Alternate Route Certificate in Dance/Movement Therapy
Alternate Route Certificate in Dance/Movement Therapy
Alternate Route is available to students interested in earning their Registered Dance Movement Therapist (R-DMT) credential from the American Dance Therapy Association. Eligible students must hold an MA or PhD in Counseling, Psychology or related field and wish to enrich their abilities with our dance/movement therapy curriculum.
The program begins the first week in August every year. Applications for the program must be submitted no later than January 5, 2012. Applicants are expected to have completed anatomy and kinesiology or applied anatomy (45 hours/3 credits).
PROPOSED CURRICULUMFOR POST-GRADUATE CERTIFICATION
As listed in the ADTA R-DMT application
I. COURSEWORK
-Dance/Movement Therapy Theory II (3)
-Introduction to Body/Mind (3)
-Social & Cultural Foundations (3)
-Family Counseling (3)
-Addictions Counseling (3)
-Clinical Appraisal & Treatment Planning (3)
-Trauma & D/MT (1)
-Performance as Therapy (1)
-Creative Arts Therapies (1)
-Kestenburg Movement Profile (KMP) (1)
-Expressive Arts Therapies (1)
2. Group Processes in Dance Therapy (3 cr.)
-Methods of Group Therapy (3)
-Observation & Assessment of Movement II (3)
4. Anatomy and Kinesiology (prerequisite)
II. FIELDWORK (200 hours)
Covered by MA degree or PhD*
III. INTERNSHIP (700 hours, 5 cr.)
-Internship II (2)
Total of 30-35 credits
*Depending on your previous degree,
you may be required to take additional classes at Columbia College
Chicago to fulfill the ADTA requirements to become an R-DMT.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 15, 2011 (click here to apply*!)
*Application available starting August 1st
Gainful Employment Program Disclosure
ADDITIONAL LINKS
- ADTA requirements to become an R-DMT
- Printable information on Alternate Route
