Please click on the link below to view the ‘Promoting the Emotional & Social Well being of Children  - The Contribution of Arts Therapies’ leaflet for professionals working with children.
 
This product was developed by the Arts Therapies Practice Development Network and funded by the Practice Development Unit of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. 
 
We hope that the leaflet will prove useful for professionals dealing with children and young people by outlining the role of Arts Therapists.
 
There is space on the back page of the leaflet to add your professional details or details of your Arts Therapy Department.
 
Link opens in new windowClick here to download the leaflet (PDF, 138K, 39 Secs)
 

Poster: Arts Therapies - The First Psychological Therapies to be Registered with the Health Professions Council

Please click on the link below to view the poster recently developed by the Arts Therapies Practice Development Network and funded by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. 

The poster, 'Arts Therapies - The First Psychological Therapies to be Registered with the Health Professions Council' outlines the four disciplines of Arts Therapies and provides information about what Arts Therapists do, where they work and who they work with.

Click here to download the poster (PDF, 773KB, 78 secs)

Service Development Initiatives

Please complete the template below to provide details on project and audit information for Arts Therapy development initiatives. Email completed templates to ahpadmin.qis@nhs.net for publication on this page.

Regional Initiatives

Please click on the link below to view the Arts Therapies Regional Initiatives in place:

Regional Initiatives (PDF, 108KB, 1min 30 secs)

Stakeholder Event

The Arts Therapies Stakeholder Event was held on Friday 16th June 2006 at Delta House, West Nile Street, Glasgow.

Publications

The APMT and BSMT (British Society for Music Therapy) have jointly published three leaflets that provide an introduction to music therapy in various settings:

  • How can music therapy help people with learning difficulties?
  • How can music therapy help children with special needs?
  • How can music therapy help adults with mental health problems?

To obtain copies of any of these publications please contact:

Leanne Barbieri
61 Church Hill Road
East Barnet
Herts EN4 8SY
UK
Tel/Fax: 020 8440 4153
Email: APMToffice@aol.com

In addition, the British Society for Music Therapy (BSMT) stocks a wide-selection of books, monographs and videos at www.bsmt.org.

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