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About Us
Introduction to the International Arts Education & Therapy Development Academic Association (IAETDAA)
The International Arts Education & Therapy Development Academic Association (IAETDAA), registered in Colorado, USA, is a non-profit international academic organization and a widely recognized authority in the field of expressive arts education and therapy.
Our Mission
To advance the scientific research, practical application, and development of professional standards for arts education and therapy worldwide, while clearly defining the scope and boundaries of clinical and non-clinical practice.
Our mission is to systematically promote arts education and therapy across five core domains: healthcare rehabilitation, mental health, educational innovation, community building, and organizational development. Through our integrated model of "Academic Research - Standards Development - Talent Cultivation - International Collaboration," we provide practitioners with a clear career development pathway, ultimately fostering the scientification, standardization, and globalization of arts therapy to enhance human physical and mental well-being and quality of life.
Our mission is to systematically promote arts education and therapy across five core domains: healthcare rehabilitation, mental health, educational innovation, community building, and organizational development. Through our integrated model of "Academic Research - Standards Development - Talent Cultivation - International Collaboration," we provide practitioners with a clear career development pathway, ultimately fostering the scientification, standardization, and globalization of arts therapy to enhance human physical and mental well-being and quality of life.
Our Vision
We are committed to building an integrated ecosystem where art and science converge in therapeutic practice. We envision a future where evidence-based arts therapy becomes an indispensable professional force within global healthcare, psychological, educational, and community systems. We believe everyone should have access to professional support that is accessible, effective, and deeply compassionate through creative expression.
Our Core Values
· Authority & Professionalism: Grounded in evidence-based research, we establish and adhere to the highest professional and ethical standards, ensuring the authority and credibility of our certifications, research, and training.
· Innovation & Integration: We encourage interdisciplinary innovation and collaboration, focus on cutting-edge fields, and continuously enrich and advance the theories, methods, and application scenarios of arts education and therapy.
· Global Action & Local Impact: We believe in the power of local action supported by global networks. By building transnational collaborative platforms, we share knowledge, resources, and best practices to collectively advance the field.
· Professional Empowerment: We are dedicated to providing systematic professional development support for practitioners worldwide, from entry-level to senior expertise, empowering their continuous growth through standards, courses, and community.
Art Therapy
Art therapy (not to be confused with arts therapy, which includes other creative therapies such as drama therapy and music therapy) is a distinct discipline that incorporates creative methods of expression through visual art media. Art therapy, as a creative arts therapy profession, originated in the fields of art and psychotherapy and may vary in definition.
Music therpay
Music therapy, an allied health profession, "is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program."
Dance Therapy
Dance/movement therapy (DMT) in USA/ Australia or dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) in the UK is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance to support intellectual, emotional, and motor functions of the body.
Play Therapy
Play therapy refers to a range of methods of capitalising on children's natural urge to explore and harnessing it to meet and respond to the developmental and later also their mental health needs.
Narrative Therapy
Narrative therapy (or Narrative Practice) is a form of psychotherapy that seeks to help patients identify their values and the skills associated with them. It provides the patient with knowledge of their ability to live these values so they can effectively confront current and future problems.
Bibliotherapy
Bibliotherapy (also referred to as book therapy, reading therapy, poetry therapy or therapeutic storytelling) is a creative arts therapy that involves storytelling or the reading of specific texts. It uses an individual's relationship to the content of books and poetry and other written words as therapy.
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