Rebecca Barnstaple, one of our incredible IMPROVment® researchers/instructors and our resident “emotional support Canadian,” recently presented at an Ontario-based webinar on the topic of social prescribing. Recent research has shown that arts participation lead to a wide range of improvements in physical and mental […]
Maggie Fleita (OTD/S ’20) presented to Washington University Occupational Therapy students about incorporating IMPROVment® principles into acute care OT practice. Click here to view the presentation.
One of our brilliant instructors and researchers, Rebecca Barnstaple, has published new work on our methods in the European Journal of Neuroscience. “Neuroscience of dance is an emerging field with important applications related to health and well‐being, as dance has shown potential to foster […]
IMPROVment® video classes are featured on the American Parkinson Disease Association’s website. Click here to view these classes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks7e5UPNFG8&list=PLHQOGoc3_34S-1aWBRYPA-SdI0s3Qbl7O
Members of the IMPROVment® team are pleased to announce a new grant from the Retirement Research Foundation to further our research to make the IMPROVment® method accessible in home-bound older adult communities. In addition to designing a smartphone mobile application that brings the IMPROVment® improvisational dance program into the […]