N/NY-0311 - Art Therapy with Older Adults: Expressing Life–Art Therapy at Salem Lutheran Home

Description

Salem Lutheran Home went from a once-a-week art class to 6 days of art programming and art therapy. Residents in all levels of care are supported in maintaining their identities as artists or exploring creative pursuits for the first time. This course presents a range of the art and art therapy programming at Salem, as well as describing the ways a therapist can function within different levels of elder care.

Learning Objectives
    1. Identify three common issues facing elders in all levels of care.
    2. Learn three adaptive techniques to use with elders.
    3. Learn three ways to establish and expand therapy services for elders.

    Dr. Erin Partridge

    Board Certified Art Therapist

    Elder Care Alliance

    Erin Partridge, PhD, ATR-BC is an artist and board certified, registered art therapist. Her clinical experience includes work in community, pediatric, forensic, and geriatric settings. Erin received a BFA, studying fine art, psychology and women’s studies in at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She went onto obtain a MA in art therapy from New York University in 2008, and a PhD in art therapy from Notre Dame de Namur in 2016. Erin’s teaching and lecturing experience includes teaching at NDNU in the art therapy department, guest lectures in art and counseling programs, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, workshop facilitation at several national conferences, and interviews with media about art therapy.

    Her research interests incorporate the lived experience and focus on participatory, ethnographic, and art-based approaches. She is currently working on responding to the findings of her research within the elder care context, and conducting continued research in this setting.

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    Quiz
    10 Questions  |  Unlimited attempts  |  10/10 points to pass
    10 Questions  |  Unlimited attempts  |  10/10 points to pass
    Quality Assessment
    4 Questions
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    Certificate
    Up to 1.00 credits available  |  Certificate available
    Up to 1.00 credits available  |  Certificate available