Social Emotional Arts Toolkit Online Training (SEA-T) - Fall 2025

Lori Baudino, PsyD, BC-DMT has been a practicing clinician for over twenty years. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology and masters in creative arts therapy – dance/movement therapy. The national clinical spokesperson for The Andréa Rizzo Foundation, Dr. Baudino, through the support of the Foundation, brought the first dance/movement therapy programs to the top pediatric hospitals in Los Angeles, providing bedside therapy to children with cancer, special needs, and terminal illness. In her private practice, she works with children and their families to support the developing child and the integral relationships between parent, child, and siblings. Understanding the premise that the body, mind, and spirit are interconnected and that life is experienced through movement, Dr. Baudino’s approach allows the child to put words into action, understand individual sensory and motor preferences, express emotional needs, and support overall integration and well-being. Visit drloribaudino.com to learn more about her published books, the Collaborative Health Summit, the Global Therapists Program Initiative, advisory offerings, and much more.

Ping Ho, MA, MPH is Founder and Director of Arts & Healing Initiative, which transforms lives through the innate power of the arts, guided by mental health practices, to foster healing, connection, and resilience for all. Ping spearheaded the development of the Certificate Program in Social Emotional Arts (SEA) and the SEA Toolkit: Supportive Art, Movement, Music & Writing for Individuals or Groups in Any Setting. In addition, she co-developed and served as principal investigator for the evidence-based program, Beat the Odds®: Social and Emotional Skill Building Delivered in a Framework of Drumming. Ping is associate editor for the Creative Arts Therapies section of the Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, and she is co-author of the 2019 National Parenting Products Award-winning book, The Innovative Parent: Raising Connected, Happy, Successful Kids through Art (Ohio University/Swallow Press). Ping was founding administrator of the UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine (now the UCLA Integrative Medicine Collaborative) and UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, which led to the privilege of writing for Norman Cousins and co-writing the professional autobiography of George F. Solomon, M.D., founder of the field. She has a BA in psychology with honors from Stanford—where she was appointed to initiate the still-thriving Health Improvement Program for faculty and staff, an MA in counseling psychology with specialization in exercise physiology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MPH in community health sciences from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

John Mews, NMT, MA, AMFT, aside from being an associate marriage and family therapist, is a special needs family and parenting coach and an expert in neurologic music therapy. He explains the benefits of music therapy, shares the success stories of his clients, and discusses the differences between traditional music classes and his unique approach. He has helped many individuals with special needs deal with speech and language delays, motor control issues, behavioral challenges, and more. Learn more at mewsicmoves.com.

Nadia F. Paredes, MA, LMFT, ATR helps people connect with their inner creativity and empower their mind and soul through her expressive arts program and is the founder of Nadia Paredes - Creative Studio, a bilingual resource for empowering, healing, and artistic inspiration. With expertise and training as an art therapist, Intuition Painting facilitator and a licensed marital and family therapist, Nadia creates programs for transformation, creativity, and art making as a mindfulness practice. Her offerings include a YouTube channel and podcast in Spanish called Revolución Creativa, The Smart-Heart Method: Art Journaling for Personal Well-being, and introspective art groups: a female-centered wellness program through Embodied Arts. Nadia is an adjunct professor and art therapy supervisor at Loyola Marymount University, where she teaches about art activism. Learn more at artfooddreamers.com.

Writing:

• Pencil or pen
• Paper, notepad, or journal
• A little handheld shaker. Homemade alternatives: small plastic Easter egg or small plastic bottle or container filled with a little rice, seeds, sand. Make something that sounds pleasing to your ears.

Movement:

• A tissue box (with tissues in it)
• Cotton swabs
• Cotton balls
• A scarf (as large as possible)
• Pencil or pen
• Paper, notepad, or journal

Music:

• A little handheld shaker. Homemade alternatives: small plastic Easter egg or small plastic bottle or container filled with a little rice, seeds, sand. Make something that sounds pleasing to your ears.
• Found sounds. Look through your home or kitchen for things that make noise – bring out your homemade shakers again, look for wooden spoons (you can tape your homemade shakers to them!), try hitting stainless steel mixing bowls with rubber spatulas or homemade mallets made of chopsticks with a large wad of tape wrapped around the ends, boxes, plastic food storage containers, pillows . . . Bundt pans turned upside down make great bells.
• Pencil or pen
• Paper, notepad, or journal

Art:

• Pencil or pen
• Paper, notepad, or journal
• Colored pencils or markers (if you have them; don’t worry if you don’t)
• Found objects for art making (you do not need to have all of these things). Here are some examples below. You can gather and use as many or as few of these objects as you wish in your art making. And feel free to come up with other ideas of your own. You will make the art piece during the session.

Found Art Object include:

• Paper plates
• Yarn
• Masking or painter’s tape
• Paper cups
• Straws
• Cotton balls
• Cotton swabs
• Bandaids
• Gauze pads
• Disposable face masks
• Disposable gloves
• Popsicle/craft sticks
• Twigs
• Construction paper
• Pipe cleaners
• Foil
• General office supplies such as a stapler, paper clips, or rubber bands
• Clean sock

We offer a comprehensive, scripted curriculum manual, including the full spectrum of Social Emotional Arts Toolkit activities, developed by a team of leading creative arts therapists (mental health professionals with expertise in arts applications). The manual includes easy adaptations based on individual preference, time, group size, ages, and abilities. It also offers handout templates and additional instructions for self-guided use, integrating other art forms, plus supportive ways to encourage participation and dialogue, and to calm stress reactions. The SEA-T manual is available in both print and PDF formats. Click here for more information, and to purchase.  

When registering for the Certificate Bundle (i.e., all 4 modules) of our SEA-T training, enter one of the following promo codes to receive 20%-off the manual: SEATPM20 for the print manual or SEATDM20 for the PDF format.

When registering for the Certificate Bundle (i.e., all 4 modules) of our SEA-T training, trainees can also purchase the accompanying print or PDF edition of our SEA-T curriculum for 20% off.

After adding the training to your cart, visit our Curriculum Materials Section to purchase your preferred SEA-T manual edition, then enter either of the following promo codes during check out to receive 20%-off the manual: SEATPM20 for the print manual or SEATDM20 for the PDF format.

Art Module | Friday, 9/5 with Nadia F. Paredes, MA, LMFT, ATR

From learning accessible visual art activities for mindfulness and stress relief through breath tracing and structured doodling to creating art with found objects and photography for self-expression and mental well-being, we’ll gain first-hand experience using the language of non-judgment to invite engagement and dialogue in the shared experience of artistic expression.

Writing Module | Friday, 9/12 with Ping Ho, MA, MPH

Writing out our feelings and experiences is essential for well-being, yet sometimes words can be hard to find. We'll hone in on strategies and creative writing activities, such as depicting feelings by giving them personality characteristics and describing our names as metaphors, to foster insight and connection on the page and showcase the healing power of writing as an art form.

Movement Module | Friday, 9/19 with Dr. Lori Baudino, PsyD, BC-DMT

Tap into the power of creative movement as an embodied tool for releasing stress, connecting, and finding joy through a variety of playful, mindful-movement approaches, such as engaging the senses, taking turns leading and following movement, and incorporating objects and environment into the creative process.

Music Module | Friday, 9/26 with John Mews LMFT, NMT

Music can be an integral tool for accessing feelings, shifting moods, and evoking memories. Through learning guidelines for intended impact, creating our own music playlists, experiencing guided visualization and meditation, lyric re-writing, and music making with found sounds, we’ll come away relaxed, energized, empowered, and connected.

We believe transforming lives through creative expression should be financially accessible. Please reach out to us at info@artsandhealinginitiative.org for scholarship and payment plan information.

This is a online program through Zoom. A welcome email, which includes the link to join the program, will be sent to you after you register. Please check your inbox and spam folders.

By registering, you give Arts & Healing Initiative approval to record this event, still and/or moving images from which may appear in printed materials or digital channels for archival, educational, or promotional purposes.

Note that Zoom breakout rooms are not recorded.

In order to keep our programs affordable yet self-sustaining, we regret that we are unable to offer refunds for cancellation; however, we are happy to provide you with credit good for one year from the date of the program toward the next offering of the same program or a different one. Credit applied toward a program with higher registration fees will require payment of the balance. In addition, credit may be applied toward purchase of curriculum materials for any program. Unused fees after one year would then be tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law because no goods or services would have been received for them.

Exceptions to our no-refund policy may be considered in cases of personal emergencies. Please contact us at info@artsandhealinginitiative.org if any questions.