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Beyond Mask, Inc.
About Beyond Mask, Inc.
Beyond Mask, Inc. (BMI) was founded by Dr. Sirkku M. Sky Hiltunen
(Dr. Sky) CEO, and Dr. Margaret “Muggy Do” Dickinson (Dr.
Do) Vice President in 1994 to provide the following services:
- Financial management for companies serving adults with
intellectual and developmental disabilities;
- Transpersonal and other training in the fields of Mental
Retardation, Behavior Management, Creative Arts Therapies,
the Creative Arts;
- Creations and production of visual or other inspirational
art products for sale; and
- Beyond Mask Records.
Mission
BMI's name comes from the word “transpersonal” (trans
= beyond & persona = mask), which refers to going “beyond
ego boundaries.” Both Dr. Sky and Dr. Do have dedicated
their lives to the services of adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities, developmental, and multiple disabilities.
It is their philosophical/transpersonal belief that adults
with intellectual and developmental disabilities are in fact our spiritual teachers.
Dr. Sky's story, written in Finland in 1976, was originally
called “Mentally
Retarded — Born
from Good Angel's Tears” and is now called “Born
From Good Angel's Tears” it captures the philosophy and
mission of their work. She has since dramatized this story
for Therapeutic Noh Theater®.
BMI is offering for sale an inspirational “Good
Angel's Tear” poster of the appliqué she
created in Finland in 1976. In her lectures in Finland in 1976-1977,
Dr. Do often stated that “the
only difference between so called normal people and people
with handicaps is that the so called normal persons' handicaps
are not visible.” This statement Dr. Sky made
into an appliqué. An inspiration poster of this
appliqué is available for sale by BMI. The Arts Division
will also produce and create other visual arts products such
as paintings, masks, collages, T-shirts, etc. for sale.
Beyond Mask, Inc. is divided into three divisions:
- Management Division
- Training Division
- Arts Division
The Management Division will provide financial management
services to companies serving adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities, and physical and developmental
disabilities. In addition, this may include, but will not be
limited to, other management services such as program operations
management. Beyond Mask Inc. has a skilled accounting staff
and is currently providing financial management to one major
company serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The Training Division will offer training in the fields of
the Creative Arts Therapies, Mask Making, Meditative Vail Painting,
and Linked Collage Making. Other training topics include: The
Transpersonal History of Mental Retardation; The Role and Impact
of Staff Perceptions and Attitudes on Active Treatment; Preventive
Behavioral Management with Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities;
and Interpreting and Identifying Messages in the Maladaptive
Behaviors.
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