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. There is network representation across Scotland. The next network meeting will take place on Friday 2 May 2008, NHS QIS Offices, Elliott House, 8 - 10 Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh, EH7 5EA.

Network Representatives for Art Therapies (Word, 90K, 25 secs)
Media release, introducing Vicky Karkou (Word)

Network Objectives

Draft Objectives for the Practice Development Network for AHPs - Arts Therapies (Word, 192K, 54 Secs)

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

The Scottish Arts Therapies Forum and Quality Improvement Scotland Practice Development Network are 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 & 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 Practice Development Network – Arts Therapies, 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.

Click here to download the leaflet (PDF, 138K, 39 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.

Blank template (Excel, 14K, 3 Secs)

Stakeholder Event

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

Topic Specific Group Presentation (PPT, 271K, 1.17Mins)
Presentation by Vicky Karkou (PPT, 61K, 17 Secs)
Action points from the event (Word, 245K, 1.9Mins)

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.

Related Information

Innovation and new developments in Scottish Arts Therapies (Word, 45K, 12 secs)
Ph.D. and M.Phil. Research Studies in DMT - Completed and Ongoing Studies (Word, 26K, 7 secs)
BADthResearch Internet Discussion Group

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