Curriculum for Alternate Route Students

Theory & Practice Courses (270 hours or 18 credits required)

Required Introductory Sequence

Dance/Movement Therapy Theory & Practice I
- Foundations and Principles of Dance/Movement Therapy (45 hours; 3 credits)

Dance/Movement Therapy Theory & Practice II
- Bridging and Operationalizing Theory (45 hours; 3 credits)

Required

Writing Theoretical Frameworks, Documentation, and Treatment Plans (30 hours, 2 credits)

Electives (minimum of 105 hours/7 credits)

Body/Mind Integrity and the Treatment of Eating Disorders (45 hours/3 credits)
LivingDance~LivingMusic™: Theory, Method, Experience (30-45 hours/2-3 credits; offered in Rochester, NY and Corfu, Greece)
Integrating Verbal and Nonverbal Methods of Intervention (45 hours/3 credits)
Myth, Symbol, Dream, and Archetype in Dance/Movement Therapy (30 hours/2 credits)
The Legacy of Blanche Evan
Functional Technique, Creative Dance and Depth Dance Therapy (30 hours/2 credits)
The Marian Chace Approach to Dance/Movement Therapy (24 hours/1 credit)
Effective Leadership in Group Dance/Movement Therapy (24 hours/2 credits)
Introduction to Psychomotor Therapy: Liljan Espenak's Approach to Dance/Movement Therapy (15 hours or 1 credit)
Motion and Motivation:
Dance/Movement Therapy and the Treatment of Medically Ill Hospitalized Children (15 hours or 1 credit)
Moving into Intercultural Understanding:
Exploring Race, Culture, and Ethnicity through Dance/Movement Therapy (15 hours/1 credit)
Music for the Dance/Movement Therapist (15 hours/1 credit)

Movement Observation and Analysis (90 hours/6 credits required)

Laban Movement Analysis (30 hours/2 credits)
Introduction to the Kestenberg Movement Profile (30 hours/2 credits)
Kestenberg Movement Profile Construction I: Tension Flow Rhythms, Tension Flow Attributes, Bipolar and Unipolar Shape Flow in Depth (30 hours/2 credits)
Kestenberg Movement Profile Construction II: Pre-Efforts, Efforts, Shaping in Directions, and Shaping in Planes in Depth (30 hours/2 credits)

Group Processes in Dance/Movement Therapy (required)

Kinesiology (45 hours/3 credits required)

Clinical Requirements

Practicum/Fieldwork (200 hours). Counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other helping professionals who have completed clinical internships in heir fields are exempt from this requirement.
Internship in a clinical setting (700 hours)
Supervision - individual or group
- Alternate Route Intern (70 hours)
- DTR working for the ADTR (48 hours)
- Continuing Education