Health care professionals demonstrate resiliency, creativity, and resourcefulness as we adapt to economic, political, and social changes across the world. At the same time, our existing systems often fall short of supporting our work, leading to burnout and disconnection. The creative arts therapies can mitigate these challenges through an emphasis on the sustainability of our clinical practice, self-care and community care, and collective liberation.
Coinciding with ITA’s 50th anniversary, we aim to celebrate and tend to our roots as creative arts therapists while looking to the future of our fields. At Nourishing Networks, we will demonstrate how the creative arts therapies can cultivate systems of care in healthcare, education, and community settings through an emphasis on anti-carceral, culturally responsive, and liberatory approaches.
This conference will afford professionals and students an opportunity to connect and learn about clinical work, research, training, and representation within art, dance/movement, drama and music therapies.
STUDENTS: Use the coupon code 2025EDUCAT for discounted prices (no CEUs available).Students must upload student ID below during registration.
In person conference registration includes admission to either or both conference days on March 21st and 22nd. No sessions will be virtual or recorded for the in person portion of the conference.
Virtual conference registration includes access to live sessions on March 30th and 31st, as well as recordings of these sessions viewable until April 7th, 2025.
Financial Assistance and Mutual Aid Discounts: ITA recognizes the importance of including all members of our community in this conference and the benefit of people attending with different economic backgrounds. Therefore, if you are not in a financial position to pay the full registration fees, use the discount 2025AID upon registering to receive 75% off standard registration. This rate is available to a limited number of registrants on a first-come, first-served basis. After the registration limit has been met, a 50% discount will be offered to the remaining registrants seeking financial assistance.
Accessibility information: Virtual presentations will occur live on the Zoom platform with recordings available by April 1st. Live captioning will be available for each presentation. Please email [email protected] for additional requests for accommodations or questions regarding accessibility.
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Registration Options & CEU Information
Provides access to live sessions on March 30th-31st, as well as recordings of these sessions (available between April 1st and 7th).
Does not include access to live or recorded virtual sessions.
Includes access to live sessions on March 30th-31st, as well as recordings of these sessions (available between April 1st and 7th).
Continuing Education Credits:
Presenters and attendees can receive up to 31 continuing education credits (CEs) by attending or viewing any or all of the conference presentations. The CEs are sponsored by the Institute for Therapy through the Arts, a continuing education provider for LCPCs, LPCs, LCSWs, and LSWs in the State of Illinois (IL Lic. #197.000261) approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Board Certified Music Therapists may claim credits as Other Continuing Education. Please refer to the CBMT Recertification Manual for required documentation.
In order to receive certification of participation with accurate CE hours, please be sure to include your license number when completing the evaluation for each attended or viewed session. Continuing education credits can only be provided for participants who have attended the duration of the entire session and have completed the course evaluation for that session. For virtual sessions, participants must also receive a passing score of 70% on each session’s quiz.
Recorded CE content will be available for viewing until April 7th, 2025. Certification of CE credits will be provided by April 30th, 2025. If you require a CE certificate prior to April 30th, please notify the Conference Chair as soon as possible (Akash Bhatia: [email protected]).
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Please consider making a gift to support this conference. Your donation will enable us to improve accessibility and offer reduced registration fees to people experiencing financial hardship.
Registration can be cancelled for a 100% refund minus transaction fees if requested within 3 days of purchase before March 13th. Registration can be cancelled for a 50% refund minus the transaction fees if requested between March 14th and 20th. No refunds will be provided after March 21st. To request a refund, please forward your registration confirmation via email to [email protected].
