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Child Agency and Therapy in Primary School
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Cedar, L.; Coleman, A.; Haythorne, D.; Jones, P.; Mercieca, D.; Ramsden, E. – Education 3-13, 2022
The article reports on, and analyses, qualitative research involving children's therapy in two primary school contexts in England. It aims to explore the potentials of how agency as a concept can contribute to a challenge to existing theory, research and ways of working concerning therapy in primary school contexts. The article addresses how this…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Elementary School Students, Therapy, Barriers
Inter-Professional Learning: Initial Observations of the Art Psychotherapy Tools Used in the Post-Qualifying Postgraduate Training in Counselling Children and Young People
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Hubena, Blanka; Mulcahy, Judith – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2020
Children and young people (C&YP) counselling training and art psychotherapy training lead to two distinctive psychological therapy approaches; one is informed by British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy's Competences for work with children and young people (4-18 years) [BACP. (2019a). "Competences for work with children and…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Children, Adolescents, Standards
Using Art with Vulnerable Children
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Cumming, Stevi; Visser, John – Support for Learning, 2009
Refugee children are often admitted into schools having experienced traumatic events. The impact of trauma on children has been well documented and these children frequently have complex needs. The Devon Behaviour Support Team (BST) has offered Art Workshops to schools to support children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Workshops, Foreign Countries
Art Therapy: A Creative Approach to the Care of Mentally Handicapped People.
Males, Jeanne; Males, Bruce – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1979
The article describes the art therapy program for the mentally handicapped at St. Lawrence's Hospital in England. The program, which also serves those retarded patients who are physically handicapped, functions as a diagnosic and assessment aid, direct therapeutic aid, part of an integrated treatment program, means of employment for some patients,…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Foreign Countries, Hospitals, Mental Retardation
Home-Based Art Therapy for Older Adults with Mental Health Needs: Views of Clients and Caregivers
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McElroy, Siobhan; Warren, Alison; Jones, Fay – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2006
The value of art therapy for older people with mental health problems is well documented although there is a paucity of research for people who are home bound. This study, based in England, involved five clients, all older people with mental health problems, receiving art therapy sessions at home. The clients and caregivers were then interviewed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Caregivers, Mental Health
Art and the Child with Autism: Therapy or Education?
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Osborne, Jan – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
Examines some factors contributing to the success of art as a therapeutic tool with children with autism and considers some reasons why art is not more in evidence in schools. Considers benefits of art therapy and the role of art education as part of the British National Curriculum. Outlines the skills that experienced teachers of children with…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Art Education, Art Therapy, Autism