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CRITERIA FOR REGISTRATION AS A PRACITIONER
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CRITERIA FOR ACCREDITATION ASA TRAINING PROGRAMME
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THE ASSOCIATION FOR DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY UK
Revised September 2006
CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CRITERIA FOR ADMT UK REGISTRATION AS A DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPIST
- CRITERIA FOR ADMT UK ACCREDITATION OF DMT PROGRAMMES LEADING TO RDMT
- COURSE CONTENT OF ACCREDITED DMT PROGRAMMES
- CRITERIA FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE WITHIN DMT TRAINING
- CRITERIA FOR PERSONAL THERAPY
- REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND FEES
- CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1. INTRODUCTION
This document sets out the criteria and procedures (sections 2 & 8) for admission to the professional register of the Association for Dance Movement Therapy UK (hereinafter referred to as ADMT UK), and basic criteria for accreditation of new DMT training courses (sections 3-7). The professional member register will consist of names and addresses of individuals who are recognised by the Association as competent and licensed to practice to work as professional dance movement therapists.
The professional register has been established in order to safeguard the quality and standards of the Dance Movement Therapy profession in the United Kingdom for the benefit both of its members and of the public. The process of becoming a dance movement therapist requires ongoing professional development, one that begins before training and continues throughout the therapist’s career. It is recognised that each individual therapist will have attained different levels of competence at different periods in their professional lives. It is therefore the responsibility of each dance movement therapist that they only practise the type of therapy that they themselves have either personal experience of, or training in. Registered members are required to abide by the ADMT UK Code of Professional Practice.
The ADMT UK acknowledges that there are a wide variety of approaches and orientations in the profession of dance movement therapy and therefore this document sets out the minimum criteria for dance movement therapy practice. In applying these criteria, particular importance will be placed on the extent to which candidates, and training courses, have integrated theoretical, experiential, and clinical learning.
There are two tiers of professional registration. Both tiers correspond to the class of Ordinary Membership as defined in the Articles of Association of the Association for Dance Movement Therapy UK Limited; Article 6(c). The suitability of each applicant, and each training course, will be assessed according to the enclosed criteria. The Professional Registration Committee reserves the right to refuse admission to the professional register; however rejected applicants will have the right of appeal. The Executive Council reserves the right to refuse accreditation of a training course and will provide detailed conditions for future accreditation. Applicant organisations who have had their application rejected will have the right of appeal.
Individual members admitted to the first tier of professional registration shall be known as Registered Dance Movement Therapists and entitled to place the initials RDMT after their names. Registered Dance Movement Therapists are considered competent, by ADMT UK, to work under supervision within a variety of multi-disciplinary team settings, such as those run by Education, Health, and Social Services.
Individual members admitted to the second tier of professional registration shall be known as Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapists and entitled to place the initials SrDMT after their names. Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapists are considered competent, by ADMT UK, to work in private practice, as clinical supervisors, and educators.
The route for admission to the register is through graduation from an ADMT UK accredited postgraduate Masters level course in dance movement therapy and compliance with the criteria set out in section 2.
In addition to the training route ADMT UK re-opened their ‘grandparent’ registration route to those practitioners with extensive experience who have been in practice before accredited training programmes were available. The ‘grandparent’ route for registration is also available to practitioners who come from Europe and Overseas to live and work in UK and who have the relevant training and experience.
These criteria for registration have been produced by the Professional Registration Committee and approved by the Executive Council of the ADMT UK. The criteria will be reviewed and if necessary, revised every five years to reflect developments in the profession.
2. CRITERIA FOR REGISTRATION AS A DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPIST
2.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
This section specifies the requirements for registration as a Dance Movement Therapist with the ADMT UK.
The minimum educational qualification required for entry to the profession is a completed postgraduate Masters level diploma in dance movement therapy awarded by a UK university that has been formally recognised by ADMT UK (See section 3). Candidates from abroad with equivalent qualifications may be considered under the ‘grandparent’ route.
All candidates must have completed a minimum period of personal therapy (see section 6). It is the training programmes' responsibility to ensure that candidates have completed required personal therapy concurrent with the programme of study.
All clinical work and contact with a ‘placement’ site during training will be undertaken under the close scrutiny and supervision of a SrDMT or other appropriate senior professional.
2.2 CRITERIA FOR REGISTRATION AS A REGISTERED DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPIST
All ADMT UK accredited post graduate training programmes cover the requirements for RDMT registration. Candidates applying for RDMT are required to provide proof of graduation from an ADMT UK accredited programme e.g. graduation certificate or letter of completion from the Course Director. Alternatively, they must comply with the ‘grandparent’ route procedure.
2.3 CRITERIA FOR REGISTRATION AS A SENIOR REGISTERED DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPIST (SrDMT)
Registration as a Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapist is the minimum requirement for those wishing to offer dance movement therapy in private practice, to provide clinical supervision to other practitioners, or to teach specific components on a dance movement therapy training programme.
Senior membership requires personal maturity and responsibility of the practitioner, resulting from prolonged work on him or herself in personal therapy, movement and dance. It also demands substantial clinical experience, which has been supervised over an extended period of time. The senior practitioner is expected to be able to integrate theory and clinical practice and to demonstrate competence in articulating this within a chosen theoretical framework.
2.3.1 PERSONAL THERAPY (SrDMT)
At least two further years of personal therapy are required, in addition to the two years required for registration as a dance movement therapist (RDMT), making this a total requirement of four years minimum.
The therapist must be registered as a practitioner with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), or be a Senior Dance Movement Therapist, Senior Arts Therapist, or other senior clinical professional with suitable skills and qualifications to practice as a psychotherapist.
For applicants who seek SrDMT level of membership who live outside the UK, the additional therapy must be with a suitably qualified senior psychotherapist who is currently recognised by a relevant professionally or nationally regulated body.
The qualifications and training institution of the therapist should be ascertained before commencing therapy. During the two-year periods, therapy must be continuous, apart from normal holiday breaks. It is recommended that the type of therapy practised by the candidate should be the same as the type of personal therapy received. When personal therapy is not dance movement therapy, it should be supplemented with ongoing personal movement work with the aim of deepening the candidates understanding of their personal movement process.
2.3.2 CLINICAL EXPERIENCE (SrDMT)
Evidence of the following is required, in addition to RDMT registration:
- Clinical practice as a dance movement therapist for at least three full days per week, or their equivalent, over a minimum period of 3 years since RDMT registration. For sessional workers, each session, either group or individual, may be considered as one half day.
- At least 100 hours of additional clinical supervision received from a Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapist, Senior Arts Therapist or other senior clinical professional with suitable skills and qualifications to supervise psychotherapy. If the supervision is not provided by a SrDMT, it is required that the supervision is supplemented by 25 hours of continuing professional development training with a SrDMT.
- At least 6 months experience working in the field of mental health, at a minimum of one half day per week or equivalent. It is desirable that this experience is gained whilst working as a dance movement therapist or as a dance movement therapy student.
2.3.3 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (SrDMT)
A clinical paper is required which could contribute to the body of knowledge in dance movement therapy, and that makes reference to relevant supporting literature. The paper will be firmly rooted in the applicant’s practice and area of expertise.
Previously published articles, if meeting the requirements below, are acceptable. The paper shall be no longer than 4000 words.
The clinical paper will demonstrate evidence of candidate's ability to:
1) Critically consider clinical work and therapeutic relationships and support ideas within a theoretical framework.
2) Reflect upon their position as therapist within particular setting/s.
3) Note ways in which they intervene, both non-verbally and verbally, as the therapist in relation to the client’s responses.
4) Demonstrate an awareness of ethical issues and respect for difference.
5) Locate thinking within relevant and referenced literature.
2.3.4 CANDIDATES WHO MOVE OVERSEAS SUBSEQUENT TO TRAINING AND/OR REGISTRATION
RDMT registered candidates, following completion of the appropriate training programme, who subsequently go to live outside the UK, must ensure that they continue to have adequate clinical supervision in order to maintain their RDMT status. (Applicants should be guided by 2 .3.2 [2])
In addition, RDMT’s must ensure that they have continued personal therapy if they wish to apply for SrDMT in the future. (Applicants should be guided by 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 above).
3. CRITERA FOR ADMT UK ACCREDITATION OF DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY PROGRAMMES LEADING TO RDMT
3.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The following requirements form the basis of all training programmes in the UK and provide a base-line from which institutions may design and develop a professional practise dance movement therapy course.
1) The education and training outlined here should be acquired within the framework of a postgraduate Masters level course in Dance Movement Therapy which has successfully undergone accreditation procedures through ADMT UK and which is situated within a United Kingdom University. Every recognised and accredited DMT training course must undergo a review process every 5 years to maintain ADMT UK accreditation.
2) An ADMT UK accredited programme will contain specific areas of study (see section The level of study of each component shall be determined by the educational institution concerned; however it must be appropriate to the postgraduate masters level of the course as a whole.
3) The minimum period of study shall be two years.
4) The total classroom tutor-student contact hours for all components of study shall be not less than 315 hours.
5) The extent of each component of study is indicated in section 4, by identifying major areas of study required. Content is not specified in detail within this document. The detailed syllabus for each course component should be determined by an appropriately qualified tutor and subject to approval by the validating body of the educational institution concerned.
6) It is the training programme's responsibility to ensure that all students enrolling on a course, which leads to professional registration, become student members of ADMT UK and maintain that membership throughout the duration of the course.
3.2 PHYSICAL RESOURCES
1) It is necessary that training courses be located in institutions that are able to understand the nature, level and requirements of postgraduate masters level dance movement therapy training. The sponsoring institute must be able to accommodate the wide range of academic and practical activities that are essential to the course. There must be sufficient and suitable rooms for movement work, seminars and tutorials with adequate storage facilities.
2) Appropriate accommodation space must be provided for office use for tutors and support staff, as well as staff rooms and student common rooms adequate to meet Health and Safety regulations.
3) It is essential that the institution either possesses or has access to a suitably equipped library.
4) Training institutions must show that the physical resources allocated are of a standard adequate to meet Health and Safety regulations.
3.3 STAFFING RESOURCES
1) Staffing resources for postgraduate dance movement therapy training must acknowledge the particular clinical needs of the work.
2) Teaching staff must have amongst them sufficient Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapists with extensive experience in the profession, capable of undertaking the supervision of student placements, tutorial responsibility, training groups and workshops, lecturing and contributing to the direction of the course and its relationship to the profession.
3) Ideally tutors should have a manageable tutorial load, and should be supported by adequate administrative and secretarial staff.
4) Course curriculum arranged by the core teaching team should have supplementary teaching from others representing pertinent fields of knowledge and practice.
5) The facilitator of the training process group should not be the same person as the facilitator of group or individual supervision. The process group facilitator must be a Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapist.
3.4 ASSESSMENT
The training programme should contain a range of assessments which aim to assess student progress and learning outcomes for theory, DMT skills, and clinical practice. It is recommended that assessments covering DMT skills and clinical practice include both practical and theoretical components.
3.5 ENTRY REQUIREMENT
The training programme must have in place appropriate, documented application and interviewing procedures. Interviews must include experiential components. Minimum age for entry to programme should be 23 years. It is the training programme's responsibility to ensure that applicants have:
1) An undergraduate degree in relevant field of study, or an equivalent professional qualification, or extensive experience in a related field.
2) Continuous experience of at least one dance or movement form for a period of two years and exposure to, and experience of, a variety of dance and movement forms.
3) An ability to improvise, relate, and communicate through movement in both dyadic and group interactions in addition to an ability to improvise and use movement symbolically and expressively.
4) At least one year's relevant practical work experience (voluntary or paid).
5) Personal maturity commensurate with training as a therapist.
3.6 PROCEDURE FOR ACCREDITATION AND RE-ACCREDITATION OF DMT TRAININGS
All accreditation procedures should be undertaken concurrent with the University validation procedures where at all possible. ADMT UK will recommend an adviser who is a SrDMT to work with the University from the outset of designing and developing a professional DMT training programme. The following procedures have been devised to ensure efficiency and clarity in the accreditation process.
N.B. All correspondence must go via the ADMT UK administrator. It is advisable to send all correspondence by ordinary post and e-mail.
1) Initial request for accreditation is made by letter to ADMT UK by the applicant institution.
2) Administrator, on behalf of ADMT Council, requests eight copies of the outline document of the new course, or the revised course, and informs the Education and Training Sub-Committee (ETS-C). The Administrator will advise the Institution of the procedural costs at this point. (See Section 3.9)
3) ETS-C looks at the outline document and advises Council.
4) Depending on the response, either
a) Council appoints a panel and requests seven copies of full documentation: four for panel members, one for ETS-C reader, one for Council archives and one for contingencies,
and
b) The panel negotiates a date for the visit.
Or
c) Council advises the applicant institution that they appoint an external consultant to help them in devising the course.
5) If the first option is followed, the appointed panel is made up of two SrDMTs, an external educationalist/clinician, a reader, and a scribe. The SrDMT’s will have extensive clinical experience and a sound understanding of education and training issues
6) The reader reports to the panel in regard to the current accreditation criteria of ADMT UK, Health Professions Council (HPC) and Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). The report will be completed before the visit and a copy sent to each panel member.
7) A letter is sent to the institution which highlights the issues to be discussed at the accreditation visit.
8) On the day of the panel visit to the institution the panel will meet together to clarify the issues that each panel member wishes to raise and a format for questions is agreed. The scribe notates the proceedings of the visit and, following the day of the visit, will complete a draft report.
9) Following a brief panel meeting at the end of the visitation, informal feedback will be given to the institution.
10) Panel members will receive and approve the scribe’s report. The report goes to ETS-C for review.
11) ETS-C advises Council on final requirements, recommendations and commendations.
12) Council responds to the institution with a copy of the report for factual agreement.
13) The final report is then sent to the institution including an appendix of requirements, recommendations and commendations.
14) The response from the institution, received by Council, is passed on to the ETS-C who then advises Council.
Please note: Those courses not yet validated by a university – ADMT UK recommends that the ADMT UK accreditation process takes place alongside the course's preparation for postgraduate validation by a university. In some cases ADMT UK accreditation procedures might be completed prior to the formal academic validation in order to inform the validation panel of potential acceptance.
Final acceptance and accreditation by ADMT UK can be confirmed only after validation is completed. It is recommended that an ADMT UK representative sit upon the university academic validation panel
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3.7 NEW TRAINING PROGRAMMES
ADMT UK accreditation can only be recommended after the proposed training course has met all conditions set by the visiting panel and Executive Council. Enrolment of students on a course, before it has been recognised and accredited by ADMT UK, will result in those students being ineligible for professional registration with ADMT UK at graduation.
3.8 REVIEW PROCESS FOR ACCREDITED ADMT UK COURSES
All DMT training courses, which have been recognised and accredited by ADMT UK, must undergo review every 5 years. It is anticipated that these reviews will coincide with the regular academic revalidation of such courses by their host institutions, and that ADMT UK, and in future HPC and QAA, will be involved in such revalidation processes.
Any conditions set by the visiting ADMT UK panel and Council must be met before a new intake of students can be recruited. However, such conditions would not affect those students who were currently on the previously accredited course.
3.9 COST OF ACCREDITATION PROCEDURE
The full cost of administration, meetings and attendance of the panel on an Accreditation Visit will be £2,000.00 (currently under review). Please note that the institution will be invoiced by ADMT UK for the full cost once the initial request for application for accreditation has been made by the institution
4. COURSE CONTENT OF ACCREDITED DMT COURSES
4.1 THEORY AND SKILLS
To be read in conjunction with section 3.1 (General Requirements)
4.2 KNOWLEDGE OF THE BODY
An understanding of the foundations of Anatomy, Neuropsychology, Kinesiology, Avoidance of Injury, General Physiology, Physical Disabilities.
4.3 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Study of a variety of psychological perspectives on the emotional, cognitive, social and physical aspects of human development over the life span.
4.4 PSYCHIATRY AND ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Study of theories of abnormal psychology, models of mental illness, psychiatric diagnostic systems and major diagnostic categories, psychiatric medication and its effects on movement, current clinical practices and case presentations.
4.5 THEORY AND PRACTICE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
An overview and introduction to:
1) Theories of personality.
2) A variety of approaches to psychotherapy, for example: psycho dynamic, behavioural, systemic.
3) Group dynamics and processes in theory.
4.6 MOVEMENT OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS
Proficiency in a systematised approach to the observation and description of human movement. This includes exploration and analysis of the individual students own movement preferences, as well as those of various client populations, both child and adult, and developmental movement.
Clinical applications of movement observation should equip the student with:
1) Skill in observing and recording client movement profiles;
2) Ability to translate this into an understanding of the client's needs in order to assist in the formulation of therapeutic goals and to inform the process of ongoing DMT with that patient;
3) Ability to present this material using non-specialist language to other clinical professionals in verbal and written form.
4.7 DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY HISTORY, THEORY AND RESEARCH
Suggested areas of study include:
1) A variety of theoretical models of DMT.
2) An introduction to published research in DMT and non verbal communications.
3) Anthropological and sociological aspects of dance and movement, historically and in the contemporary, multi-cultural. United Kingdom.
4) Psychological, philosophical and aesthetic perspectives on play, the creative process, and the arts, particularly dance, as they inform DMT.
5) DMT in relation to Art, Drama and Music therapies.
4.8 DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY SKILLS
This is an experiential component designed to integrate theoretical and practical material from all other aspects of the training. Conducted in a group format, it should take place regularly for the duration of the course. This component provides the experience of both participant and leadership roles in a dance movement therapy training group and the opportunity to receive feedback from both tutors and peers.
1) The tutor for this component must be a Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapist.
2) The following skills should be included:
Empathy Skills: e.g. mirroring, echoing, attunement, approaching and building non-verbal relationships, kinaesthetic empathy, support.
Leadership Skills: e.g. how and when to use structure, maintaining boundaries, identifying and working with individual and group themes, using symbolic movement, integration of verbal and non-verbal material.
Core Therapy Skills: e.g. the therapeutic relationship, transference and countertransference, interventions, therapeutic boundaries, termination.
These skills must be studied both as they emerge in the group and in their clinical application to child and adult clients; a variety of diagnoses; group and individual settings.
5. CRITERIA FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE WITHIN TRAINING
5.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Clinical practice must take place under the overall supervision of a Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapist, and in accordance with the ADMT UK Code of Professional Practice. A tripartite contract, outlining responsibilities, expectations, and assessment procedures, must be set up between training institution, clinical practice setting, and student. A specific line manager must be designated within the clinical practice. The accredited course has the responsibility to ensure the suitability of on-site management in relation to the needs of specific clinical placement. The clinical practice specified above must be under the overall supervision of a Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapist
Clinical practice must commence during the period of theoretical and experiential study.
The clinical practice settings should provide opportunities for observation and familiarisation with different client groups as well as for application of the material covered in theoretical and experiential studies.
5.2 COMPONENTS AND DURATION
The minimum requirements are as follows:
1) The training provider will require that the student fulfils the equivalent of a minimum of ninety days of clinical placement over the duration of the course. This will include direct client contact as a therapist or co-therapist providing dance movement therapy in either group or individual sessions. Experience of at least two different client populations is required. It is strongly recommended that there is experience with child and adult populations including in a psychiatric/mental health setting.
2) The Placement experience will include clinical responsibilities i.e. referral and assessment procedures, setting up groups, preparing for sessions, recording sessions, attending ward rounds, multi-disciplinary team meetings or case presentations and liaison with fellow professionals
5.3 CLINICAL SUPERVISION
The responsibility lies with the training institution to provide adequate and appropriate clinical supervision. It is recommended that clinical supervisors be Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapists, subject to availability. Experience of supervision from more than one clinical supervisor is required. It is recommended that some supervision takes place in groups and some is individual.
The clinical practice specified above must be under the overall supervision of a Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapist.
6. CRITERIA FOR PERSONAL THERAPY
6.1
Accredited training programmes will have in place mechanisms for ensuring that all students are in appropriate personal therapy for the duration of the two year programme. Appropriate personal therapy is deemed to be a minimum of two years therapy, either group or individual, which must be concurrent with the period of dance movement therapy training. Personal therapy on a weekly basis is the minimum requirement. A greater frequency is recommended. Therapy must be continuous, apart from holiday breaks, during the two year period.
6.2
The therapist must be registered as a practitioner with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), or be a Senior Dance Movement Therapist, Senior Arts Therapist, or other senior clinical professional with suitable skills and qualifications to practice as a psychotherapist. When personal therapy is not dance movement therapy, it should be supplemented with ongoing personal movement work with the aim of deepening the candidates understanding of their personal movement process. The qualifications and training institution of the therapist should be ascertained before commencing therapy and be supplied to candidate's training programme.
6.3
The personal therapist must not be involved with the candidate's training programme in any capacity, nor act as their clinical supervisor.
6.4
It is strongly recommended that the type of therapy practised by the candidate should be the same as the type of personal therapy received. For example a practitioner of group dance movement therapy should have had experience of this form of therapy as a client.
6.5
A dance movement therapy skills training group, as described in section 4.1.7 of this document, does not meet the requirements of this section for personal dance movement therapy.
7. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND FEES
7.1 APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Students
It is a requirement of each training course that all DMT students are members of the professional association ADMT UK. The length of a student’s membership of ADMT UK must be the same as the length of their course. If this requirement has been adhered to throughout their training the student will automatically be registered as RDMT following receipt of confirmation of graduation from their training programme. Students who seek professional registration from ADMT and who have not been members throughout their course will be charged a fee equal to that payable for each year of their course of non-membership together with an additional late registration fee of £15.
Others
This procedure must be followed by all candidates seeking Registration and admission to the class of Ordinary Membership of ADMT UK. The following documents should be submitted:
1) Completed Application Form for Registered or Senior Registered Membership of ADMT UK. The names and addresses of 2 referees must be included.
2) Documents in support of the application as requested in criteria sections, i.e. - clinical paper for SrDMT and references for RDMT and SrDMT.
3) Photocopies of all relevant qualifications/awards or evidence of graduation if transcripts are not available.
4) Cheque for registration fee (see below).
Three copies of the application form and supporting documents should be mailed to:
The Administrator
ADMT
32 Meadfoot Lane
Torquay TQ1 2BW
Supporting documentation must be typewritten. Applications which are illegible or incomplete will not be processed.
7.2 PROCESSING APPLICATIONS
Each application will be considered by the Professional Registration Committee (PRC). The
Committee may make a decision based on the application form and supporting documentation or it may require the candidate to attend an interview with the PRC. The PRC may also request additional documentation from the candidate.
The PRC decision shall be communicated to the candidate in writing. There will be three possible outcomes:
- The candidate is admitted to Ordinary Membership of the Association and placed on the register as RDMT or SrDMT.
- The candidate is considered to require further training, experience, or personal therapy, and is advised of areas in which this is required. When re-applying, such candidates must submit a new application and pay the re-application fee.
- The candidate is considered to be unsuitable for registration and admission to Ordinary Membership is declined. The Association for Dance Movement Therapy is not required to give reasons in such cases. Candidates may appeal against this outcome.
7.3 APPEAL PROCEDURE
Following an unfavourable decision by the Professional Registration Committee, candidates have one opportunity to appeal against this decision. The procedure is as follows:
The candidate must write a letter to the Chairperson of ADMT UK requesting an appeal hearing. This must be accompanied by the appeal fee, set out below.
The Chairperson of ADMT UK will convene an appeal panel comprising three senior members of the Association, reflecting a diversity of training backgrounds and clinical experience. None of these members shall have been on the PRC involved in the candidate’s initial hearing.
The appeal panel will review the application in conjunction with a report from the original PRC. The appeal panel's decision will be final.
7.4 PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION COMMITTEE
Three senior members of the Association will be appointed by the Executive Council of ADMT UK, in consultation with the Professional Registration Committee, on the basis of academic qualifications and clinical experience. (Two back-up members will also be appointed). PRC members will be selected to reflect the diversity in DMT training backgrounds and clinical experience. PRC members will serve for a minimum of two years but may be re-appointed. The ADMT UK executive council will review the membership of the PRC annually.
PRC members will be remunerated at a predetermined rate for each application processed by the committee. This fee will be determined by the executive council and reviewed annually. The PRC shall elect a secretary from amongst themselves who shall be responsible for convening the committee at least twice yearly.
7.5 FEES
Registration fees will be determined by Council and reviewed annually.
Current fees are:
1) Application for Registered and Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapist £150
2) Application for RDMT/SrDMT under ‘grandparent’ route/Overseas £200
3) Re-application RDMT/SrDMT £ 75
4) Re-application for ‘grandparent’/overseas application £100
5) Appeal – RDMT/SrDMT against rejection £ 75
6) Appeal – ‘grandparent’/overseas against rejection £100
8. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
8.1 INTRODUCTION
The aim of the Association is to provide a simple, workable structure that will be easy to understand, simple to fulfil and useful to each individual. CPD aims to extend and deepen knowledge, competence and scope of practice rather that allowing it to plateau.
The aim of the ADMT UK CPD scheme is to encourage members to:
1) Maintain and update existing skills
2) Provide a means to acquire new skills and interests
3) Develop interests and skills in addition to core dance movement therapy skills relevant to your practice
4) Make active contributions to the discipline and profession of dance movement therapy
5) Encourage development of a personal career structure
6) Encourage responsibility for own CPD
8.1.1
The responsibility has been placed firmly with each individual to identify their own learning requirements and to reflect on the area of study that is chosen. We hope that this scheme will be able to accommodate any extra requirements that arise as a result of changes within and external to the profession.
8.1.2
It should be noted that members are expected to adhere to the Code of Practice with regard to clinical supervision. (It is likely that the CPD scheme will be modified in the future in order to link the requirements of a post-diploma supervision scheme to state registration.)
8.2 GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETION OF CPD REQUIREMENT
8.2.1 What is continuing Professional Development?
CPD is a process within which you identify your professional learning needs, undertake study and apply the knowledge learnt in your work. As a registered member of the ADMT UK you have undertaken a commitment in your Code of Practice to maintain professional competence. We hope that the ADMT UK Continuing Professional development scheme will help provide a structure to monitor and document this process through lifelong learning.
Commitment to CPD is now expected from many professionals by employers, the public and professional statutory bodies. The ultimate aim of CPD is to raise standards of practice.
8.2.2 How much CPD do I need to undertake?
24 hours per year. Members are of course free to exceed this amount. Try and spread your hours across a wide variety of CPD in order to include a wide range of activities and topics of learning. Clinical Supervision is no longer considered CPD as it is a requirement of your professional code of ethics.
8.2.3 What can I do in order to fulfil my CPD requirements?
A wide range of activities can be included in CPD. We would encourage members to choose their own methods and styles of learning.
1) Extend your range of professional skills and knowledge by attending activities such as:
i. Courses
ii. Conferences
iii. Lectures
iv. ADMT UK annual general meetings
2) Maintain your dance or movement facilitating skills at the highest level of professional competence by attending and facilitate
i. Improvisation groups
ii. Dance or movement skills training or development
iii. Dance or movement classes
3) Develop your practice and contribute to the knowledge base of the profession through academic study by undertaking such activities as
i. Reading relevant journals and book
ii. Writing a paper, article or book
iii. Undertaking research
iv. Reflective Practice
8.3 YOUR CPD LOG, JOURNAL AND DECLARATION
1) Please document your CPD on the simple log sheet attached. We suggest that you fill in your log and journal each time you undertake CPD. You should keep a copy of your log sheet for your files. The log sheet should be kept with your learning journal (see below).
2) The learning journal can be a folder, an exercise book or a diary - anything that suits your way of documenting your reflections
We suggest that you use the following headings to complete your journal:
- What is my learning or development need and how can I fulfil this need
- What have I done in order to develop my practice in this area?
- What have I learnt from my study?
8.4 HOW IS CPD MONITORED?
1) In the short term, the ADMT UK has adopted a peer monitoring system. This means that we ask you to nominate a registered Arts therapist who will read your learning journal, ascertain that you have undertaken enough CPD and discuss with you the CPD that you have undertaken this year. It is hoped that this will be a learning experience for you and for your reviewer. The peer monitoring system will need to be reviewed in line with recommendations which are expected from the Health Professional Council in the future.
2) When this has taken place, please ask your reviewer to read and sign the log sheet.
3) Completing a peer review of CPD.
You may be asked to monitor another qualified dance movement therapist's CPD.
You should do this by reading their learning journal and in discussion
You should seek evidence of the following:
i. The relevance of activities undertaken to the learning needs identified
ii. The variety of CPD undertaken. Refer to the range of activities listed in this document if necessary
iii. That the CPD undertaken is equivalent to at least 24 hours.
This may be demonstrated via:
i. Documentation such as agendas, programmes, publications or professional documents produced e.g. for committee work
ii. Dates and hours listed
iii. Reviews, notes etc. plus hours for reading.
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