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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820122703321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007

ISBN

1-281-10546-5

9786611105464

1-84642-636-7

1-4356-0282-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CamilleriVanessa A. <1973->

Disciplina

618.92/891656

Soggetti

Art therapy for children

City children - Mental health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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