Dance/ movement activity for children and Adults with MR and DD (wheelchairs & ambulatory) submitted by Joy Schoffer on June 11, 2006 Size of Group: 10-15 Equipment: warm bodies, and some dancing music Objective: to increase socialization skills, cognitive skills, good for following directions. The problem that was addressed is the insufficient understanding of how patients are being assessed throughout the field of dance/movement therapy (DMT). In this paper I focus on the phenomenon of interoception in the recovery process from trauma and present a dance/movement therapy (DMT) application model that is … The Dance/movement therapy, a creative arts therapy, is rooted in the expressive nature of dance itself. The objectives of this therapy are determined jointly between the beneficiary and the dance therapist. It has a wide range of benefits like effective in improving self-esteem, attentiveness, body image, and communication skills. Dance/movement therapy is defined as the psychotherapeutic use of movement in a process that furthers the emotional, cognitive, social, and physical integration of the individual. Provides opportunity for independence during activity. As a modality of the creative arts therapies, DMT looks at the correlation between movement and emotion. Objectives: To compare the effects of dance/movement therapy and standard care with standard care alone or standard care and other interventions in patients with cancer. what is dance/movement therapy? DMT is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance to support intellectual, emotional, and motor functions of the body. Dance movement therapy is an embodied psychological intervention that can address complexity and thus, may be useful for people with dementia, but its effectiveness remains unclear. Dance Movement Therapy is the specific therapeutic use of dance and movement for the promotion of the physical, emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual integration on a scientific basis. It is a basic form of authentic communication, and as such it is an especially effective medium for therapy. The American Dance Therapy Association defines dance/movement therapy as "the psychotherapeutic use of movement as a process which furthers the emotional, cognitive and physical integration of the individual." Dance is the most fundamental of the arts, involving a direct expression and experience of oneself through the body. As an arts therapy approach it has the potential to contribute to activation, stabilisation, and recovery in the context of prevention, acute intervention, and rehabilitation. Dance therapy or Dance Movement Therapy or Therapeutic Dance is generally used to treat anxiety, depression, chronic pain. Defined, dance/movement therapy (DMT) in the United States is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance to support the intellectual, emotional, and motor functions of the body. The specific objective of this study was to survey dance/movement therapists and how they assess their client’s psychosocial functioning in the context of their clinical practices. The learning objectives for the major are consonant with the general philosophy of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and with the departmental goals outlined above.