Arts-Based Approaches to Promote Mental Health and Well-Being: Supporting Children and Families in Conditions of Adversity

Synopsis

This book provides insights on how creative and expressive approaches can promote psychosocial well-being among children, youth, and their caregivers living in conditions of adversity around the world.Arts-based psychosocial approaches give children a means to tap into their strengths as well as adaptively communicate and process experiences in ways that promote their own and overall family well-being. Offering an overview of the impact of adverse childhood experiences on lifelong health and functioning and how arts-based approaches can be protective, this book discusses relevant theory and research, as well as case studies and findings from mixed methods program evaluations. Examples from the Healing and Education Through the Arts (HEART) initiative from Save the Children are discussed in depth, and demonstrate the benefits of creative self-expression among children and families in the most challenging environments around the world.Creative arts therapists, public health professionals, education specialists, policymakers, and humanitarian groups seeking to provide cost-effective support to communities in need will find, in this book, insights on the impact of large-scale arts-based interventions in a range of public health and education settings.

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781040156971

Related ISBNs:

9781032434810, 9781003367529, 9781040156957, 9781032434803

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

11/21/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Sara Hommel and Girija Kaimal

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Psychology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Sara Hommel

Edited by:

Girija Kaimal