View Free Presentations on Slideshare.net

If you're interested in learning, particularly about art therapy, there are some great presentations online for free at http://www.slideshare.net/.  Just go to the site and search for whatever topic you're interested in.  PowerPoint Presentations have been uploaded by users and are accessible for free to the public.  You yourself can also create an account and upload your own presentations in order to promote your work or share what you've been up to with an online community.

Here are some examples of presentations you can view on art therapy:

Social Media and Art Therapy
Art Therapy as an Alternative Treatment
Art Therapy & Trauma: Art Helps Indigenous Women Heal
International Art Therapy Research
Healing Dolls as a Therapeutic Art Therapy Intervention
Bruce Perry's Impact: Considerations for Art Therapy & Children

Head over to slidshare.net and start a search of your own!

DDS Training Seminar in Denver, sponsored by ATACO

The Art Therapy Association of Colorado will be hosting a Diagnostic Drawing Series (DDS) Training Seminar lead by Barry M. Cohen, MA, ATR-BC & Anne Mills, MA, ATR-BC, LPC.

Saturday & Sunday

October 16 & 17

9 am - 5pm

TOSA (The Other Side Arts) Denver

1644 Platte Street, Denver, CO 80202

(303) 561-3000

 

For more information or to register online,

visit: http://www.arttherapy-co.org/Events

Training Opportunities!

We have posted about the Art Therapy Association Conference coming up in November because 4 of our students will be presenting!  We have also decided to do some research and find some alternative opportunities available to students for the summer and fall semester.  Check these out!

Expressive Art Therapy Summer Institute
Tuscon, AZ
July 25-Aug. 8, 2010

Open Studio Project Facilitator Training
Evanston, IL
July 31-Aug. 2, 2010

International Encounter for Art Therapies Students
Edinburgh, Scotland
September 16-19, 2010

Buckeye Art Therapy Association Symposium
Dublin, OH
Sept. 24 & 25, 2010
* Our very own Michael Franklin is the keynote speaker at this event

International Conference on Art in Response to Violence
Chicago, IL
Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2010

Health, Aging and the Creative Arts
Pentincton, British Columbia
Oct. 1-2, 2010

Art for Burning Out Burnout
Redwood Valley, CA
Nov. 1-2, 2010

Art Therapy & Technology: Linkedin

Post by: Annice Johnson, Class of 2011

The Internet is an amazing tool for art therapists, well, for anyone. There is a site in particular I would like to highlight: Linkedin.

Linkedin is a free professional social networking site, so it is like facebook with a suit on. As students about to emerge into a professional realm, I have found Linkedin to be a resource worth investing some time in.  Once you have become a member, you can join groups. In the search option under groups - I typed in the words art therapy. A list of art therapy groups pops up; these include: Art Therapy Alliance, International Art Therapy Organization (IATO), and many subgroups that explore more specific realms of art therapy, such as trauma work with art therapy, various mediums used, medical art therapy, and digital art therapy.

Once you join a group, there are discussions posted to the page, so it is like a chat room all dressed up with a tie. These discussions are useful in a variety of ways. As a networking site - it is helpful in meeting art therapists who are often more than willing to answer your questions. Once, I posted a discussion about a population I was studying for a class presentation. Several art therapist who worked directly with that population messaged me valuable information. Not only was it helpful for my research, but I now have some contacts that work with the population I am interested in. Valuable, no?! 

Currently, Gretchen Miller through the Materials and Media in Art Therapy Linkedin subgroup is hosting an ATC (artist trading cards) swap for members of the subgroup with the theme of "Art Therapy: Helping Others, Communities, and the World". This is a fun way to network with other actively creative art therapists. The rules were to create 4 ATCs.  Once all members have sent in their ATCs Gretchen will mail back 3 from other art therapists. The 4th cards are being kept for the Art Therapy Alliance.  Not only is this fun, but now I am able to contact other participants and start networking with them. I can't wait to find out what 3 art therapist I will receive ATCs from! 

While it is too late to sign up for this swap, there are already rumors about another one forming... so quick, hop like a bunny and sign up for Linkedin, and join the Materials and Media in Art Therapy subgroup.

Here are the ATCs I sent in:

To see the ATCs already submitted visit the Art Therapy Alliance Facebook page.

AATA Conference Sessions Now Posted

All of the sessions for the AATA annual conference are now posted here.  Check out full listings and visit the AATA Conference website to register!

Naropa students will be presenting...

Friday, November 5th from 3:15-5:05pm
Carry Me with You: Art Therapy and Families Facing Military Deployment
Elizabeth Fisher, B.A.; Annice Johnson, B.A.; Chelsea O'Neil, B.A.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought about unprecedented cycles of deployment. The increasing frequency of these cycles has resulted in raised stress levels for military families. This presentation will identify the implications of military deployment on the psychological development and mental health of children within military families.

Saturday, November 6th from 10:15-11:45am
Laptops & Twitter & Blogs, Oh My!
Donica Snyder, B.A.; Chelsea O'Neil, B.A.
Can we responsibly integrate technology into the practice of art therapy without jeopardizing the therapeutic alliance? We think so. An overview of both sides of the technology debate will be presented as well as examples of technology being used to build relationship in therapy and within a larger community context.

AATA Conference Early Bird Registration Now Available

Early bird registration for the 2010 American Art Therapy Association national conference is now available online.  For more information about rates and what is included in the various packages, visit the AATA conference conference & event registration page.

Art Therapy Association Mentor Program

 "The American Art Therapy Association is expanding its professional development service offerings, including the implementation of a new Art Therapy Mentor Program.  The Mentor Program will specifically target student members of the Association enrolled in art therapy graduate programs, and new professionals who are entering the field.  The talents, experience, and wisdom of the Association's seasoned Credentialed Professional, Professional, and Retired Professional members will provide the cadre of mentors to ensure that the next generation of art therapists has the support needed for success.

The Art Therapy Mentor Program had its official launch at the Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas this past November.  As of January, 2010, 34 of the Association's members including mentors and mentees are now actively participating in the program."
- AATA Newsletter, Volume XLIII, Number 1 Winter 2010, Page 18

For more information about the AATA Art Therapy Mentor Program, please visit the website or send an email to mentor@arttherapy.org.

To become a member of the AATA click here.

AATA Scholarship Opportunities

American Art Therapy Association (AATA) Awards are granted to student members who have been accepted or are attending an American Art Therapy Association approved Graduate Art Therapy Program (that's us).  You can find all information regarding the application process on the AATA website.  The deadline for application packets is July 15th.  All students are encouraged to apply!

In 2009 a Naropa art therapy student received a scholarship specifically designed to provide financial support to students interested in attending the annual AATA Conference. This fund is available to 3 student members who can demonstrate financial need, enrollment in an AATA approved art therapy program, prior involvement in art as healing events and potential for becoming a leader in the AATA community.

Other scholarships available include:

AATA Anniversary Scholarship Fund (1 award)
Available to a stude]npt with a current GPA of at least 3.25 who can demonstrate financial need and acceptance and or enrollment in an AATA approved graduate art therapy program.

Myra Levick Scholarship Fund (1 award)
Available to a student with a current GPA of at least 3.00 who can demonstrate financial need and acceptance and or enrollment in an AATA approved art therapy program.

Rawley Silver Award for Excellence (1 award)
Available to a student whose academic record or prior experience is deemed excellent (3.50) who can demonstrate financial need and acceptance and or enrollment in an AATA approved art therapy program. Where there is no financial need, a $100 honorarium will be granted.

Cay Drachnik Minorities Fund (1 award)
Specifically designed for the purchase of books, this fund is available to members of an ethnic minority group who can demonstrate financial need and acceptance and or enrollment in an AATA approved art therapy program.

Pearlie Roberson Award (1 award)
Specifically designed to provide financial support for a project, undertaken by a student or professional member of AATA that targets multicultural aspects and capacities of art therapy.

Prasad Family Foundation-International Student Scholarship (2 awards)
Specifically designed to provide financial support for international students enrolled in an AATA Approved Graduate Program.

Naropa Students to Present at 2010 AATA Conference

Four Naropa art therapy graduate students have been selected to present two presentations at the 2010 American Art Therapy Association (AATA) Conference in Sacramento, California.  Here are a couple of short blurbs about the presentations:

Laptops & Twitter & Blogs, Oh My!

Chelsea O'Neil & Donica Snyder

Can we responsibly integrate technology into the practice of art therapy without jeopardizing the therapeutic alliance? We think so.  An overview of both sides of the technology debate will be presented as well as examples of technology being used to build relationship in therapy and within a larger community context.

Art Therapy on the Home Front: 

Coping with Military Deployment of a Parent

Beth Fisher, Annice Johnson, & Chelsea O'Neil

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought about unprecedented cycles of deployment.  The increasing frequency of these cycles has resulted in raised stress levels for military families.  This presentation will identify the implications of military deployment on the psychological development and mental health of children within military families.
 

  
We'll see you in Sacramento!