Please join MATA/PATA/VATA as we discuss how we can make our mark through art-based research initiatives:
Through presentations, an art experiential, panel briefings, and round-table discussions, this symposium provides rich and valuable information for all art therapists and healthcare professionals.
Keynote Speaker: Lynn Kapitan, PhD, ATR-BC
Executive Editor, Art Therapy - Journal of the American Art Therapy Association
EXPERT PANEL MEMBERS
Barry M. Cohen, MA, ATR-BC
Executive Director of Expressive Media, Inc.; Developed Diagnostic Drawing Series
Donna Kaiser, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT
Director, Graduate Art Therapy Programs, Drexel University; Chair of Research Committee of the American Art Therapy Association
Darren Mays, PhD, MPH
Research Faculty Member in the Department of Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center
Caroline Peterson, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
Founder of Springboard Studio, Mindfulness-Based Counseling and Art Therapy
Nora Stinley, MA, ATR
New Horizons, Children's National Medical Center
Melissa S. Walker MA, ATR
Creative Arts Therapist/Healing Arts Program Coordinator, National Intrepid Center of Excellence
MODERATOR: Donna Betts, PhD, ATR-BC
Graduate Professor, GWU Art Therapy Program
**This year we will be organizing round-table discussions with your expert panelists (one panelist per group). When registering, please indicate your top three choices, in order of preference. Slots are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis, so please register early!
Objectives:
1. Participants will learn how to incorporate 3 research strategies into art therapy research.
2. Participants will learn one art based technique for use in art therapy research.
3. Participants will examine 3 ways research impacts social justice.
**Sponsored by the Potomac Art Therapy Association, Maryland Art Therapy Association, and the Virginia Art Therapy Association.
7 CECs are available for attendees.
Register now for this exciting event! STUDENTS: the early bird rate is ONLY $40 (for professional members, $130)!
Details:
http://mata.memberlodge.com/events?eventId=515709&EventViewMode=EventDetails
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Donna Betts, PhD, ATR-BC
Assistant Professor
Graduate Art Therapy Program
The George Washington University
1925 Ballenger Avenue, Suite 250
Alexandria, VA 22314
dbetts@gwu.edu
703-299-4141
http://www.art-therapy.us
http://www.gwu.edu/~artx/faculty/betts.cfm
