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| Dear Prospective Student: Do you want to work for yourself? Do you want to be part of a hands-on profession that provides a valuable service as a part of health care? Do you want to work with other health professionals, or use your career as a part-time addition to current work? DSM is ready to assist you in your personal journey to learn about this exciting health professional field. Our mission is to train individuals in the art and science of therapeutic massage for an entry-level professional career, for continuing education, and for personal growth. At DSM students are constantly reminded of their own self care and personal growth, as well as learning how to help their clients help themselves. Attending the right massage school is much more than learning lessons. It should open the door to understanding holistic health and the wide variety of opportunities that studying massage and bodywork presents. It should help create confidence, build character, and develop a healthy physical and emotional attitude toward life. DSM understands this voyage! DSM is the oldest massage therapist-owned-and-operated COMTA accredited massage program in the State of Maine. COMTA, the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation, is approved by the Federal Department of Education and is the only accrediting commission in our industry that has been given this distinction. Other accrediting agencies exist that are Department of Education approved, but they have not been founded by our industry, do not carry the same required standards, and do not have the same investment in our profession as COMTA does. COMTA is one of three accrediting commissions devoted to complementary medicine; the other two represent chiropractic and acupuncture. |
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DSM is also committed to curriculum development and as such has a committee whose sole purpose is to develop the curriculum. The (CDC) committee is comprised of graduates, staff, faculty, and members from the Program Advisory Committee. Members of this committee review student course evaluations, graduate surveys, employer recommendations, and industry standards to make curriculum changes that will be meaningful to students and graduates. Information from the Body/Mind concentration has been found to be so valuable that the CDC decided to incorporate this information into the core curriculum. Student evaluations suggested that a Reflexology Certification was a desirable addition to an existing LMT practice, and we have made that possible by adding a Reflexology Certification to our continuing education program. We expanded the Energy concentration to include Polarity, Quantum Touch, and CranioSacral to complete the package. We call this the Energy Quest. These changes reflect one of the school’s goals—to expand with the profession by regularly reviewing and upgrading the school’s curriculum. You may be assured that this catalog meets COMTA standards and requirements, so that you will get as much information as possible from this publication. Knowing that, take a careful journey through this catalog, examine the qualifications of our experienced faculty, read about our diverse course offerings, and write down all your questions for our dedicated staff. Contact our admissions department and attend one of our frequent open houses to see how DSM can play a part in your education. We invite you to investigate this exciting health professional career at DSM and learn that the signature of your art is touch. Make DSM the right massage school choice for you! In Health
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