Journey through Music for the Caregiver - 6 CMTEs/CEUs
Two Sundays: May 31 and June 7, 2009 Click here to view other recommended events
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Program description: Learn how to release the strain of
personal or professional caregiving through music making, story creation, art,
and movement.
This
program is for anyone who perceives themselves as a caregiver – nurses,
therapists, home health specialists, parents, teachers, community workers,
anyone feeling strain from a caregiving capacity. Our ability to give to
others depends upon our ability to give to ourselves as well.
In
this two-part workshop, we will identify issues and common themes, and explore
musical strategies for self-healing that can also be used also with persons for
whom we are responsible. Participants will begin each session with
drumming, and will listen to music as well as learn how to play accessible
instruments for regeneration and stress reduction. Session 1 will feature
a group recording session, from which everyone will receive a copy with which
to practice at home. Participants will be asked to keep a journal during
the week between sessions. In session 2 participants will process their
experiences and identify further strategies for self-healing through music.
No
musical aptitude is necessary for participation in the program.
Group
process will be use to determine needs and corresponding activities, including
art forms to be integrated into the experience (visual arts, movement, writing)
and the nature of recording. This one-of-a-kind experience, led by two
experts in the field, will be tailored to the needs of the participants.
Instructors:
-
Ronald M.
Borczon, MT-BC, Founder & Director, Dept.of Music Therapy,
California State University, Northridge
- Helen G. Dolas,
MS, MT-BC, Founder & Director, Arts and Services for
Disabled, Inc., Long
Beach, CA
Ron Borczon, MM, MT-BC is a music therapist and professional classical guitarist. He founded the music therapy department at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in 1984, where he also teaches classical guitar. The CSUN Music Therapy Wellness Clinic provides individually designed music activities for children and adults with disabilities and special challenges, including autism; developmental delay; physical, mental, and emotional disorders; substance abuse; and learning disabilities. Mr. Borczon is past president of the Western Region American Music Therapy Association. In 1998, he was awarded a grant to investigate the effectiveness of two different approaches of music therapy on expressive communication with autistic children. He has developed and delivered music therapy interventions for survivors and families of traumatic events: the Columbine and Santee High School massacres, Hurricane Katrina, the Northridge earthquake, and the Oklahoma City bombing. In 1994, Mr. Borczon received the Presidential Award from the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). In 1999, he was awarded the Betty Isern Howery Award, the highest honor given by the Western Region AMTA. In 2006, he received the Award of Merit from the AMTA, the highest award given by the Association for accomplishments in music therapy. Mr. Borczon has recorded two CDs on Centaur Records and his instructional video, “Guitar Today,” is available in Spanish and English. He is also the author of two books: Music Therapy: Group Vignettes and Music Therapy: A Fieldwork Primer. Mr. Borczon is still an active clinician at the CSUN Music Therapy Wellness Clinic as well as at Milestones Ranch in Malibu.
Helen G. Dolas, MS, MT-BC has a BA in Music Therapy and an MS in Special Education from California State University, Long Beach. In 1982, Ms. Dolas founded Arts & Services for Disabled, Inc., a nonprofit organization that has provided quality creative arts education and therapy, driven by a “Love before Learning” philosophy, to over 4,000 individuals with disabilities. In this capacity, she supervises and trains approximately 65 employees and 600 community volunteers. As one of the largest employers of music therapists in the region, Ms. Dolas has been the Clinical Training Director of her American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)-approved music therapy internship program since 1984. As an adjunct professor at Chapman University, she has established several new music therapy clinical training sites: at a private school for youth with autism, at a center that serves traumatized at-risk youth, and at UC Irvine Medical Center's Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Ms. Dolas is currently partnering with two other music therapists to establish the International Foundation for the Healing Arts to promote the development of music therapy services. In 2008 and 2009, Ms. Dolas was invited by Her Highness Sheikah Mozah of Doha Qatar in the Middle East as one of 15 US delegates to participate in the Third Annual International Forum of Children with Special Needs. Ms. Dolas has received numerous awards including a National Model Program Award at the US Senate from the National Coalition of Creative Art Therapies (2002), the Betty Isern Howrey Award - the highest award in the Western Region AMTA (2006), and the National Professional Practice Award from the AMTA (2007).
Location: Cultural Education
Center
for the Arts, 3827
Rosecrans Ave., Hawthorne,
CA 90250. (562) 982-0247.
Free parking behind gate.
Directions: Click here for map.
Fee: $60 total for two
weekends, $100 total for those who wish to obtain CMTEs or CEUs through the
Board of Behavioral Sciences. If you are interested in CMTEs or CEUs, please go ahead and register online at the $60 rate as per the instructions below and bring a check with you on the first day of the program for $40 made payable to "Arts and Healing Initiative" . If you are both a licensed mental health professional and board certified music therapist, the decision about one vs. the other has to do with how many units you need to maintain your certification or license and how easy it is for you to get the credits that you need from other classes.
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 here Create Username/Password or Join E-Mail list or 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. The reason for online registration, even if check payments
are possible, is that it not only gets your name on the roster immediately but
also lets us know that payment is forthcoming.
You will
know if the class is full when you begin the registration process because you
will be given the option of joining a wait list before you pay anything.
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.
Learning objectives for CMTEs/CEUs:
1. Participants will identify at least three stressors that contribute to the strain of being a caregiver.
2. Participants will create at least one piece of music aimed at facilitating a relaxation response in a group format.
3. Participants will learn at least three strategies for stress reduction based on a creative arts format.
4. Participants will experience at least three different creative arts activities that are focused on the alleviation of
stress.
Course Outline:
Sunday May 31st
1-1:50pm: Introductory musical experience consisting of
· drumming
· identification of stressors
· identification of potential outcomes
· development of group identity
2-2:50pm: Breakouts with Helen and Ron
· Small group discussions
· Identification of how people use music in their lives
· Discussion of importance of visualization with relaxing music
· Review some strategies of how to use music during the upcoming week
3-3:30pm: Recording Project
· Review instruments for recording
· Utilization of themes from the first hour for empowerment
· Group Recording
3:30-4pm:Wrap-up:
· Review assignments for the week
· Closing drum circle
Sunday, June 7th:
1-1:50pm:
· Introductory drum circle
· Check in regarding week review
· Mandala Creation supported by live music
· Creative writing
2-2:50 pm: Breakouts with Helen and Ron
· Instrument exploration
· Kalimbas, Indian flutes, shruti box, ocean drum, hand drums, guitar, strum stick
· Mandala/creative writing improvisation composition
· Small group process
3:00-3:50pm: Wrap-up
· Group discussion of daily activity
· Story
· Final group drum circle
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 of $100.
Additional CMTE information:
- The Western Region American Music Therapy Association is approved by the CBMT to award Continuing Music Therapy Education Credits. The provider, WRAMTA, #P-060, maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.
Sponsor: 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), 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. www.ccim.med.ucla.edu
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