The Expressive Arts Activity Book: A Resource for Professionals
The Expressive Arts Activity Book: A Resource for Professionals
By Suzanne Darley, Wende Heath
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2007-12-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1843108615
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781843108610
Binding: Paperback
This resource comprises a collection of accessible, flexible, tried-and-tested activities for use with people in a range of care settings, to help them explore their knowledge of themselves and to make sense of their experiences. Among the issues addressed by the activities are exploring physical changes, emotional trauma, interpersonal problems and spiritual dilemmas. Featuring individual and group activities of varying difficulty, including card making, painting to music, meditation, and body mapping, it also includes real-life anecdotes that bring the techniques to life. “The Expressive Arts Activity Book” is full of fun, easy, creative ideas for workers in hospitals, clinics, schools, hospices, spiritual and religious settings, and in private practice.
Summary: Great Resource
Rating: 4
The book is very helpful for those who are involved in the human services professions. It highlights how to prepare expressive arts activities for various groups and settings. The book starts by preparing the reader to put together personal art supplies to offer clients for activities then the book segways into how to implement various activities with groups and individuals. It is a great resource for those who are interested in running activities with various people in a variety of settings.
Summary: An invaluable workbook that health collections will find important
Rating: 5
THE EXPRESSIVE ARTS ACTIVITY BOOK: A RESOURCE FOR PROFESSIONALS compiles a set of tested activities for use with people in a range of care settings, to help them explore experiences, physical and emotional issues, interpersonal problems and more. It goes far beyond most psychology and educational guides to offer a set of creative ideas and exercises hospital workers, schools and other caregivers can use in the daily course of their interactions - and it also provides variations and assessment pointers. It’s an invaluable workbook that health collections will find important.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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