Art Therapy with Students at Risk: Fostering Resilience and Growth Through Self-Expression reflects the current research, legislation, and trends that impact the theory and practice of art therapy with diverse at-risk student populations. The book is divided into eight chapters and it includes twelve therapeutic techniques. The 12 therapeutic techniques are written in a lesson plan format which provide opportunities for children to express their thoughts and feelings coupled with confirmation that their art is important to them and to others. Chapter 1, “Adolescence,” examines the developmental period between childhood and adulthood. Chapter 2, “Alternative Schools,” describes the development of alternative schools in the United States through legislative reform, education reform, and civil rights. Chapter 3, “Alternative Education,” explores the catalyst for policymakers to make quality education a civil rights issue. Chapter 4, “Emotions and Learning,” investigates the relationship between emotions and learning and the impact of this relationship on academic achievement. Chapter 5, “Multicultural and Diversity Competence,” focuses on the changing demographics in the United States which have significant implications for the art therapy profession. Chapter 6, “From Risk to Resilience,” highlights the paradigm shift in resilience research away from the deficit, pathology-focused model of development, referred to as the Damage Model to the Challenge Model. Chapter 7, “Art Psychotherapy,” provides insight into the unique criteria that distinguishes it from other types of psychotherapy. Chapter 8, “Art Therapy with Students at Risk,” presents a foundational framework for developing and implementing an art therapy program within a traditional or nontraditional learning environment. This book is designed for art therapy students, professional art therapists, educators, administrators, and practitioners in the allied professions of counseling, social work, psychology, prevention, and human services. Contents: Foreword by Doctor Judith A. Rubin Preface Introduction
1. ADOLESCENCE Nature of Development Context of Development Developmental Psychopathology Developmental Period of Adolescence Developmental Domains Physical Development Adaptation Cognitive Development Moral Development Personality Development Psychosexual Psychosocial Identity Development Racial Identity Development Creative Development Risk-Taking Behaviors Spheres of Adolescent Functioning Mental Disorders Neurodevelopmental Disorders Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention Students with Disabilities Promoting Mental Health References
2. ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS Historical Overview Legislative Reform Education Reform Civil Rights Movement Advocacy Types of Alternative Schools Students At Risk of Educational Failure A Nation at Risk At-Risk Students Attitudes and Personality Characteristics of At-Risk Students Alternative Schools and Programs for Public School Students At Risk of Educational Failure: 2007–2008 (NCES 2010) Advocacy References
3. ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION U.S. Department of Education Federal Legislation Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 Goals 2000: Educate America Act of 1994 Improving America’s School Act of 1994 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 Research Studies on School Dropout The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts, 2006 Risk Factors and Exemplary Programs: A Technical Report, 2007 Risk Factors on the Individual Domain Risk Factors on the Family Domain Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2009, Compendium Report, 2011 National Event Dropout Rates National Status Dropout Rates National Status Completion Rates Understanding Why Students Drop Out of High School, According to Their Own Reports, 2013 Digest of Education Statistics 2013 (NCES 2015) Don’t Call Them Dropouts: Understanding the Experiences of Young People Who Leave High School Before Graduation, 2014 Alternative Learning Environments School Without Walls Commencement Academy, Rochester, NY Monroe #1 Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Fairport, NY Special Education within Alternative Education Special Education Legislation Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act of 2004 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Special Education Process Advocacy National Alternative Education Association (NAEA) National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD) VSA Arts America’s Promise Alliance References
4. EMOTIONS AND LEARNING Phenomenology of Emotion Psychobiology of Emotion The Brain Neurons Central Nervous System Conscious Brain Unconscious Brain Limbic System Peripheral Nervous System Endocrine System and Hormones Immune System The Adolescent Brain Magnetic Resonance Imagining (MRI) Hormonal Influences in Puberty Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Hormonal Influences on Emotions Cortisol Endorphins Learning and Memory Implications from Emotion Research Implications from Neuroscience References
5. MULTICULTURAL AND DIVERSITY COMPETENCE Culture Cultural Competence Twenty-First Century Demographics in the United States Acquiring Multicultural and Diversity Competence Perspectives in Practice Ethics Case Conceptualization Assessment Acculturation Cultural Identity Treatment Cultural Sensitivity References
6. FROM RISK TO RESILIENCE Risk Factors Cradle to Prison Pipeline The Case of Tarik Juvenile Justice System School to Prison Pipeline Ecological Hazards Motivation Discipline Protective Factors Neuroplasticity Developmental Assets Character Strengths Competence Resilience The Seven Resiliencies Circle of Courage Perspectives on Resilience References
7. ART THERAPY The Art Therapy Profession Definition of the Profession American Art Therapy Association Art Therapy Credentials Board The Creative Process Theoretical Approaches to Art Therapy Technique in Art Therapy Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) Components of the ETC ETC and Information Processing ETC Interface in Art Therapy Functions of the ETC Components ETC and Media Properties ETC and Mediators ETC Task Complexity and Task Structure Writing Therapeutic Techniques Based on ETC Theory References
8. ART THERAPY WITH STUDENTS AT RISK Development of Art Therapy in Schools Advancing Art Therapy in School Environments Ethical Decision Making Informed Consent Informed Consent of Minors Informed Consent Document Record Keeping Clinical Perspective of Record Keeping Progress Notes Process Notes Legal Perspective of Record Keeping Confidentiality, Privileged Communication, and Privacy Confidentiality Duty to Warn and to Protect Duty to Warn and to Protect in School Environments Child Abuse and Neglect Privileged Communication Privacy Assessment Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) Silver Drawing Test of Cognition and Emotion (SDT) Documenting Assessment Results Goals and Objectives Treatment Treatment Plan Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Cognitive Structures: Schemata Cognitive Products: Automatic Thoughts and Cognitive Distortions Cognitive Restructuring in Art Therapy Cultural Sensitivity Collaborative Empiricism and Guided Discovery Perspectives in Practice Professional Regulation in New York State Neurosequential Brain Development Neuroplasticity Strength-Based Therapeutic Techniques Family-of-Origin Cultural Genogram The Garden of Self The Bridge Archetypal Banner Magazine Photo Collage Survival on an Island Mandala Drawing Poetry as Metaphor Volcano as Metaphor Journal to Self-Awareness Mask Making Storytelling as Metaphor References |