Healing the inner city child : creative arts therapies with at-risk youth / edited by Vanessa A. Camilleri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Camilleri, Vanessa A., 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art therapy for children.

City children--Mental health.

City children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Healing the Inner City Child presents a diverse collection of creative arts therapies approaches to meeting the specific mental health needs of inner city children, who are disproportionately likely to experience violence, crime and family pressures and are at risk of depression and behavioural disorders as a result. The contributors draw on their professional experience in school and community settings to describe a wide variety of suitable therapeutic interventions, including music, play and art therapy as well as psychodrama and dance/movement approaches, that enable children to deal with e

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; PREFACE; Part 1: Setting the Scene; 1. The Inner City; 2. At-risk Children; 3. Challenges Faced by At-risk Children in the Inner City; 4. Outcomes for At-risk Children in the Inner City; 5. Moderating Factors; 6. Therapy with Inner City, At-risk Children; Part II: Healing the Inner City Child; 7. "Hear Me Sing" Structured Group Songwriting with Inner City, At-risk Children; 8. Lifesongs: Music Therapy with Adolescents in Foster Care; 9. "Can You Play With Me?": Dealing With Trauma, Grief and Loss through Analytical Music Therapy and Play Therapy

10. Honoring Timothy's Spirit: Mural Making to Express, Process, and Overcome Grief and Loss11. The Architecture of Self-expression: Creating Community through Art with Children on Chicago's South Side; 12. SOHO – Space of Her Own: An Art-based Mentoring Program for Girls; 13. Collaboration and Creativity: Art Therapy Groups in a School Suspension Program; 14. Prevention Interventions: Art and Drama Therapy in Three Settings; 15. E

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611105464

9781281105462

1281105465

9781846426360

1846426367

9781435602823

143560282X

OCLC:

191925939