Professionals Join Teams to Back Music-Based Healing Awareness On June 25th, ITA Executive Director Jenni Rook and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Professor Dr. Borna Bonakdarpour teamed up for Tuning Into the Musical Mind — an educational event filled with cutting-edge dialogue that addressed the capacity for the human brain to respond constructively to […]
ITA Welcomes its Fall 2017 Clinical Interns
Three New Clinical Internship Positions Start Early in August With the summer winding down, ITA is excited to welcome both the fall season and the fall interns. Joining us this quarter are three brand new clinical interns who will gain first-hand experience as they take the final step in completing their training as creative arts therapists. […]
ITA Staff Member to Pave Way for New Music Therapists
ITA Says Farewell to Rebecca West as She Moves to Minneapolis, Minnesota Not all music therapists are created equal. Some come to ITA because they want to learn more about creative arts therapies through their work. Others come because they admire the variety of clientele we serve and are passionate about helping as many people […]
Groundbreakers: Music for the Mind
ITA Collaborative Music Program Promotes Connection Among Dementia Residents and Families The Institute for Therapy through the Arts Music for the Mind program is well underway after two years of planning, training, and music programming. Beginning with a year of planning in 2014, Music for the Mind was born on Symphony of Evanston’s Memory Care […]
ITA Out and About: Making Music at the Library
ITA Intern Bradley Drozdowski at the Evanston Public Library’s Parent Child Workshop on May 13! Music Therapy intern Bradley Drozdowski attended the Parent Child Workshop event at the Evanston Public Library on May 13th to make music with young children and to talk about the positive effects of music and music therapy during early childhood […]
Go Camping with ITA!
ITA Partners with Chicago Camps and Summer Programs for 2017 This summer, ITA is thrilled to provide creative arts therapy (again!) at Camp Hope, Camp Kangaroo, Camp Neeka, and The Cove School. We hope you or your family will join us for one of these summer experiences that focus on support, growth, learning, and creativity. Edward Cancer Center’s Camp […]
ITA Opens Doors to Rush AARTS Center
Clinical Research Coordinator Anthony Burns Gets Inside View of ITA Intake Process On Wednesday, March 29th, Autism Assessment Research Treatment and Services Center (AARTS Center) employee, Anthony Burns visited Institute for Therapy through the Arts for a first-hand experience of the entailments of our intake process. Burns, a clinical research coordinator at the AARTS Center with […]
Callout: ITA Internship Program Seeks Two New Student Applicants
ITA Internship Focuses on Training in Music Therapy Did you know ITA has had a music therapy internship for over 10 years? ITA is proud to train up to four music therapy students each year from Universities and Colleges from all over the United States. Many of our interns have gone on to get their […]
ITA Music Therapy Intern Bradley Drozdowski Presents at Illinois Student Assistance Commission
ITA Intern Bradley Drozdowski Presents to Illinois Student Assistance Commission on April 18 on Defining Music Therapy Music Therapy intern Bradley Drozdowski gave a 60-minute presentation at the Illinois Student Assistance Commission in Deerfield, IL titled “An Introduction to Music Therapy.” ISAC is an organization dedicated to making college education more affordable and accessible for […]
Meet our Honoree: Dr. Michael H. Thaut
Toronto Professor to be Honored at ITA’s First Annual Arts Benefit Dr. Michael H. Thaut, PhD, is set to be honored at ITA’s first annual benefit, “Rooted in the Arts” alongside Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl. The benefit will be taking place on April 28, 2017, where Thaut is scheduled to accept ITA’s Marilyn Richman Legacy […]
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