1.) One weekend training workshop per month from September to May. The weekends include trainings in the various arts therapy specialties such as Visual Art, Dance/Movement, Theatre, Poetry, Writing & Music, as well as Psychopathology, Developmental Stages, and Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy. Each year begins with a gathering of all three years for an Urban Intensive Weekend and the third year ends with a Graduation Weekend. Two weekends per year are devoted to the sharing of Studio Work.

2.) An class, meeting one evening per week from September to May.

3.) A Practicum placement at a clinic, hospital, agency, etc., with 600 hours of supervised practical work as an Expressive Arts Therapist over the course of three years. At least 250 of these hours must be direct client contact.

4.) Personal psychotherapy with a therapist approved by the Training Directors. 90 hours of psychotherapy are required for completion of the programme. A minimum of 60 hours of individual therapy must be with an Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapist.

5.) A programme of 300 hrs. logged studio work.

One-Year Foundations of Expressive Arts

Foundations of Expressive Arts is a one year course designed to help professionals expand their working skills to include principles and practice of expressive arts. This course can be taken for personal as well as professional development. The course will teach basic principles and practice drawn from core literature in the field of intermodal expressive arts as used in therapy, coaching, education and social change. The instructor is responsible for teaching the basic concepts while four guest artists will present specific modalities, for example, dance/movement, writing, theatre and visual art. Because ISIS-Canada emphasizes experiential learning, you will be encouraged to explore how different dimensions of artistic action can connect to your work and to your own life.

CLASS: This is a three-hour weekly class, running for sixteen weeks from early October to early April. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the basic elements of Expressive Arts. Topics include intermodality, expanding the range of play, aesthetic response and aesthetic responsibility, decentering through art- work, play and ritual and, using the arts as a resource-based approach to trauma. A reading package will be provided.

The Foundation course is also designed to help students develop their own creative potential by encouraging them to engage in an ongoing artistic practice. You will be asked to complete 50 hours of studio time during the course. At the end of the year, there will be a one-day gathering when students will have the opportunity to present the work you've been doing in your studio time. After finishing all course requirements, you will receive a Certificate of Completion in the Foundations of Expressive Arts.