Creative Arts Therapy Week - March 20-26, 2011
It's National Creative Arts Therapy Week!
The Expressive Therapy and Social Action class at Lesley University is going to be "Taking it to the streets" with a small social action project where we go into Porter Square and tell people about Creative Arts
Therapy - and where we hear from them about their experience of community. Look for a post next week about our project!
One way to get more jobs and recognition for the amazing work that we do is to spread the word about the work...
Don't wait for someone else to do it - Let it BE YOU!
From the website of the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies:
This is the 32nd anniversary of the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies. In honor of the coalition building many creative arts therapy leaders have done over the years, we would like to invite you to celebrate within your community the extraordinary work of the creative arts therapists all over the world.
- Host an open house with other CAT colleagues to display and demonstrate your modality or provide a workshop or seminar open to the public.
- Offer to run a career day with colleagues at a local high school or college.
- Provide a staff development in-service to broaden the knowledge of other professionals in your own institution or agency.
- Visit other schools, nursing homes, day-care centers to provide a creative arts therapy experience.
- Arrange a display at your local library (and in your own institution or agency!)
- Put up posters and leave flyers wherever you go. (Flyers will be available from NCCATA).
Suggestions for Media Coverage:
- Send out press release to your local paper announcing Creative Arts Therapies Week activities in your community.
- Send a letter or e-mail to the Public Service Director of your local radio and TV stations for a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. (Be sure to include your contact information.)
- Arrange for you or a colleague to be INTERVIEWED by a local paper or station, highlighting your work.
look for forms you can download on the 2009 site:
http://www.nccata.org/CATs_week_2009.htm
http://www.nccata.org/CATs_week.htm
The Expressive Therapy and Social Action class at Lesley University is going to be "Taking it to the streets" with a small social action project where we go into Porter Square and tell people about Creative Arts
Therapy - and where we hear from them about their experience of community. Look for a post next week about our project!One way to get more jobs and recognition for the amazing work that we do is to spread the word about the work...
Don't wait for someone else to do it - Let it BE YOU!
From the website of the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies:
This is the 32nd anniversary of the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies. In honor of the coalition building many creative arts therapy leaders have done over the years, we would like to invite you to celebrate within your community the extraordinary work of the creative arts therapists all over the world.
- Host an open house with other CAT colleagues to display and demonstrate your modality or provide a workshop or seminar open to the public.
- Offer to run a career day with colleagues at a local high school or college.
- Provide a staff development in-service to broaden the knowledge of other professionals in your own institution or agency.
- Visit other schools, nursing homes, day-care centers to provide a creative arts therapy experience.
- Arrange a display at your local library (and in your own institution or agency!)
- Put up posters and leave flyers wherever you go. (Flyers will be available from NCCATA).
Suggestions for Media Coverage:
- Send out press release to your local paper announcing Creative Arts Therapies Week activities in your community.
- Send a letter or e-mail to the Public Service Director of your local radio and TV stations for a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. (Be sure to include your contact information.)
- Arrange for you or a colleague to be INTERVIEWED by a local paper or station, highlighting your work.
look for forms you can download on the 2009 site:
http://www.nccata.org/CATs_week_2009.htm
http://www.nccata.org/CATs_week.htm
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