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2016 Creative Arts Therapy Summer Camp Partners

August 3, 2016 by ITAChicago

Summer Camp with ITA ITA was thrilled to partner once again with several summer camps across the Chicagoland area. We welcomed new partnerships with Edward Cancer Center’s Camp Hope and […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: art therapy, Camp Hope, Camp Kangaroo, Camp Neeka, Caring for Kids Summer Camp, dance movement therapy, drama therapy, Edward Cancer Center, music therapy, Pediatric CIMT Camp, Power Play, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, RIC, Seasons Hospice Foundation, summer camp, The Josselyn Center

The Chicago Community Trust Supports Creative Arts Therapy

July 14, 2016 by ITAChicago

ITA Receives a Grant From the Chicago Community Trust to Fund Services for Individuals with Disabilities We are extremely grateful to be the recipient of a GO Grant from The […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: art therapy, Chicago community trust, creative arts therapies, dance movement therapy, drama therapy, GO Grant, music therapy, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

ITA’s 2016 Webinar Series!

July 12, 2016 by ITAChicago

ITA Hosting 4 Creative Arts Therapy Webinars This summer and fall, ITA therapists will be presenting a series of webinars! The presentations are geared toward creative arts therapists and mental […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: art, art therapy, clinical practitioners, creative arts therapies, creative arts therapy, dance movement therapy, drama therapy, Jessica Sittig, keith whipple, Marni Rosen, music therapy, rebecca west, webinars

ITA at AccessChicago 2016!

July 8, 2016 by ITAChicago

Check out this video on how the event went! ITA Presentations and Workshops at AccessChicago On July 13th, ITA will be presenting at AccessChicago 2016 at Navy Pier! Access Chicago […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: AccessChicago, art therapy, creative arts therapies, dance movement therapy, Dance therapy, drama therapy, group art therapy, group music therapy, keith whipple, Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, music, music therapy, Navy Pier

ITA’s Drama Therapist, Keith Whipple, Published by Dementia.org!

January 13, 2016 by ITAChicago

Ever wondered about the ways that drama can impact the lives of the elderly? In this informative article, Keith Whipple explains the importance of stimulating cognition as we age, the […]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: article, cognition, dementia, drama, drama therapy, elderly, keith whipple, research

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: drama therapy, experience, fictional characters, Hobbits, imagination, J.R.R. Tolkien, keith whipple, Stephen Covey, storytelling, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: costumes, decorations, Denyse Beaudet, drama therapy, fear, fears, Halloween, Harry Potter, imaginative play, J.K. Rowling, keith whipple, reassurance, safe, stories, understanding

Aging

August 17, 2015 by ITAChicago

Aging is a natural process in the life cycle. When all systems are functioning and well balanced, the individual is likely to maintain a satisfying existence. Every day is filled […]

Filed Under: Glossary Tagged With: aging, Alzheimer's disease, art therapy, creative arts therapies, creative arts therapy, creativity, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, dance movement therapy, dementia, drama therapy, elderly, fatal insomnia, frontotemporal dementia, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome, Huntington's disease, kuru, Lewy Bodies dementia, music therapy, old, Parkinson's disease, prion disease, vascular dementia

Traumatic Brain Injury

August 17, 2015 by ITAChicago

A brain injury can be acquired in many ways. Most commonly known are Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) which are caused by an open or closed head injury damaging one or […]

Filed Under: Glossary Tagged With: art therapy, creative arts therapies, creative arts therapy, drama therapy, music therapy, NCD, posttraumatic amnesia, TBI, traumatic brain injury

Trauma

August 17, 2015 by ITAChicago

Trauma Informed Expressive Therapies Trauma occurs when an individual witnesses or experiences emotional, psychological or physical injury and the result of the experience, or series of experiences, is one of […]

Filed Under: Glossary Tagged With: acute stress disorder, adjustment disorders, art therapy, creative arts therapies, creative arts therapy, dance movement therapy, disinhibited social engagement disorder, drama therapy, music therapy, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, reactive attachment disorder, trauma