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Seeking Art Therapist to work with Child with Autism

carol — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:55:34 +0000

Working With 11 Year Old Boy With Autism 3-6 Hours/Week In Home Fairfax, VA 22032
Starting on Jan 26, 2012 (Thursday)

Working with Child with Autism on IEP goals, playtime, etc.

Looking for good fit to work with 11-year-old son with regressive, non-verbal autism in-home as ABA and Play Partner/Coach. Child is a student in the Autism Program.

Our home is located minutes from George Mason Univ. Main Campus in Fairfax, VA. Sessions will occur in basement that is fully equipped with swings, trampoline, work area, etc.

Responsibilities include:
* Working on academic skills/IEP Goals
* Playing 1-1 with child/doing “Arts & Crafts”, etc.
* Engaging him in household activities & chores (with and without family)
* Going out into the community (with & without family).
* Having fun together!

Hours:
Part time; 3 hours on Sundays (flexible schedule within). Also possibility of more hours during summer.

About Family:
Child has high receptive with (currently) low expressive; is active, smart, seeks social interaction, and enjoys learning and being with energetic and enthusiastic people. Family may be in house or “out & about” when person is with child. Would appreciate/benefit from assistance in family interaction and play.

Requirements (Please only apply if qualified):
*Teaching and/or ABA experience specific to children with Autism (especially behavioral & with children with limited verbal) needed.
*Right candidate will be flexible, imaginative, organized and energetic. *Experience with (IPODS, IPAD) desired (but not required) to help assist in further developing means of communication for child.

This is a great opportunity to work in conjunction with staff/teachers of his “Blue Ribbon” Special Needs school.
Pay: Negotiable $18-20 (+) and related to experience.

Please contact Sara if interested.

Posted by
Sara B. from Fairfax, VA
Job Details:
Ages of Care Recipients: Youth
Diagnosis: Autism
$15 – $25 per hour*
Provider Requirements:
Has own transportation
Has attended college
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Sara J. Breaux

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art therapy internshiops and other positions open at a rape crisis center

carol — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:12:18 +0000

Positions Open at the Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault located in Fredericksburg, VA

Program Assistant: part-time position to provide assistance with administration, grants management, information and resources and intervention services. Experience with office management, filing systems, data tracking systems, accounts receivable. The person must be organized, able to manage time effectively and task oriented.
Medical billing associate: very part-time position to handle insurance filing and billing. Able to use specialized software.
We also take art therapy interns across our intervention, prevention and education programs. We can provide supervision from both a licensed counselor and a board certified and registered art therapist.

We are an equal opportunity employer and support a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on gender, race, ethnicity, identity, age, ability, or religion. All are encouraged to apply.

All employees must have a reliable form of transportation to utilize during the course of their work, pass pre-employment back-ground checks and drug testing, and be flexible in their hours.

Please check our website for an application at Join our Team at www.rcasa.org

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Art Therapy Research Project by an EVMS student

carol — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:04:50 +0000

I’m reposting a request by an art therapy student at EVMS.

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To Whom It May Concern,

Hello, I am a graduate Art Therapy and Counseling student at Eastern Virginia Medical School and over the next 4 months, I will be conducting thesis research work. I am interested in studying the attachment styles seen in adult adoptees, using an art-based assessment called the Bird’s Nest Drawing. I am hoping that my study will be able to gain insight into and enhance treatment of those who have attachment issues, especially adult adoptees, as well as strengthen art therapy research and assessment.

I am contacting you today in order to obtain help with my research and gather participants for my study. Attached are the flyers I would like to distribute to participants willing to volunteer for my study. I am seeking permission to gather participants via flyers and word of mouth. Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 99. They will be asked to complete 2 short questionnaires, 1 drawing and a supplemental written story based on the drawing. This study is not invasive and there is little to no risk of physical, mental or emotional harm.

Thank you for your time and I hope you can help my research. Please contact me with any questions, concerns, or resources.

Best Regards,

Kimberly Clemens, BA

Art Therapy and Counseling Program

Eastern Virginia Medical School

701 Fairfax Avenue

Norfolk, VA 23507-1607

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Call for papers: RCASA 1st Annual Teal Ribbon Conference on Sexual Violence, Abuse and Trauma

carol — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:59:44 +0000

Call for Papers/Presenters

On April 20th, RCASA in collaboration with the Child Advocacy Taskforce will host it’s first annual Teal Ribbon Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. This conference will have a prevention track hosted by the Child Advocacy Taskforce and a clinical track hosted by the Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault. See attached submission form to apply to present. Check back for more details.

application to present: form

For questions on presenting, email counseling@rcasa.org and contact Megan Jaquith 540-371-5502

For questions on having a booth, email outreach@rcasa.org and contact Robin Mantari 540-371-6771

Wednesday Outreach: Every donation helps! (rcasa.wordpress.com)
Welcome 2012 (rcasa.wordpress.com)

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Art Therapy on an alternative healing online community: All Things Healing

carol — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:15:43 +0000

If you read my Leading Carol blog, you might have read that I’m going to doing some editing/blogging on a holistic community forum called All Things Healing. I thought I write here about their art therapy page.

On their page, they combine arts and art therapy. http://www.allthingshealing.com/fine-healing-visual-art-therapy.php While they cover a range of arts related therapy, they have some focus blogs/forums on art therapy. They have an article focused on Erica Curtis and her work in art therapy with elderly and another article on her work with brain injury. She has been profiled as an art therapist, as have I. They also put in an article on the benefits of hiring credentialed art therapists. I am happy they include work on trauma as well. So while I may be focused on the Non-Profits/Orgs page, I may see if I can submit an article or two on art therapy!

All Things Healing is seeking an Assistant Editor for their art therapy page is anyone out there is interested! For more information please contact Eden Kozlowski atedenk@allthingshealing.com

So You Want to be an Art Therapist, Part Seven: Art Therapist Identity Confusion Disorder (psychologytoday.com)
Express your feelings through Art Therapy (silverchealth.com)

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Art Therapy Job at The Center for Eating Disorders

carol — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:47:16 +0000

The Center for Eating Disorders is pleased to announce a full or part time position for a licensed (LCPC) art therapist within our outpatient services. Art therapy is a key element in our program to treat body image issues, and for persons who have difficulty with verbal expression. The Center offers individual art psychotherapy, as well as art therapy groups for persons in treatment for an eating disorder and body image issues, to compliment our outpatient psychiatric and nutritional services. Experience with children, adolescent and adults is necessary as well as knowledge of body image development and eating disorder treatment. Candidate must be registered (ATR) and board certified (BC) with the Art Therapy Credentials Board, and have a Maryland LCPC, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors license. Interested candidates should contact Steven Crawford MD at The Center for Eating Disorders: 410-938-5252, or Julia Andersen at jandersen@sheppardpratt.org.

Thank you!

Julia Andersen MA,ATR-BC.

Expressive Therapy Coordinator

Center for Eating Disorders

Sheppard Pratt Hospital

410-938-5227

jandersen@sheppardpratt.org

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Expressive Therapies Summit

carol — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:56:18 +0000

Re-posting

The Expressive Therapies Summit has over a hundred presentations, workshops, and courses, on all of the creative arts therapies and related areas offered over four days. They are offering an additional all day Symposium on Liberating Creativity through Analysis & the Arts which will end with a special Film Premiere – a $10 ticket buys you a film,. a panel of the artists in it, and a lovely reception.

The proceeds from this event will allow our very nonprofit nonprofit, Expressive Media, to continue to make teaching films about the arts in healing. The link to the website is: http://summit.expressivemedia.org/

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VATA seeking nominations for officers

carol — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:08:23 +0000

The Virginia Art Therapy Association is seeking nominations for officer positions. Take this opportunity to join VATA and seek officership. With today’s technology, you do not have to live in a specific location to be a valued member of the board. Please read below for descriptions of officer roles. For the term 2012-2014, VATA is seeking nominations for the following positions:

* President (Officer)

* Secretary (Officer)

* Membership (Chair)

*Vice-President (Officer)

Nominations may be sent by email and are due by November 11th. Please include name, position, and a statement about the nominee’s qualifications to vaarttherapy@gmail.com .

Art Therapists and Title Protection in Virginia (vaarttherapy.wordpress.com)

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Trauma and Art Therapy Treatment Presentation

carol — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:03:12 +0000

Yesterday I presented on Instinctual Trauma Treatment and Art Therapy with survivors of sexually violent crimes. I presented to the Hampton Newport News Community Services Board. It was fun with a great and interactive audience. I spend so much time doing administrative work that I forget how fun it is to go out and share information with people, discuss cases, etc. I also got to revisit the immense and intense work that social workers do in community service boards. Kudos to all the staff there who support the folks who need services that aren’t available in the private practice sector. You do great work.

The Instinctual Trauma Response model is a really nice model of treatment to use with some of our survivors of crime. It allows for multiple orientations of therapy to address the trauma with an engaged treatment team to work with the client.

I meant to take pictures and post but I will at the one on Saturday at Old Dominion University.

Upcoming art therapy presentations (arttherapyblog.wordpress.com)
Ten Ways Art Therapy Can Work for You (rcasa.wordpress.com)
Therapy Thursdays: The Who of Art Therapy (rcasa.wordpress.com)

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Temporary Art Therapy Job in Richmond, VA

carol — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:52:30 +0000

Kids in Focus is seeking an art therapist to provide art therapy evaluations, and individual, group art therapy services to the children that reside in their diagnostic group homes. The candidate must possess excellent writing and communication skills. An ability to work both independently and within a team atmosphere are required. Experience working with children ages 7 to 17 preferred. Experience working with a variety of disorders to include Reactive Attachment Disorder or youth with sexually maladaptive behaviors would be beneficial. Additional responsibilities include participating in treatment team meetings, providing input for treatment interventions, providing treatment strategies, discharge planning, treatment plan input, and other duties as assigned. Prefer candidate with ATR or ATR-BC. This is a short term contract position with the possibility of extensions.

For more information you may call 804-714-1812. Please fax resume to Kevin Birdsell at 804-714-1824 or emailKbirdsell@rescare.com.

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