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I was not able to attend either of the last two AATA meetings, so glad for the udpates some of you are providing. But I thought what I reviewed today might be interesting for some of you, and I will also be sending this over to AATA . I discovered a big gap between the AATA Ethical Principles, the AATA By-Laws, and a way to maybe fill the gap.
Hey Team, I continue to think about the challenges we are facing in our field and exploring what I would do from a community art therapy perspective. Two ideas keep ruminating in the background of my mind. I have no concept of what all it would take to make either happen, nor do I have a map (yet) of steps to bring them to reality. I share them with you here to gather initial thoughts and interest. 1.) A "post secret" style community art collection about our experiences as art therapists. Submissions would be kept fully confidential. It could be kept loose and general or have specific categories, possibly adding a hashtag option for self-selecting content tags. Before the days of social media like tumblr, this was the closest thing we had to community expression and witness. I am curious if this might cast light on the current struggles within ou…
I love these ideas, MaKael. I would love to share art. I also love the idea of picking a quote/ news story/ image/ client story or "food for thought" to encourage response art! How do we do this? My technology skill set ends with IG and Pinterest.
Hello Team, I am reaching out for contribution and feedback on a response I am working on for the AATA forum and possibly a direct email to Raquel (respective drafts of course).
My biggest concerns:
1.) The lack of accountability on behalf of AATA, claiming the assault was handled with "utmost timeliness, care, and respect." I understand there is legal liability in acknowledging things could have been handled better, and yet the report served an impact of erasure. Despite acknowledging that there were disciplinary sanctions against the perpetrator as a result of the findings by a third-party investigator, the sanitized retelling included the dismissive use of "different experiences" to retrospectively undermine the credibility of the report, as well as openly shaming the victim for reaching out to peers over social media for support in addressing the association's lack of policy and procedure.
2.) The pattern of structuring meetings to prevent and…
Yes, the lack of an update on previous resolutions was an element I had in my longer versions of this note, but it was cut due to length. I can add it back in. Thank you!
I very much appreciate these reminders and access to the link. The AATA portal is inconsistent and difficult to navigate depending on the device or browser it is accessed from. Thank you for the ping!