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Using Distance Technology to Deliver the Creative Arts Therapies to Veterans: Case Studies in Art, Dance/Movement and Music Therapy
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Abstract
Three case studies of veterans are presented who received either art therapy, dance/movement therapy or music therapy via in-home, synchronous clinical video telehealth through a VA medical center in the southeastern United States. As the use of distance technology becomes more widely implemented within healthcare, it becomes increasingly important for providers to receive adequate training and develop comfort and confidence in adapting their practices to distance delivery. Case studies are one way for creative arts therapists to conceptualize and demonstrate how their in-person practices can be adapted for distance delivery via telehealth.
Abstract
Three case studies of veterans are presented who received either art therapy, dance/movement therapy or music therapy via in-home, synchronous clinical video telehealth through a VA medical center in the southeastern United States. As the use of distance technology becomes more widely implemented within healthcare, it becomes increasingly important for providers to receive adequate training and develop comfort and confidence in adapting their practices to distance delivery. Case studies are one way for creative arts therapists to conceptualize and demonstrate how their in-person practices can be adapted for distance delivery via telehealth.
Authors:
Spooner, H., Lee, J.B., Langston, D. G., Sanke, J., Myers, K. J., & Levy, C.E.
Publication Date:
2019
Publisher:
The Arts in Psychotherapy (Impact factor = 1.404)
Volume/Issue/Pages:
62(Available online 17 June 2019), 12-18
Population Studied:
A representative sample of veterans in the Rural Veterans' Telerehabilitation Initiative
Treatment:
(RVTRI) CAT program; N=3
Study Design:
One example was chosen from each of the disciplines offered at the medical center (art therapy, dance/movement therapy, music therapy). One veteran worked with two different providers in two different disciplines. In some cases, the individual creative arts therapists incorporated multimodal techniques. Examples of the integration of writing are specifically highlighted in the art therapy and dance/movement therapy case studies.
Measures:
N/A