Here are a few other responses regarding the media’s, bloggers’ and twitterers’ recent comments about art therapy’s role in the rehabilitation of terrorists.
The American Art Therapy Association’s response (way to wash your hands of Dr. Alyami’s work).
Cathy Malchiodi’s response on her Psychology Today Blog, Did Art Therapy Fail to Rehab Terrorists? Oh Come On
Erin [...]
I suppose some bad press about art therapy is kind of a good thing. Finally it’s big enough to be on people’s radar.
Yesterday, it was reported that two released Guantanamo prisoners who received rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia, which included art therapy, were behind the terrorist plot to blow up a plane headed from Amsterdam [...]
Les Impatients and the Wellington Center in Montreal, Canada, have teamed up to bring art therapy to the Douglas Hospital’s outpatients who receive community mental health and rehabilitation services.
Here’s an article from CTV news and a video describing the new art therapy partnership.
Will art critics ever be replaced with pigeons? Read the article here. (And you were worried robots would eventually take your job…)
The following are portions of an emailed question from Aimee in Philadelphia, PA:
Hi Liz-
I just finished the drexel program (literally, last week finished thesis), and stumbled on your blog today.
Am interested in the art therapy-CA situation- i thought that the ATR was not recognized in CA and/or that it was difficult to get a job [...]
A new film, Autistic Kids with Cameras by Alex Rotaru will be available in the near future for purchase. View the trailer below.
Here’s Amanda Alders workshop presentation from this past AATA conference in Dallas, TX.
The following presentation by Jon Ehinger took place in Dallas TX during the AATA conference in November 2009.
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