Sustainable & Evidence-Based
Beat the Odds
integrates activities from contemporary drum circles and group
counseling to teach skills to children in focusing and listening, team
building, leadership, expressing feelings, managing anger/stress,
empathy and gratitude. The program serves a whole classroom at a time and is designed for delivery by school personnel or individuals without musical experience. It is inclusive, culturally relevant, and does not bear the stigma of therapy.
UCLA researchers have shown that Beat the Odds
can significantly improve a spectrum of behavior problems in children, such as
inattention, withdrawn/depression, posttraumatic stress, anxiety,
attention deficit/hyperactivity, oppositional defiance, and sluggish
cognitive tempo.
All Primary Intervention and Elementary School Counselors in the Los Angeles Unified School District have received training in Beat the Odds. A one-day training workshop is now available to the public.
Date: Sunday, March 14 [This workshop is also being offered on Sunday, February 28]
Time: noon - 6:00 pm
Location: Remo Recreational Music Center, 7308 Coldwater Canyon, North Hollywood, CA 91605; (818) 982-0461 Free parking in back and on the street. Click here for map.
Bring: Drums will be provided. Bring a sack lunch or snack and beverage as there are no food sources immediately adjacent to the building. Curriculum materials will be available for purchase, so you may also wish to bring a credit card or check with you.
Fee:
$60 without CEUs
$80 with CEUs
for MFT/LCSW Please note that there is a separate registration site for those who wish to earn CEUs.
Curriculum materials, including companion CD, can be purchased separately at the event for $60.
Individuals who are unable to attend due to financial hardship may call 310-452-1439 to make other arrangements.
Pre-registration required: Register at www.uclartsandhealing.net. In order to register, you need to login at the upper right hand corner of the screen with a login name and password. If you have not previously done so, you can create a login name and password by clicking on the words "Create Username/Password or Join E-Mail List" in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
Payments can be made by credit card or check and must be received in order to guarantee enrollment. Online registration not only gets your name on the roster immediately but also lets us know that payment is forthcoming if you pay by check.
If the class is full, you will be given the option of joining a wait list before you pay anything during the registration process.
If you do not have access to the internet, you may send checks made payable to "Arts and Healing Initiative," and send it to 2626 33rd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405-3111. Please make sure that the following information is included with your check: your name, email address (if you have one), phone number, and the name of the event for which you wish to register. We need to have a way to contact you regarding questions about your registration or changes to the program.
Beat the Odds Training Instructors and Program Development Team:
Ping Ho, MA, MPH is Founder and Director of UCLArts and Healing. Ms. Ho was the founding administrative analyst for both the UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine and the UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). In the latter role, she had the privilege of writing for Norman Cousins and co-writing the professional autobiography of George F. Solomon, M.D., founder of the field of PNI. Ms. Ho began her academic and professional journey at Stanford University, where she received a B.A. in psychology with honors, coordinated landmark research on exercise and lipoproteins, and was appointed to spearhead the still-thriving Health Improvement Program for faculty and staff. She has an M.A. in counseling psychology with specialization in exercise physiology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has an extensive background as a health educator, exercise specialist in private practice, and performing artist. Ms. Ho subsequently obtained her M.P.H. in Community Health Sciences from UCLA School of Public Health, where she received additional training in the design, implementation, and evaluation of health education programs. She now facilitates the use of arts-based tools for mind-body healing in the community as a vehicle for empowerment and transformation.
Giselle Friedman, LCSW
is a licensed clinical social worker who is bicultural and bilingual in
Spanish and in English. Ms. Friedman received her undergraduate degree
from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her master’s
degree from USC School of Social Work. As a psychotherapist, she has
worked in school settings, agencies, hospitals and private practice,
with a focus on children and families. Ms. Friedman spent four years as
a treating and on-call therapist for Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center’s
Rape Treatment Center, Stuart House, and SM-UCLA Psychotherapy Group.
She has been working as a full time psychiatric social worker for the
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) since 2000. In this
capacity, Ms. Friedman provides individual and group therapy to
students and their families at several elementary schools. She also
leads parenting classes and educates teachers and staff on topics such
as children’s responses to trauma, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder, childhood depression and anxiety, classroom behavior
management, and addressing bullying behavior. Ms. Friedman is a member
of the school Student Success Teams and she participates in her local
district's LAUSD Resource Coordinating Council and neighborhood
community meetings.
Mike DeMenno is Manager of Remo Recreational Music Center. Mr. DeMenno grew up in Los Angeles, California, in the center of the music business and has been drumming since the age of five. After studying drumming with master teachers and playing professionally, he began facilitating drum circles for youth at risk, which led him to become the manager of the first recreational music center in the world. Created by Remo Belli, founder and owner of Remo Drum Company, Mr. DeMenno has helped to make REMO Recreational Music Center the most popular drum circle center in California. With drum workshops and drum circles almost every day of the week, including programs to reduce stress through drumming and a popular Saturday morning drum circle for kids, REMO Recreational Music Center is helping people have a happier and healthier life through drumming. Under the mentorship of Arthur Hull and Christine Stevens, Mr. DeMenno has become a prominent international drum circle facilitator at REMO Recreational Music Center and in the Los Angeles area. He believes that helping to put drums into the hands of people is one of the most rewarding aspects of being a drummer.
CEU information:
Provider name = Arts and Healing Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Provider number = 4468
This course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for MFCCs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Refund Policy: In order to keep our programs affordable yet self-sustaining, we regret that we are unable to offer refunds on enrollment fees for the course; however, the fees would then be tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law because no services would have been received for them. Individuals who can only attend a portion of the program will receive an hour of continuing education credit per hour of participation for the same CEU fee.
Learning objectives for CMTEs/CEUs:
1. Participants will learn at least three rhythmically-oriented activities for building positive social and emotional behavior.
2. Participants will learn at least three ways to use reflection and self-disclosure to build positive social and emotional behavior.
3. Participants will learn about the scientific evidence that supports this program.
4. Participants will learn guidelines for management of activities, behavior, and logistics.
Sponsors: UCLArts and Healing aims to facilitate the use of the arts as a healing tool in the community via: 1) offering affordable experiential learning opportunities to health professionals, educators, community workers, caregivers, artists, and the general public, 2) designing and evaluating programs that can be implemented broadly in educational and health care settings, and 3) creating partnerships with academic institutions, educational and health care institutions, community-based organizations, schools, professional organizations, and private industry. UCLArts and Healing is an outgrowth of affiliation between the Arts and Healing Initiative, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, the Salamander Fund, a nonprofit foundation, and the UCLA Pediatric Pain Program. www.uclartsandhealing.net
UCLArts and Healing is an organizational member of the UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine (CCIM) www.ccim.med.ucla.edu which promotes education and research in complementary, alternative, and integrative approaches to health and well-being. The CCIM represents the UCLA academic integrative medicine community on a national and international level.
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For More Information: Please submit questions regarding registration or the program via e-mail: info@uclartsandhealing.net.