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Research & Resources

International, National and Regional CAT Associations:

 National Coalition for Creative Arts Therapy Associations 

Institute of the Arts in Healing

International Expressive Arts Therapy Association

National Association for Drama Therapy

American Music Therapy Association

The Certification Board for Music Therapists

International Association for Music & Medicine 

Great Lakes Region Music Therapy Association

Illinois Association for Music Therapy

American Dance Therapy Association

American Art Therapy Association

Illinois Art Therapy Association

 

Music Therapy Resources:

American Music Therapy Association Information on Autism
Music Therapy and Language in Autism

Music Therapy in Response to Trauma 

Music Therapy and Developmental Disability

Journal of the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association

American Music therapy Early Childhood Online Magazine (Imagine)

Models of Music Therapy Intervention in School Settings

Music Therapy to Improve Speech After a Stroke

Music Therapy for Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, after a Traumatic Brain Injury

The Center for Biomedical Research in Music

ITA Featured on NBC News: Music as Brain Medicine

Music Therapy and Neurological Rehabilitation: Performing Health

Gabby Giffords: Finding Words Through Song

Music Therapy- Research on Human Subjects with Mental Disorders

Music Therapy for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

Music Therapy Soothes Mental Illness

Psychiatric Music Therapy

Music Therapy Relieves Health Anxiety

Music Therapy for Depression

Music Therapy and Mental Health

The Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State University 

 

Dance/Movement Therapy Resources:

American Dance Therapy Association

Pyschology Today Article “Dance Therapy: Spin Control” 

Be a Dance Therapist

Dance Movement Therapy and Trauma

Dance Therapy at Mattel Children’s Hospital 

Dance Movement Therapy with Stroke Survivors

Dance Therapy and Mental Illness

Improving Mental Health through Dance Therapy

Applications of Dance/Movement Therapy for Coping

Book Review: Dance/Movement Therapy Connecting Mind and Body

 

Art Therapy Resources:

Art Therapy and Trauma

Art Therapist Blog about Developmental Disability

Art in Early Childhood

Art Therapy and Mental Health

Mental Health Benefits of Art Therapy

Art Therapy for Anxiety

Video: Art Therapy Helps Dhildren Adjust to the Illness of a Parent

Art Therapy Helps Older Adults to Cope

Benefits of Art Therapy for Those Adjusting to Normal Life Stressors

Art Therapy and Addiction Recovery

Expressive Art Therapy in Addiction Treatment

Expressive Art Therapy for Addiction

 

Drama Therapy Resources:

Video: Drama Therapy with Veterans

Mary Booker on her book about Drama Therapy and Developmental Delay

Sociodrama and Drama Therapy for Trauma

Drama Therapy for Children

Play Therapy in Early Childhood 

Patient-Reported Outcomes Following a Drama Class for Individuals with Chronic Aphasia  

Drama Therapy for Mental Health

Drama Therapy and People with Mental Illness

Mental Health Roots of Drama Therapy

Drama Therapy with Troubled Teens

Rehearsals for Growth – Drama Therapy with Couples

Applications of Drama Therapy for Coping

Drama Therapy for Children with Depression

 

Integrated CAT Resources:

RIC’s Annual Aphasia Day Featuring Workshops on Creative Arts Therapies

Music, Art Therapy Helps Kids to Find Their Creative Side

Connecting With Your Loved Ones through the Arts

Creative Arts Therapy: The Addiction Recovery Guide

Alternative Treatment Options for Addictions

 

Military Family Links:

Illinois Connections for Families of the Fallen

Follow the Wall

Video: Drama Therapy with Veterans

Military Child Education Coalition

National Military Family Association

 

General Resources:

The New York Academy of Sciences 

Autism Society of America
Autism Speaks

The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children 

Developmental Disabilities Educational Materials 

Brain Injury Association of America

Alternative Medicine and Brain Injury

American Stroke Association

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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