Gain understanding about how young children's body actions and behaviors are nonverbal cues that can be transformed into meaningful movement and dance-based self – expressive activities during telehealth sessions/lessons.

Learn how to create individualized movement and dance- based activities to reduce stress in young children and engage them with their therapist/teacher during telehealth sessions.

Explore and learn how to use movement and dance activities to transform dysregulated behaviors into more regulated actions that focus a young child’s attention to obtain a mindful state of awareness that the child can use during and after telehealth sessions/lessons.

About the course

In a time where families are under increased stress, how can you keep a child engaged during online sessions? As parents adapt to extended time at home, how can they help their children navigate a range of emotions? While mindfulness is a valuable tool, how do you teach children to pause, breathe, and concentrate, especially when they are restless indoors? Discover the answers in this essential course.

Hi, I'm Suzi!

Suzi Tortora, Ed.D. BC-DMT LCAT LMHC CMA is a New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LCAT) and Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT) with her doctorate from Teacher’s College, Columbia University.  She has a full-time private practice in Cold Spring, NY and NYC for over 30 years, specializing in parent- infant/child and family therapy; trauma; pediatric medical illness; and adult chronic pain.  Dr Tortora is a pioneer in the field of dance/movement therapy bridging the fields of infant mental health, dance/movement therapy and nonverbal movement analysis.  She has published numerous papers about her work and her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children is used extensively in dance/movement therapy training programs around the world.

Curriculum

3 Chapters · 8 Lessons

  1. 1

    Welcome to the Continuing Education Program at Dancing Dialogue

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Welcome to the Continuing Education Program at Dancing Dialogue

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Getting your Continuing Education Credit

  2. 2

    Movement and Dance-Based Activities to Support Families Through Telehealth

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Six Considerations When Using Telehealth with Young Children

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Adding Dance and Movement to Telehealth Sessions

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Structuring Dance/ Movement Therapy Sessions Over Telehealth

  3. 3

    Course Examination and Closing

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Resources and Closing

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Course Examination

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Course Evaluation

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Dancing to Mindfulness in the Time of COVID

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