This is a current, exciting NHS England (NHSE) Commission to support and develop Art, Drama, and Music Therapy for the future. BADth are collaborating with BAMT and BAAT on three significant projects to increase awareness and knowledge of our professions, design a modern and inclusive curriculum for our trainees and enhance career progression. Read the latest commission updates here.
August – A dialogue with you!
A huge amount of work has been underway this summer month. Primarily, the work has centred on finalising our data collection tasks of Project A and B. This has included receiving and reviewing the results of our public polls, with a secondary analysis now underway for the benefit of the commission’s aims.
More practically, we have run a number of focus groups. We have been really pleased and grateful for the turn out and willingness to contribute by so many. It has been important to us to reach out to those across the UK and across different sectors to ensure we are getting as clear an image as possible of the current experience, perspectives, and key take aways of the professions. We have held forums with Service Users across art, drama, and music therapy, and with Employers of therapists across the professions. All of which have garnered essential feedback.
Trainee reps have been signed up, taking part in a researcher-led training day, which gave them, and the commission, the opportunity for trainee-led focus groups to take place. We have heard great feedback from these, all appreciating the forum to not only discuss the commission’s recent trainee survey but mainly, to enable collaboration and discussion with peers across courses. We have also been contacting our winners from the Trainee Survey prize draw! We thank all trainees again for taking part in submitting their surveys, your experience offers a valuable perspective to this commission.
In Project C, attention has been drawn to the career framework of the professions, with a working group being set up to thoughtfully consider all aspects of this endeavour. Consultants across the professions have been engaged with to bring further value to the project.
As part of Project A, BAAT held a ‘Cultivating creativity!’ competition for members to submit proposals for an online, self-directed resource, which could be used to support a) children and b) young people/adults, to go on their own creative adventures. Submissions are currently being read!
Find out more about the commission here.
Find out about the ways to get involved in the commission here.