* An International Taskforce Working Party to support overseas members and fellow drama-
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therapists abroad. She is helping to organise an international panel at the next US drama-
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therapy conference and, if attending, may promote Dramatherapy Scotland providing a
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small contribution for expenses is recoverable. Give Gen a call H. 01382 295074 if you
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have any promotion ideas or queries.
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* BADth has recently completed a Business Plan outlining work priorities for the year.
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BADth is now part of the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (CPSM)
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UK Reference Group which advises a legislative proposals group on its proposals for
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new legislation to replace the CPSM Act 1960, using the Order-Making Power of the
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Health Act 1999 (are you with me?!) In effect this means preparing for CPSM changing
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into a new more powerful Health Professions Council (HPC).
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* BADth’s annual conference is on September 15-16. Called ‘Narrative, Story and Play’, it
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features keynote speaker, dramatherapy trainer and author Mooli Lahad from Israel. The
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venue is the Arts Therapies Department at University of Hertfordshire (as short train
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journey from N.London). A travel subsidy from BADth is tempting Scottish Link Person
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Elinor Vettraino to present a Dramatherapy Scotland display there!
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The Scottish Arts Therapies Forum (SATF) now has 72 members across the arts therapies spectrum including 45% of Scotland’s art therapists and 70% of dramatherapists (including 3 trainees on the Manchester course). Dramatherapists Genevieve Smyth and Noel McDermott have joined the management committee and welcome views on how SATF should proceed, particularly in relation to SATF becoming a consultative body for the Scottish Office in light of State Registration. The first AGM was held on Saturday 18th March where its new Research Sub-Committee was ratified. This met the following Saturday to discuss incentive for developing arts therapies
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