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Arts Therapies Report: Hitting the HEAT Targets 2010
This report has been produced as a result of the Evaluation for Art Therapies Conference on 14th March 2009, detailed below. The potential contribution of Arts Therapies to Health Improvement, Efficiency Access and Treatment was highlighted through this Conference and this Report specifically explores the potential role for Arts Therapies in supporting mental health and highlights their input to the psychological and social wellbeing of a wide range of client groups. The report was compiled by Dr Vicky Karkou, Senior Lecturer at Queen Margaret University for the Scottish Arts Therapies Forum.
The report can be downloaded from the NHS QIS website.
First National Symposium for the Arts In End of Life Care
End of Life Care and Everyday Life: Why the Arts Matter
5-6 November 2010 £100 per day St Christopher's Hospice, London UK
The first national symposium for the arts in end of life care brings together leaders in the field, as well as presenting a range of current innovations based around the important areas of policy, theory and practice. The symposium will offer opportunities for debate, dialogue and forward planning through: Defining the place of the arts in End of Life Care; Examining and relating policy, theory and practice; Exploring potential and possibility-innovation; Expanding the use of the arts - Care Homes and other settings. For more information and booking form please visit the symposium page or email education@stchristophers.org.uk.
Churchill Travelling Fellowships
This is a very good funding opportunity for anyone considering an overseas visit that would be of benefit to them selves and the wider community. Want to find out about Music Therapy in Lapland, Dramtherapy in Russia, Art Therapy in India, Dance Movement Therapy in Thailand and use that information to inform or practice in Scotland?
Applications are now open to travel in 2011! Please forward this email to anyone you know who may be interested in applying for a Churchill Travelling Fellowship. They must be over 18 years of age and a British citizen but otherwise the Fellowships are open to anyone who is not already a Fellow. Full details are on our website and anyone interested can apply via the simple online process. Please help us spread the word so that as many people as possible can enjoy the benefits of a Churchill Travelling Fellowship.
Dramatherapy Foundation Certificate
Queen Margaret University Edinburgh
DRAMATHERAPY FOUNDATION CERTIFICATE COURSE
The first course of its kind in Scotland
Details now available for download.
PRESS RELEASE - Dance Movement Psychotherapy
Queen Margaret University offers UK’s first M.Sc. in Dance Movement Psychotherapy.
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh is the first University in the UK to offer a Masters in Science (MSc) in Dance Movement Psychotherapy in the UK.
The course will offer a professional qualification for a unique form of psychotherapy which uses movement and dance as a means of communication.
Press release now available for download.