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This page is devoted to bringing you the most up-to-date national legislation affecting drama therapists (and other creative arts therapists).
Suggested action steps will be stated so that you can get involved in shaping policy that directly (or indirectly) may affect your work as a drama therapist. Know what the current issues are and how you can contribute to shaping policy agenda in this country.
NCCATA: National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies Associations
NCCATA is your national lobbying/advocacy group. NCCATA member organizations are NADT (drama), ADTA (dance), AATA (art), AAMT (music), NAPT (poetry), and ASGPP (psychodrama). NCCATA represents its member organizations on policy issues facing all creative arts therapists.
NCCATA mission statement:
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- The mission of NCCATA is to promote
- education, wellness, and healing through
- the creative arts therapies and increase
- access to these services.
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NCCATA maintains a presence in Washington, D.C. to lobby on legislation issues of national significance which affect creative arts therapies (CATs) and represents CATs within the mental health and education associations so they know what we do.
NCCATA promotes openness:
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By expanding and supporting the benefits and access to the creative arts therapies as a therapeutic process with which to serve the public in a rapidly changing world.
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By providing adequate descriptions of the professionalism of the creative arts therapy field to the public, including information on education, training, credentialing, ethical standards and scope of practice.
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By organizing a biannual meeting of the member creative arts associations, including, but not limited to: association presidents, presidents-elect or vice-presidents, and government affairs officers.
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By maintaining connections and communication with other fields with similar scopes of practice, including, but not limited to, the fields of medicine, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, education, and personal growth.
NCCATA promotes merit:
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By monitoring human service legislation and credentialing issues that may affect the individual members of the creative arts organizations and the public they serve.
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By recommending both pro-active and reactive procedures that each member organization can take to their membership and the general public against restrictive legislation and credentialing issues.
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By exploring new paths for creative arts therapists to follow that will serve the public’s needs better in our rapidly changing world.
NCCATA promotes awareness:
By supporting the establishment of state creative arts therapies coalitions.
NCCATA ASSOCIATIONS:
National Association for Drama Therapy, Inc.
44365 Premier Plaza, Suite 220
Ashburn, VA 20147
Tel: 571/333-2991
Fax: 571/223-6440
Email: nadt.office@nadt.org
Web: www.nadt.org
American Society of Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama, Inc.
301 N. Harrison Street, Suite 508
Princeton, NJ 08540
Tel: 609/737-8500
Fax: 609/737-8510
Email: asgpp@asgpp.org
Web: www.asgpp.org
American Art Therapy Association, Inc.
225 N Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 888/290-0878
Fax: 703/783-8468
Email: info@arttherapy.org
Web: www.arttherapy.org
- American Association for Music Therapy, Inc.
- 8455 Coleville Rd, Suite 1000
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel: 301/589-3300
Fax: 301/589-5175
Email: info@musictherapy.org
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- American Dance Therapy Association, Inc.
- 10632 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 108
Columbia, MD 21044
Tel: 410/997-4040
Fax: 410/997-4048
Email: adta@aol.com
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- National Association for Poetry Therapy, Inc.
- 777 E. Atlantic Avenue, #243
Delray Beach, FL 33483
Tel: 561/498-8334 - Fax: 561/738-9854
Email: naptkeller@aol.com
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For more information about NCCATA and its constituent member organizations and current issues of "Creative License," the Government Affairs notes for NCCATA, access the NCCATA Web Page at: www.nccata.org.
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