[Adta] CAT Day in NJ

[eri]

Dear Christina and fellow DMTs,

Just want to share how some of us in NJ are celebrating CAT week.  We are
having a morning of "PROFESSIONAL RENEWAL" at Princeton House (in Central
New Jersey).  Last year we focused on educating our staff and the public
about CAT.  This year, we are focusing on the CATs who work in our inpatient
and outpatient settings:


PROFESSIONAL RENEWAL

CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES DAY
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2007

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Princeton House Behavioral Health
Allied Clinical Therapies Department
905 Herrontown Road
Princeton, New Jersey  08540

March 18-25, 2007 is National Creative Arts Therapies Week.  In honor of the
contributions that Creative Arts Therapists make in the treatment of mental
health, we invite all Creative Arts Therapists within the Princeton House
Healthcare System to join for a morning of professional renewal.  Come
celebrate your work and nurture your own creativity and artistic self.

PROGRAM:

8:00-8:30 am    Registration
                Continental Breakfast

8:45-9:30 am    Drumming Circle
		    Carrie Rupnow-Kidd, MMT, MT-BC
		    Kim Febres, MA, MT-BC

9:45-10:30am    Dance Movement Experiential
		    Eri Millrod, MA, LCAT, NCC, ADTR

10:45-11:30 am  Open Art Studio
		    Christina Taylor, MS, LCAT, ATR-BC

11:30-12:00pm   Round Table Discussion


We hope to give the CATs an opportunity to reconnect to their art and their
creativity and address stress, burnout, etc.
Happy CAT Week to all!

Eri Millrod
New Jersey Chapter


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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:20:32 -0400
From: "Christina Devereaux" <christina at cd-photo.com>
Subject: [Adta] Happy Creative Arts Therapy Week!!
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Dear Esteemed Colleagues and Creative Arts Therapists!!



This is the week to honor YOU and the fantastic things you bring to this
profession and celebrate the power of the healing arts!!  All this week
(March 18-24, 2007) is dedicated towards spreading the word about the
Creative Arts Therapies (art therapy dance/movement therapy, drama therapy,
music therapy, poetry therapy & psychodrama). This is the 28th anniversary
of the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies (http://www.nccata.org
<http://www.nccata.org/> ) and the 41st Anniversary of the American Dance
Therapy Association (Est. 1966 www.adta.org <http://www.adta.org/> ). In
honor of the coalition building many creative arts therapy leaders have done
over the years, we would like to invite you to celebrate within your
community the extraordinary work of the creative arts therapists all over
the world.   Download FREE informational sheets (including Press Release,
CAT Week flyer & NCCATA informational sheet) that you can use for your CAT
week celebration at http://www.nccata.org/CATs_week.htm ; Dance/movement
therapy informational sheets and ADTA Brochures can be downloaded in the
media section at http://www.adta.org/resources/media.cfm  Also, You can
download a Media Press Release on the ADTA website at
http://www.adta.org/resources/press-release.cfm  (thanks to our ADTA
Spokesperson, Sally Totenbier!) Let us know how you celebrate this fantastic
week!!

Sincerely,
Christina Devereaux, MA, LCAT, LMHC ADTR, NCC
Chairperson, Public Relations Committee
American Dance Therapy Association
www.adta.org <http://www.adta.org/>
christina at cd-photo.com

Announcing National Creative Arts Therapy Week!
March 18-24, 2007

The creative arts therapies include art therapy
<http://www.nccata.org/art.html> , dance/movement
<http://www.nccata.org/dance.html>  therapy, drama therapy
<http://www.nccata.org/drama.html> , music
<http://www.nccata.org/music.html>  therapy, poetry therapy
<http://www.nccata.org/poetry.html> , and psychodrama
<http://www.nccata.org/psychodrama.html> .

As a Creative Arts Therapist, we hope that you will take the opportunity to
share in spreading the word about the power and the effectiveness of the
healing arts during Creative Arts Therapy Week to be held March 18-24,
2007!!

We invite you to celebrate within your community the extraordinary work of
the creative arts therapists all over the world.
We invite you to use this week as a public relations effort to celebrate our
disciplines throughout the United States.
We invite you to design your own celebration of the Creative Arts Therapies.


What should you do?  .Do what you do best!!
CHOREOGRAPH YOUR OWN CELEBRATION OF CAT WEEK!!

You could..
* Host an open house with other CAT colleagues to display and demonstrate
your modality -or provide a workshop or seminar open to the public.
* Offer to run a career day with colleagues at a local high school or
college.
* Provide a staff development in-service to broaden the knowledge of other
professionals in your own institution or agency.
* Visit other schools, nursing homes, day-care centers to provide a creative
arts therapy experience.
* Arrange a display at your local library (and in your own institution or
agency!)
* Put up posters and leave flyers wherever you go.
* Send out press release to your local paper announcing Creative Arts
Therapies Week activities in your community.
* Send a letter or e-mail to the Public Service Director of your local radio
and TV stations for a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. (Be sure to include your
contact information.)
* Arrange for you or a colleague to be INTERVIEWED by a local paper or
station, highlighting your work.

Take photos and share with us about your ingenuity!!

We can do this!!  Let's have a fantastic 2007 CAT Week!!! Go Go Go!!!

Send photos and highlights about your CAT week to ADTA's Public Relations
Chairperson, Christina Devereaux, christina at cd-photo.com

Download FREE informational sheets (including Press Release, ADTA Brochures,
CAT Week flyer & NCCATA informational sheet) that you can use for your CAT
week celebration at http://www.nccata.org/CATs_week.htm ; Dance/movement
therapy informational sheets and ADTA brochures can be downloaded in the
media section at www.adta.org <http://www.adta.org/>

Sincerely,
Christina Devereaux, MA, LCAT, LMHC, ADTR, NCC
Chairperson, Public Relations Committee
American Dance Therapy Association
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