Healing for Adolescents: An Art-based Approach to Coping with Trauma

school;interventions;Art Therapy;trauma;adolescents;children;Visual Arts

Vaughan, Rebecca

University of Wisconsin

关键词: school;    interventions;    Art Therapy;    trauma;    adolescents;    children;    Visual Arts;   

Others  :  https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/76451/Healing%20for%20Adolescents%20An%20Art-based%20Approach%20to%20Coping%20with%20Trauma.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

瑞士|英语

来源: University of Wisconsin

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this paper was to determine whether art therapy groups for middle school students dealing with trauma was beneficial or not. The students were given different materials and a different intervention each session to complete. All the interventions were geared towards trauma. At the beginning of each session was a short group intervention, then into an individual intervention. At the end of each session, everyone would gather together and share their pieces if they wished. I will be exploring what may cause trauma, and what it is and various art therapy interventions to use with children dealing with trauma. Additionally, I will address the inquiry: does group art therapy work well at this school? By exploring these topics, I will show you how art therapy interventions were beneficial to middle schoolers in groups I facilitated. The group included students ages 11-13, who experienced traumatic events in their lives. These events could include: a loss of a family member, witness of a death, involvement of drugs/alcohol in the home, family or friends, physical or mental abuse, etc.