TRACY’S KIDS ART THERAPY PROGRAM

Background Tracy’s Kids employs six art therapists in four treatment centers, helping patients with cancer and blood disorders cope with the emotional stress and trauma of illness and treatment. Art therapy is built into the treatment setting, engaging young patients, their siblings, and parents in...

EMPOWERING THE TRAUMATIZED CHILD THROUGH THE USE OF ART AND ACTION

When a child has been personally traumatized or is part of a family, school, or community system where trauma has been experienced, the child’s sense of his or her own power is generally shaken. The trauma destabilizes the world as the child knew it prior to the event(s). The effects upon the child depend...

EXPRESSIVE MASK MAKING FOR TEENS: BEGINNING INSIGHTS

Learning new skills and rapid change can be intimidating. Even psychologically “normal,” healthy adolescents, defined for the purpose of this article as adolescents who are not involved in mental health services and do not have an active Diagnostic and Statistical Manual diagnosis, experience a...

ART THERAPY AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

Art therapists who are interested in working in the public schools might find it helpful to understand the special education system and how art therapy services can be utilized in a special education setting. A good place to start with is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a 1990 federal law...