Perspectives’ own Dennis Harvey has been a long term attendee of the OT lead Perspectives Movement Groups and has taken it a step further to create Bee in Motion, a mobile movement therapy workshop, as a means for students and young adults with special needs to explore self expression and non-verbal communication through movement and music.

Dennis has taken the lead in conducting his own movement groups for special populations ranging from preschools, middle schools, high schools to adult special service agencies in several Rhode Island districts. These include South Kingstown, Wakefield, Middletown, Portsmouth, and West Greenwich.

In conjunction with a licensed Occupational Therapist, Mr. Harvey has developed a repertoire of movement exercises that stimulate changes in brain chemistry and effect positive alterations in emotions, thoughts, physical functioning and behaviors.

Mr. Harvey facilitates a forty-five minute to one hour workshop that incorporates music, singing, instrument playing and parachute work into a cohesive series of therapeutic exercises that provide sensory stimulation and social inclusion for up to twenty participants.

Based on the understanding that the body, mind and spirit are interrelated, movement therapy is defined by the American Dance Therapy Association as the psychotherapeutic use of movement to further the emotional, cognitive, physical, and social integration of the individual.

At all times, Mr. Harvey strives to create an atmosphere of mutual respect and learning regardless of ability. He has created Bee in Motion as a vehicle to encourage self discovery in others and to promote the expression of inner feelings through music and movement.

This success story is the proof in the pudding that a person we support can be successful at creating and facilitating an innovative entrepreneurship. We congratulate Dennis and wish him all the best as he continues to develop his own business.