N/NY-MS6121 - Art Therapy’s Role Within Trans-disciplinary Teams at a Pediatric Rehabilitation Center

Description

This presentation describes art therapy’s role in trans-disciplinary teams working with toddlers with acquired brain injury and pre-schoolers within the autism spectrum. Promoting biopsychosocial treatment goals, art therapy accommodates individual functioning. Sensory- and play-based art therapy allows toddlers to self-express while communicating through kinesthetic, visual, olfactory, and auditory realms.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to list at least three therapy goals as part of a trans-disciplinary team working with toddlers with acquired brain injury in an outpatient medical setting
Participants will be able to list at least three art therapy treatment goals as part of a trans-disciplinary team working with preschoolers within the autism spectrum in an outpatient medical setting
Participants will be able to understand at least three sensory and play based milieu art therapy experientials used with toddlers with acquired brain injury and preschoolers within the autism spectrum within an outpatient medical setting

Dr. Julie Moreno

Senior Art Therapist

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

Dr. Julie Moreno, PhD, ATR, LPC graduated with a Master of Counseling/Art Therapy degree from Wayne State University and completed her PhD in Counseling with a cognate in Rehabilitation Counseling. As a graduate student in the College of Education program she maintained a 4.0 GPA and received Graduate Professional and College of Education Scholarships. She is currently employed as a senior art therapist for C.S. Mott Children's hospital for University of Michigan Health System and is also part time faculty in the College of Education Counseling and Art Therapy Divisions at Wayne State University. She has been awarded University of Michigan Health System "Making a Difference" acknowledgements for her work in outpatient pediatrics.

In the past and present, Julie has worked with children with autism, visual impairments, cognitive and emotional impairments, and severe multiple impairments. In addition, Julie has used counseling and art therapy with adults with developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and traumatic brain Injury. Julie hopes to continue to explore the effects of counseling and art therapy on overall functioning. She feels fortunate to witness the positive outcomes of counseling, creativity and therapeutic expressive arts based interventions on the quality of life of individuals with physical, emotional and cognitive challenges.