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Art Therapy in the Public Schools
by Janet Bush
The Miami-Dade County Public Schools Clinical Art Therapy Program for grades K-12 offers opportunities to work through obstacles to educational success and helps students experience benefits such as a decrease in disruptive behaviors, experience feelings of empowerment, belonging and confidence.
Bush’s highly successful program in Miami-Dade County, began as a pilot program after she recognized the indicators of cognitive and emotional problems that were surfacing in the artwork of many students. It became a catalyst for forging a new frontier in schools, as there were no other art therapy programs that were being offered. Her tenacity and professionalism convinced the decision-makers that art therapy in school settings was a desirable intervention.Bush emphasizes that every school in the USA has a population of children who can benefit from art therapy but that need is not being met. She goes on to explain that it will take art therapists to create a need for their services through education, marketing, and promotion.
School art therapists will have to:
- identify their role
- select appropriate functions
- plan programs of services for students, parents, teachers, and school administrators
- strengthen their professional development
- aggressively pursue action
- and continually evaluate their effectiveness in the educational environment.
Commentary by Janet Bush, EdD, ATR-BC
Bush’s highly successful program in Miami-Dade County, began as a pilot program after she recognized the indicators of cognitive and emotional problems that were surfacing in the artwork of many students. It became a catalyst for forging a new frontier in schools, as there were no other art therapy programs that were being offered. Her tenacity and professionalism convinced the decision-makers that art therapy in school settings was a desirable intervention.
Bush emphasizes that every school in the USA has a population of children who can benefit from art therapy but that need is not being met. She goes on to explain that it will take art therapists to create a need for their services through education, marketing, and promotion.
School art therapists will have to:
Commentary by Janet Bush, EdD, ATR-BC
This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc.
Bush emphasizes that every school in the USA has a population of children who can benefit from art therapy but that need is not being met. She goes on to explain that it will take art therapists to create a need for their services through education, marketing, and promotion.
School art therapists will have to:
- identify their role
- select appropriate functions
- plan programs of services for students, parents, teachers, and school administrators
- strengthen their professional development
- aggressively pursue action
- and continually evaluate their effectiveness in the educational environment
Commentary by Janet Bush, EdD, ATR-BC
This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc.
Length of video: 1:00:45
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-628-5
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-628-8
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