CREATIVE ARTS FOR ALL offers 2 tracks – one for Teachers/Educators and one for students.
Click below under “PROGRAM” to learn more.
Instructors Contact:
Drama Therapist: Lori Rotolo, M.A., RDT rotolori@gmail.com (845)399-9290
Throughout her career, Lori has been fortunate to work in the health and human service field with children and families, in both direct service and management roles. As a drama therapist In therapeutic settings, Lori uses the expressive arts to promote emotional well-being with populations of diverse backgrounds, abilities and ages, providing creative opportunities for self-expression, while addressing behavioral, social and emotional challenges. Lori has been an adjunct professor teaching Creative Arts Integration in the Classroom and has taught Creative Dramatics to children and teens for over 25 years.
Music Therapist: Jamie Blumenthal, M.A., MT-BC musictherapy@msn.com (707)695-4145
Since 1982, Jamie Blumenthal, MA, MT-BC has worked in hospitals, schools, nursing homes and community settings providing music therapy for clients throughout the lifespan with developmental disabilities, acute and chronic psychiatric needs, medical needs, issues of aging and hospice, grief, and loss as well as offering sessions for wellness and personal/spiritual growth.
Please contact us to discuss the format and schedule of the workshop, class, or series that is right for you.
Windsor, CA 95492
CA
707-695-4145
Discover new ways to reach, teach, stimulate, engage and encourage students through interactive, creative learning experiences. Integrating creative arts into the classroom and providing experiential learning opportunities can address a variety of learning styles (the multiple intelligences model) and make curriculum and units come alive.
In this experiential series, we will explore ways to utilize creative drama, theatre games, storytelling, poetry, movement, music, team building and interactive games to enrich the learning experience in your classroom. Providing opportunities for self-expression, creativity and spontaneity, can foster the development of language, cognitive and motor skills, highlight individual strengths and talents improve attention and concentration; invite creative problem solving encourage teamwork and cooperation and create an environment where active learning can take place.
Participants will learn ways to apply the creative arts to curriculum, subject themes and projects, to make learning (and teaching) fun. We will use class time also to brainstorm creative interventions to incorporate into your existing lesson plans.
This is an experiential class exploring interactive, creative, fun activities, interventions and strategies to encourage self-expression, participation and foster group cooperation.
Together we will discover ways to utilize:
The benefits of incorporating creative arts into the classroom include:
Instruction is offered as team by:
Jamie Blumenthal, M.A., MT-BC Board Certified Music Therapist and artist
Loretta Rotolo, M.A., LCAT, RDT Registered Drama Therapist: Licensed Creative Arts Therapist
Jamie Blumenthal
17076954145
musictherapy@msn.com
Mon/Tues - July 18 and July 19 (half days) OR
Tues/Wed - July 19 and July 20 (half days) OR
Wed/Thurs - July 20 and July 21 (half days) OR
Saturday- July 23, 2022
Mon/Tues Two morning 8:30am-12:30pm OR Two afternoons 12:30-4:30pm
Tues/Wed Two mornings 8:30am-12:30pm
Wed/Thurs Two mornings 8:30am-12:30pm
Saturday 8:30am to 5:00 pm
Open flexible space, classroom with chairs to be put into a circle, 2 tables
Whiteboard and markers
At a school District or elementary school site or other County/Community Meeting Space
$150.00 per person (8 hour workshop
Instructors to be notified up to 2 weeks prior to date of first session.