Clarification of the re-opened Grandparent route.
In 1997 the ‘Criteria for Registration’ as a professional member of ADMT UK were ratified by Council. Included in this document are the requirements to become a professional member of ADMT UK through a number of different routes, one of which is the ‘grandparent route’. The grandparent route was closed in September 2000, but has now been re-opened for a limited period of time, until ADMT UK professionals gain state registration through the Health Professions Council (HPC).
The grandparent route offers a means of registration for experienced practitioners of dance movement therapies who may not have graduated from a dance movement therapy post graduate training course, but who have engaged in significantly more than 700 hours of clinical practice. Typically, such candidates will have commenced clinical practice before graduate training programmes were available in the UK (1986), and completed a significant body of work before 1997.
To apply now through the grandparent route you need to fulfil all the requirements as laid out below for RDMT or SrDMT level of registration, and to provide evidence of long term clinical practice. Please note that if you intend to apply for RDMT through this route you must give evidence of how your experience and training covers criteria for RDMT. If you intend to apply SrDMT directly through this route, you must first give evidence of how your experience covers criteria for RDMT and then demonstrate separately how your additional experience is compatible with SrDMT level. The Professional Registration Committee can not be expected to count, calculate, or compare your hours. It is essential that you give clear evidence for each criterion.
For RDMT: Fill in the RDMT application form to cover all RDMT requirements. In addition complete a personal statement (criteria for personal statement enclosed with application form) to support your application, two references and your registration fee.
For SrDMT: Fill in the SrDMT application form AND fill in the extra pages to cover the RDMT Theory and Skills section, and submit with your clinical paper, two references and your registration fee.
Once your application is considered through the grandparent route, the outcomes are as follows:
- you will be awarded RDMT or SrDMT depending on which level of registration you have applied for
- you will asked to clarify, or add to your application prior to award
- in some cases you will be awarded RDMT instead of SrDMT, with an indication of areas for further experience
- you will not be awarded registration
Please ensure that you also read the full up to date criteria document on the website www.admt.org so that you have a sense of the context into which you are writing your application.
Criteria for Grandparent route towards SRDMT
Registration as a Senior 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 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 practitioner is expected to have integrated theory and clinical experience and to demonstrate competence in articulating this within a chosen theoretical framework.
Evidence must be given in the application form for each of the following:
CRITERIA 1: THEORY AND SKILLS:
1.1 Knowledge of the Body
An understanding of the foundations of Anatomy, Neuropsychology, Kinesiology, Avoidance of Injury, General Physiology, Physical Disabilities.
1.2 Developmental Psychology
Study of a variety of psychological perspectives on the emotional, cognitive, social and physical aspects of human development over the life span.
1.3 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.
1.4 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
1.5 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:
(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.
1.6 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.
1.7 Dance Movement Therapy Skills
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 counter-transference, 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.
CRITERIA 2: DANCE MOVEMENT EXPERIENCE
2.1 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
2.2 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
CRITERIA 3 : CLINICAL PRACTICE to complete RDMT level
3.1 COMPONENTS AND DURATION
The minimum requirements are:
(i) Direct client contact: 350 hours of direct client contact of which a minimum of 150 hours must be 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 and within mental health.
(ii) Clinical responsibilities: 350 hours of clinical responsibilities, e.g. setting up groups, preparing for sessions, recording sessions; attending ward rounds, multi-disciplinary team meetings, or case presentations; working alongside other professionals.
3.2 CLINICAL SUPERVISION
(i) A minimum of 125 hours of clinical supervision must be completed. At least 25 hours shall be individual supervision, the remainder may be in group sessions.
(ii) Experience of supervision from more than one clinical supervisor is required
(e.g. 20 hours individual supervision with one supervisor and 80 hours group
supervision from another)
(iii) The clinical practice specified above must be supervised by a from a Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapist (SRDMT), Senior Arts Therapist, or other senior clinical professional with suitable skills and qualifications to supervise psychotherapy. If the supervision is not provided by an SRDMT, the supervision must be supplemented by a minimum of 25 hours of continuing professional development training with an SRDMT.
CRITERIA 4 : CLINICAL PRACTICE to complete SRDMT level
Evidence of the following are required, in addition to RDMT criteria
4.1 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.
4.2 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 an SRDMT, it is required that the supervision is supplemented by 25 hours of continuing professional development training with an SRDMT.
4.3 )At least 6 months experience working in 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, but might be gained in a variety of ways.
CRITERIA 5: PERSONAL THERAPY
5.1 For RDMT level appropriate personal therapy is deemed to be a minimum of two years therapy, either group or individual. 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.
5.2 For SRDMT level appropriate personal therapy is deemed to be a minimum of an additional two years of therapy, either group or individual. Hence, a total of 4 years personal therapy is the minimum requirement overall to reach SRDMT level.
5.3 It is recommended that the therapist be registered as a practitioner with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), the British Confederation of Psychotherapists (BCP), or registered with the relevant professional association for art, drama, or music therapy. In the case of dance movement therapy, the therapist should be registered as a Senior Registered Dance Movement Therapist with ADMT UK.
5.4 When personal therapy is not dance movement therapy, it should be supplemented with ongoing personal movement work with the aim of deepening candidates understanding of their personal movement process.
5.5 The personal therapist should not act as applicant's clinical supervisor.
5.6 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.
CRITERIA 6: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (SRDMT)
6.1 A clinical paper is required which could contribute to the body of knowledge in dance movement therapy, and makes reference to relevant supporting literature. The paper will be firmly routed 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.
6.2 The clinical paper will demonstrate evidence of candidate's ability to:
1. Critically consider clinical work and therapeutic relationships and support ideas with a theoretical framework
2. Reflect upon their position as therapist within particular setting/s
3. Note ways in which they intervene (both verbally and non-verbally) as the therapist in relation to the client's responses.
4. Demonstrate an awareness of ethical issues and respect for difference
4. Locate thinking within relevant and referenced literature
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