Download or read book Art Therapy and AD HD written by Diane Safran and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2002-04-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is increasingly being diagnosed in people of all ages, and this book demonstrates how art therapy can not only assist with diagnosis, but also provides a valuable means of helping to improve skills such as concentration and focus, boost self-esteem, and cope with impulsivity. Educational social skills art groups can help with understanding of AD/HD in addition to teaching strategies to relieve the symptoms. Art therapy is also important for alleviating feelings of isolation and confusion that may come with the diagnosis, and, as an ongoing process, it can be a useful tool for checking clients' progress from the initial assessment onwards. In the first part of her book, the author explores ways of using art therapy and of setting up art therapy groups. Her advice and practical suggestions will be useful to anyone with an interest in AD/HD. The later chapters offer therapists more detailed guidance on therapy sessions with clients with AD/HD. Practical and informative, and based on the author's long experience with art therapy and AD/HD, this will be a valuable book for therapists, mental health professionals, and people who live or work with AD/HD.

Download or read book A Practical Art Therapy written by Susan Buchalter and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2004-03-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It can be difficult to be spontaneous during every art therapy group. It is helpful to have a resource full of creative and inspiring ideas that can be utilized as needed. This broad-ranging collection of projects injects variety into art therapy sessions. A Practical Art Therapy is written in an easy-to-read format that is filled with practical creative experiences for therapists to use with individuals and groups. Chapters cover various media and methods, including murals, collages, sculpture and drawing, making it easily accessible for even the busiest therapist. Susan Buchalter includes practical art projects using everyday objects, and follows them through with a list of materials needed, a procedure plan and aims of the project. The creative exercises draw on situations and ideas that children and adults can relate to - for example, drawing wishes and goals, sculpting their own stress and creating a collage self-portrait. The author suggests ways of expanding art-making activities, such as drawing to music and creating personal logos. This book is suitable for those new to the arts therapies field, practising art therapists, counselors and social workers.

Download or read book Art Therapy for ADHD written by Ramya Srinivasan and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative, artistic and therapeutic exercises for women with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Difficulty level - Easy These unique art exercises increase the feeling of success through artistic expression. Just everyday materials like paper and pencils can help to: 1. Reduce distraction. 2. Improve focus and concentration 3. Better hand-mind coordination 4. Better hand-eye coordination 5. Art eases anxiety 6. Improves mindfulness to a great extent 7. Engages you

Download or read book The ADHD Workbook for Teens written by Lara Honos-Webb and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focus on Your Strengths and Overcome ADHD Symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, can strike at any time-during class, when you're listening to a friend's story, while doing homework, and did we mention during class? You might find it difficult to pay attention and sit still when your impulses are constantly tempting you to do the opposite. In The ADHD Workbook for Teens, you'll learn simple skills you can use to confidently handle school, make and keep friends, and organize and finish every project you start. This workbook helps you find out who you really are through a series of exercises and worksheets that focus on identifying your strengths and interests. Then, you'll begin using those strengths to create strategies for overcoming the ADHD-related issues you struggle with. •Learn how to calm yourself down when you feel hyperactive or impulsive •Develop plans for meeting the goals that matter to you most •Get your life under control and organize your schedule •Improve your social life by becoming a better listener and friend

Download or read book Adolescent Art Therapy written by Debra G. Linesch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescent Art Therapy is an attempt to delineate the issues and techniques that are particular to the practice of art psychotherapy with an adolescent population. Adolescent Art Therapy provides a developmentally oriented rationale for the use of art psychotherapy with the adolescent patient.

Download or read book Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD written by Mary V. Solanto and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly practical book provides evidence-based strategies for helping adults with ADHD build essential skills for time management, organization, planning, and coping. Each of the 12 group sessions--which can also be adapted for individual therapy--is reviewed in step-by-step detail. Handy features include quick-reference Leader Notes for therapists, engaging in-session exercises, and reproducible take-home notes and homework assignments. The paperback edition includes the adult ADHD criteria from DSM-5. The treatment program presented in this book received the Innovative Program of the Year Award from CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD).

Download or read book Innovative Practice and Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Psychosocial Difficulties and Disabilities written by Angie Hart and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages with a wide spectrum of questions and topics related to children's, adolescents' and families' difficulties, as well as to epistemological, meta-theoretical, taxonomical, and intervention issues. Particular emphasis is given throughout the book to discussing and suggesting various alternative methods and practices of promoting the potential and capacity of children, families, and schools to deal with various personal and contextual risks and adversities. Most of the contribu ...

Download or read book Arts Integration written by Merryl Goldberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical and engaging, Merryl Goldberg’s popular guide to integrating the arts throughout the K-12 curriculum blends contemporary theory with classroom practice. Beyond teaching about the arts as a subject in and of itself, the text explains how teachers may integrate the arts—literary, media, visual, and performing—throughout subject area curriculum and provides a multitude of strategies and examples. Promoting ways to develop children's creativity and critical thinking while also developing communications skills and fostering collaborative opportunities, it looks at assessment and the arts, engaging English Language Learners, and using the arts to teach academic skills. This text is ideal as a primer on arts integration and a foundational support for teaching, learning, and assessment, especially within the context of multicultural and multilingual classrooms. In-depth discussions of the role of arts integration in meeting the goals of Title I programs, including academic achievement, student engagement, school climate and parental involvement, are woven throughout the text, as is the role of the arts in meeting state and federal student achievement standards. Changes in the 5th Edition: New chapter on arts as text, arts integration, and arts education and their place within the context of teaching and learning in multiple subject classrooms in multicultural and multilingual settings; Title I and arts integration (focus on student academic achievement, student engagement, school climate, and parental involvement–the 4 cornerstones of Title I); Attention to the National Core Arts Standards as well as their relationship to other standardized tests and arts integration; more (and more recent) research-based studies integrated throughout; Examples of how to plan arts integrated lessons (using backward design) along with more examples from classrooms’; Updated references, examples, and lesson plans/units; Companion Website: www.routledge.com/cw/goldberg

Download or read book Art as an Early Intervention Tool for Children with Autism written by Nicole Martin and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early years are the most critical period of learning for a child with autism. Therapeutic art-making can be a useful tool to tap into their imaginations and help them to express their thoughts and feelings. Art as an Early Intervention Tool for Children with Autism includes practical advice on helping a child move beyond scribbling, organizing the child's environment for maximum comfort and relaxation, and providing physical and sensory support. This book is packed with tips and suggestions for how to provide art therapy for children with autism — covering topics such as the basic materials required, safety issues, how to set up a workspace, and ideas for managing difficult behavior. The author writes from a professional and personal perspective — Nicole Martin is a qualified art therapist specializing in working with children with autism, and she also has a brother with autism. Perfect for busy parents and as a practical reference for professionals such as psychologists, teachers, occupational therapists, sensory integration therapists and anyone working with a child on the autism spectrum.

Download or read book Expressive Therapy with Traumatized Children written by P. Gussie Klorer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expressive Therapy with Traumatized Children offers students in training and professionals who work with children an array of sensitive and creative ways to help even their most challenging patients. The second edition builds upon cutting-edge research in the neuroscience of trauma and art therapy to examine children’s development alongside their understanding of trauma. Including many new and revised case studies, Klorer illustrates effective treatment strategies to offer patients alternative means of expression. Klorer’s rich and highly accessible teaching voice seamlessly weaves together art therapy theory, research, and cases into an invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike.

Download or read book Arts Therapies in the Treatment of Depression written by Ania Zubala and published by International Research in the Arts Therapies. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arts Therapies in the Treatment of Depression is a comprehensive compilation of expert knowledge on arts therapies' potential in successfully addressing depression. The book identifies ways of addressing the condition in therapy sessions, shares experience of tools and approaches which seem to work best and guides towards a conscious and confident evidence-based practice. Including contributions from international experts in the field of arts therapies, the book presents some of the most recent, high-profile and methodologically diverse research, whether in the form of clinical trials, surveys or case studies. The three sections of this volume correspond to particular life stages and explore major topics in arts therapies practice and the nature of depression in children, adults and in later life. Individual chapters within the three sections represent all four arts therapies disciplines. The book hopes to improve existing arts therapies practice and research, by encouraging researchers to use creativity in designing meaningful research projects and empowering practitioners to use evidence creatively for the benefit of their clients and the discipline. Arts Therapies in the Treatment of Depression is an essential resource for arts therapies researchers, practitioners and arts therapists in training. It should also be of interest to other health researchers and health professionals, particularly those who work with clients experiencing depression and in multidisciplinary teams.

Download or read book Journey Through Distraction written by Jamie C. Hall and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through personal experience, it was found, individuals with Adult ADHD/ADD, or Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder/Attention Deficit Disorder, face many obstacles along the path to success. The purpose of this phenomenological narrative was to understand and describe the experiences of adult life with ADHD. The study focused on an understanding of how living with a particular diagnosis , Adult ADHD, affects the development of one's personal story of self, and how this can be illuminated through the use of storytelling and art therapy. There were 10 individuals with Adult ADHD that engaged in this study. The ages ranged from 25 to 50 years old. Through the processing research and observation of patterns existing in adults with ADHD new discoveries emerged. Participants were able to develop resiliency against obstacles they encountered in life, as well as recognize the connectedness people with ADHD have relating to personal journeys and hardships.

Download or read book ADHD Art Therapy written by Leone Max and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy beautiful animals and relaxing patterns with this easy coloring book for a real and intensive art therapy. Dissolve your stress. one of the most beautiful and relaxing ways to meditate.ENTER THE MINDFULNESS !!!

Download or read book Creative Therapy for Children with Autism ADD and Asperger s written by Janet Tubbs and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is no easy task to find a teaching technique that can truly change the course of a child with special needs. Thirty years ago, when Janet Tubbs began working with children who had low self-esteem and behavioral problems, she developed a successful program using art, music, and movement. Believing that unconventional children required unconventional therapies, she then took her program one step further—she applied it to children with autism, ADD/ADHD, and Asperger’s Syndrome. Her innovative methods and strategies not only worked, but they actually defied the experts. In this new book, Janet Tubbs has put together a powerful teaching tool to help parents, therapists, and teachers work with their children. Creative Therapy for Children with Autism, ADD, and Asperger's ​​is divided into two parts. Part One provides an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorders and introduces and explains Janet’s novel approach to teaching. Her goal is to balance the child’s body, mind, and spirit through proven techniques. Part Two provides a wide variety of exercises, activities, and games that are both fun and effective. Each is designed to reduce hyperactivity, increase and prolong focus, decrease anger, develop fine motor skills, or improve social and verbal skills. All are part of a program created to help these children relate to their environment without fear, anxiety, or discomfort. A child may appear stubborn and difficult, but that doesn’t mean that the child isn’t intelligent, curious, or creative. With the right treatment, such a child can be reached, taught, and set on the road to improvement. The lessons provided in this book may be just what you and your child have been waiting for.

Download or read book Group Process Made Visible written by Shirley Riley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the reader to the approach and general philosophy of the use of art as an additional language in group therapy. It demonstrates the usefulness of the language of art in enabling group therapists and their clients to understand group members' perceptions of constructs and realities.

Download or read book Handbook of Art Therapy written by Cathy A. Malchiodi and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a complete overview of art therapy, from theory and research to practical applications, this is the definitive handbook in the field. Leading practitioners demonstrate the nuts and bolts of arts-based intervention with children, adults, families, couples, and groups dealing with a wide range of clinical issues. Rich with illustrative case material, the volume features 110 sample drawings and other artwork. The inclusion of diverse theoretical approaches and practice settings makes the Handbook eminently useful for all mental health professionals interested in using art in evaluation and treatment. New to This Edition*Incorporates the latest clinical applications, methods, and research.*Chapter on art materials and media (including uses of new technologies).*Chapters on intervening with domestic violence survivors, bereaved children, and military personnel.*Expanded coverage of neuroscience, cultural diversity, and ethics.

Download or read book Applying Developmental Art Theory in Art Therapy Treatment and Interventions written by Beth Gonzalez-Dolginko and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying Developmental Art Theory in Art Therapy Treatment and Interventions: Illustrative Examples through the Life Cycle weaves clinical applications of object relations-based art therapy with the Kestenberg Art Profile to understand art from a developmental perspective with the intent of applying this knowledge to support best art therapy practice. The book starts by defining object relations-based art therapy and introducing the Kestenberg Art Profile. Chapters blend psychological theory (Freud, Erikson, Piaget) and developmental art theory (DiLeo, Gardner, Kellogg, Levick, Lowenfeld and Brittain, and Rubin) with case illustrations that offer a focus on applying typical developmental theory and art therapy with children, adolescents, and adults who have varying needs. Examples include art from people throughout the life cycle with histories of trauma in the following areas: sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, terrorism, grief and medical illness, war, natural disasters, and substance abuse. There is further discussion on neurological indicators, family issues, and the use of materials and techniques viewed through a developmental lens. Ideal for creative arts therapists, educators, and students, the book will also stand out as a supplementary text for developmental theorists and educators, art educators, and a range of mental health professionals.