Dance/Movement Therapy, MS, Low Residency Program
THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE
Both the MPS in Art Therapy and Creativity Development and MS in Dance/Movement Therapy masters are 60-credit programs providing a synthesis of creative, aesthetic, and psychotherapeutic theory. Courses offer a thorough theoretical framework that is translated into personal and practical application through an experiential process. Artwork and/or movement is done in every course and is used to learn therapeutic skills. Students focus on a wide variety of populations and are required to work with a different population for each of the two years of fieldwork/internship/practicum. Both programs are for students who want a broad body of skills, balanced with a strong theoretical framework.
Low-Residency Format
The cycle of classes is as follows: students take one class (9 days) in mid-March in Brooklyn. During the second week of June, they take another class (8 days), also in Brooklyn. During the last week of June and first two weeks of July, students take courses in New Hampshire.
Students complete reading assignments before classes and then complete their papers after classes are over, giving them a chance to integrate class experience with readings and fieldwork/practicum/internship experience. Two years of fieldwork/internship (dance/movement therapy) or practicum (art therapy) are done from September through May following the first and second year of summer classes. Supervision is completed through weekly online contact, as well as an active online forum that keep low-residency students consistently in touch with Pratt faculty and one another.
Housing is available on campus when courses are being held in New York. Courses in New Hampshire take place in Lincoln, in the White Mountains. Students rent resort condominiums at reasonable prices for the duration of their stay. The low-residency format is offered to both art and dance/movement therapy students.
The low-residency program is not considered full-time. Therefore, international students will be ineligible for F-1 visas.
| Semester 1 | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| ADT-641 | Creative Arts Therapy I I | 3 |
| ADT-640 | Development Of Personality I | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| ADT-660 | Cultural Competency and Social Justice Issues in Creative Arts Therapy Practice | 3 |
| DT-673 | Studies in Movement Behavior I | 3 |
| ADT-645 | Group Creative Arts Therapy I | 3 |
| DT-671 | Theory and Practice of Dance Therapy I | 3 |
| ADT-642 | Creative Arts Therapy II | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Semester 3 | ||
| ADT-661 | Beginning Professional Practice and Clinical Supervision | 2 |
| Credits | 2 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| ADT-662 | Professional Practice and Clinical Super vision | 2 |
| ADT-630 | Clinical Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment | 3 |
| ADT-677 | Clinical Assessment and Treatment Planning | 3 |
| Credits | 8 | |
| Semester 5 | ||
| ADT-655 | Development of Personality II | 3 |
| DT-674 | Studies in Movement Behavior II | 3 |
| ADT-632 | Research and Thesis | 3 |
| DT-649 | Advanced Seminar in Dance/Movement Therapy I | 3 |
| DT-675 | Improvisation | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Semester 6 | ||
| ADT-663 | Professional Ethics and Clinical Supervision | 3 |
| ADT-700 | Thesis In Progress | 0 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Semester 7 | ||
| ADT-664 | Professional Identity and Clinical Super vision | 2 |
| ADT-700 | Thesis In Progress | 0 |
| Credits | 2 | |
| Semester 8 | ||
| ADT-646 | Group Creative Arts Therapy II | 3 |
| DT-650 | Advanced Seminar in Dance/Movement Therapy II | 3 |
| DT-672 | Theory and Practice of Dance Therapy II | 3 |
| Credits | 9 | |
| Total Credits | 60 | |