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ATR-BC, Board Certified Art Therapist LMHP, Licensed Mental Health Professional NCC, National Certified Counselor
Ms. Kari Caddell
ILP is the only school in OPS which has a certified Art Therapist. Meet our Art Therapist, Kari Caddell.
At ILP, art therapy services are provided in individual and group settings. Sessions utilize the arts to address and increase social skills, positive communication, problem solving and conflict resolution skills, while enhancing self- esteem and a sense of mastery and autonomy through the art process.
Youth often find non-verbal expression as an outlet for their intense feelings of fear, isolation, sadness, anger, and loss. Art Therapy supports students in building resilience and moving beyond life’s hurdles, promotes self- awareness, develops coping skills, and leads to a stronger future. The primary goal is always to help each student reach his or her fullest potential.
Kari is a Board Certified and Registered Art Therapist as well as a Licensed Mental Health Professional in NE. She has been with OPS since 2002, working with special populations. She also has experience working in medical and hospice settings.
"Art therapy is an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship. Art therapy, facilitated by a professional art therapist, effectively supports personal and relational treatment goals as well as community concerns. Art therapy is used to improve cognitive and sensorimotor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and ecological change."
-American Art Therapy Association
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MT-BC, Board Certified Music Therapist CCTP, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional NICU Music Therapy MBA
Ms. Bridget Weise-Shevlin
Bridget Weise-Shevlin, MT-BC, CCTP, (Board Certified Music Therapist, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional) started with ILP in 2003. Bridget provides goal and objective oriented therapeutic interventions to address a wide range of students' needs.
What is Music Therapy?
Music therapy is defined as the “clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship.” Music also has nonverbal, creative, structural, and emotional qualities, which are used in therapeutic relationships to facilitate contact, interaction, self-awareness, learning, self-expression, communication, and personal development. (musictherapy.org)
How is Music Therapy different than Music Education?
Music therapy focuses on functional, non-musical skills, while music education focuses on the development of music skills.
What does Music Therapy look like? Video
How is Music Therapy Used at ILP?
Music Therapy is offered to whole groups, small groups, and individuals to support educational, social-emotional, and behavior goals as related to student academic and behavioral plans.
Music Therapy sessions at ILP may include the following:
- Instrument Playing
- Improvisation
- Singing
- Song writing
- Song Recording
- Musical Games
- Music Listening
- Lyric Analysis
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