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The Steel Drum Story

August 18, 2015 by ITA Staff

How Cultural Heritage Survives and Thrives through the Arts By Jeff Wolfe, MT-BC, and Keith Whipple, MA, RDT African Diaspora began as the voluntary and involuntary migration of peoples out of Africa to all corners of the world. The international slave trade destroyed lives and communities and ripped apart individuals and their families. Millions of […]

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The 7 Hobbits of Highly Effective People

August 18, 2015 by ITA Staff

By Keith Whipple, MA, RDT _____________________________________________________________________ My work as a drama therapist involves frequent travel through lands of the imagination. Like the heroes of Middle Earth, the clients I work with have monsters to be vanquished, allies to be discovered, losses to be mourned, and power to be regained. This last one is perhaps most […]

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Dealing with the Darker Aspects of Halloween

August 18, 2015 by ITA Staff

By Keith Whipple, MA, RDT As a drama therapist, I hear a lot of stories. This time of year many of those stories can include dark, violent, solitary and monstrous elements. It’s the season for people wearing costumes in public and a time to see houses adorned with decorations – but many costumes and decorations […]

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How Does Music Change the Brain?

February 8, 2014 by ITA Staff

A Recap of the Neurologic Music Therapy-Fellowship Training By Jeffrey Wolfe This past month I had the great opportunity to attend the Neurologic Music Therapy Fellowship Training, at the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State University. This is a 2-day intensive program, endorsed by the World Federation of Neurologic Rehabilitation (WFNR), the […]

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