Lesson Plan for Individuals with developmental, medical, social, physical, and psychological challenges – Prepared by Shaoni Chatterji, LMFT,R-DMT

OVERVIEW & PURPOSE

“Dance is a social, creative form of human activity impacting on wellbeing through emotional involvement in active or passive participation at all levels of mastery.”

Karkou et al., 2017, p. 13

OBJECTIVES

1. Dance/movement therapy (DMT) is defined by the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) as the psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration of the individual, for the purpose of improving health and well-being..

Main Learning Goals: 

1. Increases emotion regulation through body awareness interventions.
2. Engages in self-expression and explores openness through movement.
3. Improves body image and self-image through positive connection to the body.
4. Redefines relationship with the body and movement following diagnosis.

Expected Outcomes 

DMT(Dance/Movement Therapy) can help people with physical health by increasing strength, improving flexibility, decreasing muscle tension, and boosting coordination.