REMINDER: March 19th NADT Tri-State Chapter Event

[Guest guest]

Hello Creative Arts Therapists!

Our March 19th meeting is just around the corner and we hope to see you all

there! Please refer to the description below about this very important meeting.

We also kindly encourage you to RSVP to either tristatechapter@... or on

the facebook event page http://www.facebook.com/events/310278125701207/. It

would really help us to know how many people will be in attendance.

Here is additional information about our March 19th meeting:

As creative arts therapists we have an urgent matter to turn our focus towards.

The OMH (Office of Mental Health) is seeking to pass what is called the

PERMANENT EXEMPTION law.

If this law is passed it could possibly:

· Allow bachelors level and unlicensed " clinicians " to work in hospitals in

place of licensed and fairly compensated professionals

· Decrease the jobs available to us as licensed professionals

· Decrease our salaries dramatically

To combat this we need to come together as CATs and raise our voice! It is time

to be more visible and have our profession get the respect it deserves! We need

to move our license in the direction we want! Come join us at the next NADT

Tri-State Chapter meeting to discuss this law and its possible effects and

brainstorm how we can ADVOCATE for our community and profession.

March 19, 2012, 7:00pm

353 Studios @ 353 West 48th Street

Between 8th and 9th Avenues

Studio C – Second Floor

Buzz the second floor

Please RSVP at tristatechapter@... or

http://www.facebook.com/events/310278125701207/

Sincerely,

Geisert on behalf of the NADT Tri-State Chapter Board

Corresponding Secretary