Welcome to Dr. Mooves A&D, where the magic of dance meets cutting-edge technology to forge a transformative mental wellness journey for children.
Designed for kids aged 5-12, our app merges captivating dance routines with AI and motion-tracking precision. These dances, meticulously crafted by child psychologists, epidemiologists, and neuroscientists, are not just fun—they're strategically designed to develop cognitive skills that children can use to manage their subclinical anxiety and depression.
This powerful blend of entertainment and targeted motion cultivates essential skills, paving the way for a healthier, happier future.
At Dr. Mooves A&D, our purpose is straightforward: to help children manage subclinical anxiety and depression through fun and engaging dance routines. By empowering kids with the tools they need to thrive mentally and emotionally, we aim to lower suicide risk factors significantly. We believe that equipping children to handle their emotional challenges effectively fosters resilience and prevents crises, ensuring a brighter, safer future for each participant.
At Dr. Mooves A&D, our purpose is straightforward: to help children manage subclinical anxiety and depression through fun and engaging dance routines. By empowering kids with the tools they need to thrive mentally and emotionally, we aim to lower suicide risk factors significantly. We believe that equipping children to handle their emotional challenges effectively fosters resilience and prevents crises, ensuring a brighter, safer future for each participant.
Dr. Mooves A&D was born from the passion and expertise of Dr. Victor Talbot, a psychiatrist and alumni of Columbia University’s Department of Psychiatry who spent 30 years in the Hollywood entertainment business. With a vision to transform mental health support for children using entertainment as a driver, Dr. Talbot partnered with Columbia University's HITLAB, Nickelodeon, various other universities nationally and internationally, and the creative skills at Playing Forward. Together, they developed an app that merged the Entertainment Genre inextricable with 'curative remedial dances,' making mental wellness accessible and enjoyable for children.
Our talented team includes Academy-winning visual effects artists, Hollywood storytellers, animators, scientists, medical professionals, and engineers, ensuring that each dance session is captivating, effective, and scientifically grounded.
Our team is powered by the support of these amazing partners.
To empower children to manage subclinical anxiety and depression through engaging dance routines, fostering cognitive skills, and promoting mental wellness.
A world where every child can achieve mental wellness through accessible, effective, and enjoyable therapeutic tools.
The Suicide Instinct (SI) theory underscores the intent of the Dr. Mooves A&D app. According to this theory, all individuals possess an innate level of subclinical anxiety and depression due to the SI, regardless of clinical diagnosis. We believe everyone has some level of SI, which our app aims to help manage through engaging dance routines that promote cognitive skills and mental wellness.
In addition, there is a suicide epidemic in the USA and around the world. The SI manifests uniquely and privately in each person, making it a significant challenge. Our goal is to bring these private struggles to the fore. Dr. Mooves A&D aspires to address both innate subclinical anxiety and depression as well as the broader suicide epidemic. This is our ultimate wish and driving force.
High-quality entertainment driven by the science of The Psychoanalytic Theory of Child Development.
Making mental health support accessible and affordable for all children.
Ensuring our app is user-friendly and effective for children of various ages, backgrounds, and cognitive levels.
Continuously improving and using the latest technology to enhance our app.
Grounded in scientific research, Dr. Mooves A&D is dedicated to ensuring children's safety and privacy. Our app leverages the power of the entertainment genre as a device with our AI and motion-tracking technology to monitor how accurately children follow predetermined dance routines, providing feedback specific to each dance and each participant’s unique baseline.
This non-verbal program is universally accessible, ensuring that children from diverse backgrounds can benefit from our innovative approach. The motion-tracking is crucial as it assesses the level of baseline effort children put into the dances, confirming that they are effectively introjecting the dance content. These processes are vital for developing the essential cognitive skills needed to manage subclinical anxiety and depression in the developing neuroplastic brain, aligning with our goal to foster substantial mental and emotional growth for a better future.
Grounded in scientific research, Dr. Mooves A&D is dedicated to ensuring children's safety and privacy. Our app leverages the power of the entertainment genre as a device with our AI and motion-tracking technology to monitor how accurately children follow predetermined dance routines, providing feedback specific to each dance and each participant’s unique baseline.
This non-verbal program is universally accessible, ensuring that children from diverse backgrounds can benefit from our innovative approach. The motion-tracking is crucial as it assesses the level of baseline effort children put into the dances, confirming that they are effectively introjecting the dance content. These processes are vital for developing the essential cognitive skills needed to manage subclinical anxiety and depression in the developing neuroplastic brain, aligning with our goal to foster substantial mental and emotional growth for a better future.
Reaching more children worldwide.
Introducing new features and enhancing our app's effectiveness.
Partnering with more institutions and experts to improve mental wellness tools.
Download Dr. Mooves A&D today and experience the positive impact dance can have on your child's mental health. For more information or to get in touch, please contact us.
