Hellooooooo :)
http://www.admt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Code-of-Ethics-and-Professional-Practice-PDF.pdf
The link above will take you to a contract for ADMPUK which is a company which supplies DMT's in many different areas in the UK.
From my 'educated guesses' I think I managed to cover some of main points like 'Best interests for the clients' 'Data protection' 'Professional Relations' 'Confidentiality' and 'Use of Touch' however I didn't have a clue about how much detail it went into.
- "5.1 Referral and assessment
5.1.1 Dance movement psychotherapists offer treatment after a formal
referral/self-referral and assessment procedure (including contract,
consent and risk assessment) has been completed."
This is a good point which I completely missed out! I had a feeling the person would have to be referred first so it's good to know for definite.
-"4.12 Dance movement psychotherapists are guided to keep clinical records
for eight years after the termination of therapy and stay aware of
relevant current legislation and organizational policies."
8 YEARS?! WOW! hahaha .. I never really gave this point a thought but my initial assumption probably would be that you would have to keep in on record for 3-5years after, 5 years at a push. How wrong was I?! haha ... very surprising.
-"2.5.2 Dance movement psychotherapists have a duty to refer concerns of
suspected abuse or risk of abuse to their supervisor, child
protection/safeguarding officer or line manager within their
organisation and, if necessary, to their local child protection
organisation, Children’s Social Care or the police."
This also surprised me as I thought if a child tells you something like this but tells you confidentially, you can't tell anyone but you can urge the child to tell someone else who can help them. However, in this contract it uses the words 'concerns of suspected' so this makes me think that this means if I have noticed something like brusies/marks then I can tell someone that I am worried that something might be going on at home. However, later on in the contract in states "4.2 Dance movement psychotherapists are aware of and comply with
national laws regarding confidentiality and data protection" ... this makes me think that my first point about the child telling me something might be written in the national law contract.
Overall, DMT have a lot to bare in mind when taking on a session as I have gathered today :) !
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Task 5a: My thoughts on code of practice/regualtions
'Take your place of work/professional community which is familiar to you' .. when I read this in my handbook, instantly I am most comfortable with the performing industry as I have been doing that for the longest.
My initial thoughts about codes of practice/regulations of performing are taken from the way I have worked/taught in the past when I have been in shows. I think some of my thoughts are maybe 'unwritten rules' and wouldn't be physically be wrote on paper in the code of practice but here they are anyway ..
-To ALWAYS be on time or early.
-Never turn up to rehearsals not knowing what you are doing (even if this means working at home after rehearsals.)
-Apply health and safety regulations in any space you rehearse or perform.
-If the choreographer asks for it 'full out' .. do not mark it.
-To respect everyone you work with from directors and the producers to the dresser and the stage crew.
-Ensure all audience members get the same performance (performing to the best of your ability in every show)
-To respect other performers after the after half an hour call - everyone gets 'into show mode' differently
-Performers to have good stage awareness
-To have hair and make-up correct in every show
-To warm up correctly so prevent injuries from happening.
For my inquiry I want to look into dance therapy, I have no experience within this field so I don't really have a clue about the code of practice so here are my educated guesses:
-If you are working with a child under 16, do you need some one else in there?
-Always respect the persons needs
-Be professional, whatever the circumstance may be
-Depending on age and sex, are you allowed to touch/move them?
-Data protection - anything the person tells you is confidential
-Can't take pictures/videos without their consent
That's all I have for now!? I will add more if I think of any ..
Jess xx
My initial thoughts about codes of practice/regulations of performing are taken from the way I have worked/taught in the past when I have been in shows. I think some of my thoughts are maybe 'unwritten rules' and wouldn't be physically be wrote on paper in the code of practice but here they are anyway ..
-To ALWAYS be on time or early.
-Never turn up to rehearsals not knowing what you are doing (even if this means working at home after rehearsals.)
-Apply health and safety regulations in any space you rehearse or perform.
-If the choreographer asks for it 'full out' .. do not mark it.
-To respect everyone you work with from directors and the producers to the dresser and the stage crew.
-Ensure all audience members get the same performance (performing to the best of your ability in every show)
-To respect other performers after the after half an hour call - everyone gets 'into show mode' differently
-Performers to have good stage awareness
-To have hair and make-up correct in every show
-To warm up correctly so prevent injuries from happening.
For my inquiry I want to look into dance therapy, I have no experience within this field so I don't really have a clue about the code of practice so here are my educated guesses:
-If you are working with a child under 16, do you need some one else in there?
-Always respect the persons needs
-Be professional, whatever the circumstance may be
-Depending on age and sex, are you allowed to touch/move them?
-Data protection - anything the person tells you is confidential
-Can't take pictures/videos without their consent
That's all I have for now!? I will add more if I think of any ..
Jess xx
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Task 4d ... My first bit of literature
Hello Bloggers .. :)
I have found an article which I think is an important piece of literature which I can use as solid evidence that dance and movement therapy (DMT) does help with mental illness, in this case, ian experiment was carried to test how DMT helps people with anxiety. I was hoping to put a link on here so you could have a look but I have it in PDF form and don't know how to attach it, if anyone knows please tell me??
This article tells me exactly what they did in each DMT session, it tells me how the people were selected, what tests were done before and after and of course the results. It also informs me with lots of knowledge about anxiety.
I think one of the most interesting thing about the experiment is that all the exercises they performed were tension releasing based, body focus/self awareness and converting feelings/thoughts to body movement. Another interesting fact was the age ranged from 19-44 so this is already starting to answer my question of 'is there a specific age range in which DMT works better?'
There is a lot to get my head around so i need to re-read it and analyse it in more depth however I do think this is going to be a very important bit of literature.
Jess x
I have found an article which I think is an important piece of literature which I can use as solid evidence that dance and movement therapy (DMT) does help with mental illness, in this case, ian experiment was carried to test how DMT helps people with anxiety. I was hoping to put a link on here so you could have a look but I have it in PDF form and don't know how to attach it, if anyone knows please tell me??
This article tells me exactly what they did in each DMT session, it tells me how the people were selected, what tests were done before and after and of course the results. It also informs me with lots of knowledge about anxiety.
I think one of the most interesting thing about the experiment is that all the exercises they performed were tension releasing based, body focus/self awareness and converting feelings/thoughts to body movement. Another interesting fact was the age ranged from 19-44 so this is already starting to answer my question of 'is there a specific age range in which DMT works better?'
There is a lot to get my head around so i need to re-read it and analyse it in more depth however I do think this is going to be a very important bit of literature.
Jess x
More questions I have for my inquiry ...
So I have started doing basic research for my inquiry, mainly reading articles and started with my dance therapy idea and a few more questions have come to mind ...
How does it help mental health illness?
How does it help people with disabilities?
Are the theories different?
Does dance help more with one than the other?
What are the theories for both?
When did dance therapy first occur?
Is there a specific range in which is helps most?
... as I carry on with my research I will add to the list :)
How does it help mental health illness?
How does it help people with disabilities?
Are the theories different?
Does dance help more with one than the other?
What are the theories for both?
When did dance therapy first occur?
Is there a specific range in which is helps most?
... as I carry on with my research I will add to the list :)
Friday, 4 March 2016
First Skype session back/Module 2, Task 4a
Hello bloggers :)
Feels like a long time since I have done one of these!! ...
So, when I first read Reader 4 I felt quite overwhelmed and didn't have a clue
where to start (I feel like I write at the start of every new task haha) and I
didn't really have the confidence to start until I had a skype session to talk
the task ahead. As always, I figured that it was okay to feel like I don't know
where to start and that people on module 3 felt like that and people on module
2 feel like that now.
I have been having a think about what I should look into for
my inquiry and I have two topics to choose from:
1.) Should I work for free? I mentioned this is task 2d and
in my critical reflection along with a list of questions I thought of ...
Should we work for no pay/less pay?
If we do, does it undermine the industry?
Who's to blame?
How can we stop this from happening?
How much should we pay?
Employers want people experience so how do you get your
first job?
Are employers promising paid work at the end of it?
How does it effect people's emotional state?
I do feel quite passionate this because I know as a graduate
from a Musical Theatre college, I have had to face this situation and relates
to work based learning. Because I have had personal experiences of this, would
this make my inquiry stronger? This brings me onto my second option ...
2.) How does dance help children with disabilities and
mental health issues?
What are positives?
What are the negatives?
How does dance help children to deal with feelings?
How does it work physiologically?
Is there evidence of it improving the child's mental health
or disability?
What is the therapy?
Are there any studies already out there?
These set of questions are just ones I have thought of
without any research so I know that the more i research, the questions I will
have. Dance therapy really interests me but I have no experience in this field
at all so it worries me to go into this for my inquiry. Do I need to get some work experience in this before I do my inquiry? As it is a WBL course?
Please leave any comments you may have, it would be very
useful! Thankyou :)
Monday, 16 November 2015
Task 2d Inquiry
Hello Bloggers :)
1) What in your daily practice gets you really enthusiastic to find out more about?
The thing that really does keep me going as performer is that applause (if your lucky, a standing ovation haha) at the end of a show. It makes me feel so proud of what I do and makes me feel so happy that I have made someone feel something for however long the show has been on for. You don't know who is watching and what anyone is going through so they can come to theatre and just take their mind of any problems/stress their may be encountering and just enjoy! As performers, our aim is for the audience to feel what we are portraying on stage which could be many things; happiness, sadness, love, hatred, hope ect. and the claps and cheers show their appreciation of our hard work and this keeps me going!
On a teaching level, when you see a child improve on the things you have been teaching and you know that your the one who has helped them is such a great feeling. This could be technically or even emotionally - One of my students started as a very shy, self conscious girl. I look at her now, she has her own friends and she's laughing and really trying things I never thought she would. I know that it's not all down to me but to be apart of it is a wonderful sense of achievement. Both of these elements keep me enthusiastic about my practice.
Who do you admire who also works with what makes you enthusiastic?
I see other students who I either trained with in the past or done a show with who are doing other great things with their own practice and I admire them for all their hard work and it makes it evident that I can do the same thing and make my own goals come true.
2.) What gets you angry or makes you sad?
There are two main things that really make me mad. One being when audience members are being disrespectful. I have seen it when I have been an audience member myself, people checking their phone and texting during a show! It's so rude! If its an emergency, they should leave quietly and sort it out and come back in but i'm sure the majority of the time it is't - we have worked so hard, more than they will ever understand and we haven't done it for them to come and sit on their phone. For another example, I was dancing in a 1920's show a couple of weeks ago at a 1920's car racing event in the evening. A couple of drunken men decided it would be funny to get on stage with us a try and copy what we were doing - taking all the audiences attention off us and onto them - I was in shock!
The other thing which makes me a little bit annoyed when people are unprofessional in rehearsal, for example; I have a show in Liverpool on Tuesday, our choreographer called a rehearsal on Sunday as that's when we could all make it and one girl text's last minute and says she can't come 'because she forgot about the Sunday train timetable and by the time she got there, there would be no point' letting us all down. We accept it if it's the first time but it's starts to get annoying when it happens a lot.
Who do I admire who shares your feelings or has found away to work around the sadness or anger?
I have a very good friend who I trained with who understands me like no one else does. We share the same emotions and opinions on almost everything so talking to her always makes me feel a lot better about any situation I'm in which has made me feel sad or anger, Don't know where I would be without her!
3.) What do you love about what you do?
I feel like this question relates back to the first one - If your enthusiastic about something, it probably means you love it too! I love that sense of achievement at the end of the show - when everything has gone right and you know you out everything you could into making you performance as best as it can be. However, even if the show didn't go as well as it could of, you should still feel that sense of achievement because of how you handled it; Donald Schon's reflection-in-action comes into play and you have to make the show work and carry on - most of time the audience won't even notice it!
Who do I admire who also seems to love this or in an example of what you love?
When I was in training, my Head of Dance teacher always talked about the passion and love he had as a performer and you could feel it when he told us - even though he didn't perform any longer, the passion still flowed through his veins, and for this, I admired him. He wanted to help you and become the best performer you could be - I saw him like this for 3 years until my graduation and he said to me "even if you walk out of these doors and never dance a single dance move again, as long as your happy and have love then you have succeeded". This took me by surprise, over the last 3 years as my dance teacher it was always about dance, dance, dance - I guess as his teaching role, that's what he has to do. But this was more a friend to friend advice and for this, I admire him more, he really opened my mind to think how right he might actually be.
4.) What do you feel you don't understand?
I don't understand employers who think it is ok to advertise a job which pays minimum wage, or sometimes less, and say 'this job is great for experience' - they are aiming for fresh graduates who will do anything to get where they want to be. This is NOT acceptable! Fresh graduates have trained the same as any other professional! They deserve to be paid for a highly skilled job just as much as anyone else. Employers think they can get away with it and save money by doing so. It's not fair.
Who do I admire who does seem to understand it?
I admire anyone who stands up for this - there are always posts on The Hustle or articles in newspapers about this current situation .
Line of enquiry:
I didn't really know what I could write for this put I just did abit of research on what I was talking about for question number 4 and I think I could go further with this idea.
Should we work for no pay/less pay?
If we do, does it undermine the industry?
Who's to blame?
How can we stop this from happening?
How much should we pay?
Employers want people experience so how do you get your first job?
Are employers promising paid work at the end of it?
How does it effect people's emotional state?
1) What in your daily practice gets you really enthusiastic to find out more about?
The thing that really does keep me going as performer is that applause (if your lucky, a standing ovation haha) at the end of a show. It makes me feel so proud of what I do and makes me feel so happy that I have made someone feel something for however long the show has been on for. You don't know who is watching and what anyone is going through so they can come to theatre and just take their mind of any problems/stress their may be encountering and just enjoy! As performers, our aim is for the audience to feel what we are portraying on stage which could be many things; happiness, sadness, love, hatred, hope ect. and the claps and cheers show their appreciation of our hard work and this keeps me going!
On a teaching level, when you see a child improve on the things you have been teaching and you know that your the one who has helped them is such a great feeling. This could be technically or even emotionally - One of my students started as a very shy, self conscious girl. I look at her now, she has her own friends and she's laughing and really trying things I never thought she would. I know that it's not all down to me but to be apart of it is a wonderful sense of achievement. Both of these elements keep me enthusiastic about my practice.
Who do you admire who also works with what makes you enthusiastic?
I see other students who I either trained with in the past or done a show with who are doing other great things with their own practice and I admire them for all their hard work and it makes it evident that I can do the same thing and make my own goals come true.
Me and my beautiful year on graduation - Admiring all their hard work and their success.
2.) What gets you angry or makes you sad?
There are two main things that really make me mad. One being when audience members are being disrespectful. I have seen it when I have been an audience member myself, people checking their phone and texting during a show! It's so rude! If its an emergency, they should leave quietly and sort it out and come back in but i'm sure the majority of the time it is't - we have worked so hard, more than they will ever understand and we haven't done it for them to come and sit on their phone. For another example, I was dancing in a 1920's show a couple of weeks ago at a 1920's car racing event in the evening. A couple of drunken men decided it would be funny to get on stage with us a try and copy what we were doing - taking all the audiences attention off us and onto them - I was in shock!
The other thing which makes me a little bit annoyed when people are unprofessional in rehearsal, for example; I have a show in Liverpool on Tuesday, our choreographer called a rehearsal on Sunday as that's when we could all make it and one girl text's last minute and says she can't come 'because she forgot about the Sunday train timetable and by the time she got there, there would be no point' letting us all down. We accept it if it's the first time but it's starts to get annoying when it happens a lot.
Who do I admire who shares your feelings or has found away to work around the sadness or anger?
I have a very good friend who I trained with who understands me like no one else does. We share the same emotions and opinions on almost everything so talking to her always makes me feel a lot better about any situation I'm in which has made me feel sad or anger, Don't know where I would be without her!
3.) What do you love about what you do?
I feel like this question relates back to the first one - If your enthusiastic about something, it probably means you love it too! I love that sense of achievement at the end of the show - when everything has gone right and you know you out everything you could into making you performance as best as it can be. However, even if the show didn't go as well as it could of, you should still feel that sense of achievement because of how you handled it; Donald Schon's reflection-in-action comes into play and you have to make the show work and carry on - most of time the audience won't even notice it!
Who do I admire who also seems to love this or in an example of what you love?
When I was in training, my Head of Dance teacher always talked about the passion and love he had as a performer and you could feel it when he told us - even though he didn't perform any longer, the passion still flowed through his veins, and for this, I admired him. He wanted to help you and become the best performer you could be - I saw him like this for 3 years until my graduation and he said to me "even if you walk out of these doors and never dance a single dance move again, as long as your happy and have love then you have succeeded". This took me by surprise, over the last 3 years as my dance teacher it was always about dance, dance, dance - I guess as his teaching role, that's what he has to do. But this was more a friend to friend advice and for this, I admire him more, he really opened my mind to think how right he might actually be.
4.) What do you feel you don't understand?
I don't understand employers who think it is ok to advertise a job which pays minimum wage, or sometimes less, and say 'this job is great for experience' - they are aiming for fresh graduates who will do anything to get where they want to be. This is NOT acceptable! Fresh graduates have trained the same as any other professional! They deserve to be paid for a highly skilled job just as much as anyone else. Employers think they can get away with it and save money by doing so. It's not fair.
Who do I admire who does seem to understand it?
I admire anyone who stands up for this - there are always posts on The Hustle or articles in newspapers about this current situation .
"Graduates could be exploited low pay/no pay doesn't grantee a job after. This just legitimates cheap labour end undermines the industry."
I also found this which made me laugh but puts things into perspective:
Line of enquiry:
I didn't really know what I could write for this put I just did abit of research on what I was talking about for question number 4 and I think I could go further with this idea.
Should we work for no pay/less pay?
If we do, does it undermine the industry?
Who's to blame?
How can we stop this from happening?
How much should we pay?
Employers want people experience so how do you get your first job?
Are employers promising paid work at the end of it?
How does it effect people's emotional state?
Friday, 6 November 2015
Task 2b: Reflective Writing (Journal Writing Experience)
Hello Bloggers,
So when I first read task 2b, I thought it was going to be quite a challenge, especially the last one 'Another View' but I actually surprised myself.
I felt like Description and Intial Reflection kind of went together so I did this for the same day, natural order told me to talk about my day then reflect on it - my brain didn't like the thought of doing it on separate days, not totally sure why! I found the description writing easy as I think this is way I have been writing in my journal - described what went on in the lesson then evaluated it. I also felt the same for List and Evaluation. Using a list to describe my day was good to do, I had never thought about doing it this way but I write lists all the time e.g. what I need to get when I go to town, food shopping list, things I need to get done (phone calls, post things ect) so writing a list about my day felt like second nature.
I didn't really understand the graphs and charts way .. I made a graph on how my mood changed from hour to hour then also did a chart of comparing my week to last week. I don't think I learnt much from this form of writing.
I REALLY enjoyed writing in the 'what if..' style! My day fantastic! One point I wrote
This did make me laugh! I also really enjoyed writing in the form of another object. I choose to write my day from my mobile's point of view; I wrote it in the way my phone was making remarks about me and mumbling to itself. One sentence was
This way of writing made it alot more exciting!
I have started my reflective journal however these writing exercises have opened up my mind to try new ways of writing and I will try to bring these into my journal.
Jess x
So when I first read task 2b, I thought it was going to be quite a challenge, especially the last one 'Another View' but I actually surprised myself.
I felt like Description and Intial Reflection kind of went together so I did this for the same day, natural order told me to talk about my day then reflect on it - my brain didn't like the thought of doing it on separate days, not totally sure why! I found the description writing easy as I think this is way I have been writing in my journal - described what went on in the lesson then evaluated it. I also felt the same for List and Evaluation. Using a list to describe my day was good to do, I had never thought about doing it this way but I write lists all the time e.g. what I need to get when I go to town, food shopping list, things I need to get done (phone calls, post things ect) so writing a list about my day felt like second nature.
I didn't really understand the graphs and charts way .. I made a graph on how my mood changed from hour to hour then also did a chart of comparing my week to last week. I don't think I learnt much from this form of writing.
I REALLY enjoyed writing in the 'what if..' style! My day fantastic! One point I wrote
'What if .. a customer walked into the shop and told me I had won the lottery'.
' I wish she would buy me a new case, the crack in my back keeps catching her pocket everytime she takes me in and out, it's really starting to get sore'.
I have started my reflective journal however these writing exercises have opened up my mind to try new ways of writing and I will try to bring these into my journal.
Jess x
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