NDIS and Dance Movement Therapy
The DTAA has been advocating to the NDIS and public to recognise DMT as a profession and make DMT more accessible and available for people with disabilities. The DTAA has recently submitted and published a document titled Dance Movement Therapy as an Evidence-based Therapy for People with Disabilities 2025. You can download this document for free.
Dance Movement Therapy in the News
Dance movement therapy and trauma, interview with Juliette Kirkwood, ABC radio, 17 May 2019.
Dancing to grow learn and connect: the benefits of dance movement therapy and creative dance, Samantha Smrekar Thompson and Tessa Hens, Source Kids magazine, Summer 2017, pg. 49-50.
How to become a dance therapist, article by Grace Edwards about DTAA member Bouthaina Mayall, Dance Informa, 2013.
Report on dance therapy program for children with autism led by Heather Hill, Bayswater Buzz newsletter
DTAA Public Panel Talks on YouTube and Spotify
Watch the DTAA Panel talks on YouTube
Panel Talk 1 16 03 Full recordings: youtu.be/ABgeJrSJfC8
Panel Talk 2 06 07 Full recording: youtu.be/5xI7GprmXUE
Listen to the DTAA Panel talks on the Spotify podcast:
open.spotify.com/show/4L01tHZBDCKmP3u1vF3F6w?si=b89692ce1dcb4192
