Dance Therapy Association of Australia

HEMF funded research studies


Researching dance movement therapy approaches to well-being for women in Timor-Leste

Date: 2013
Author / Researcher: M. Jacobsson
Project Description:
Marita Jacobsson received a grant for her project titled: Researching dance movement therapy approaches to well-being for women in Timor-Leste. This project was intended to build on a
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“Capture”- documenting the history of a DMT group that has been in existence for more than 30 years

Date: 2013
Author / Researcher: Kim Adele Peel
Project Description:
Kim Adele Peel received a grant for her project, Capture, to document the history of a DMT group that has been in existence for more than 30 years. This project was intended to
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Development of an app for assessment in dance-movement therapy

Date: 2012
Authors / Researchers: K. Dunphy and S. Mullane
Project Description:
Kim Dunphy and Sue Mullane were awarded a grant to assist with the development of an app for assessment in dance movement therapy which will be a conversion of their Framework for
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How effective is the Framework for Dance-Movement Assessment when used within the DEECD assessment framework in the context of a dance-movement therapy program in a special needs school?

Date: 2011
Author / Researcher: S. Mullane
Project Description:
Sue Mullane was awarded a grant for her study entitled: How Effective is the Framework for Dance-Movement Assessment (recently developed by Kim Dunphy and Sue Mullane) when
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Intergenerational dance/movement therapy: Connections between two generations

Date: 2009
Author / Researcher: J. Lesosky
Project Description:
Jessica Lesosky was awarded a grant for her study, Intergenerational Dance/Movement Therapy: Connections Between Two Generations. This project was completed in 2009 and was reported in Moving On in 2009 (Vol 8, Nos 3& 4).


Survey of dance-movement therapy to document and map current practice in Australia

Date: 2007
Authors / Researchers: K.Dunphy, T. Hearnes &  J. Toumbourou
Project Description:
Kim Dunphy and collaborators Tessa Hearnes and John Toumbourou were awarded a grant to undertake a survey of dance movement therapy to document and map current practice in
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