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Arts Therapies for Children with Disabilities in School begins with a 45-minute film, “Access to the Arts,” a training video for the integration of the arts in classrooms for children with special needs. The examples of actual interaction, interspersed with thoughtful explanation on the part of the arts therapists, provide a clear and vivid introduction for others to follow as a model of best practices.
William Freeman, Dance/Movement therapist, is seen working with youngsters with cognitive and emotional challenges. Bonnie Burnside, Music Therapist, demonstrates and discusses her work with youngsters with hearing and speech problems. Maureen Coghill-Moran, Art Therapist, is seen working with children who are legally blind. All of them interact with the youngsters in a sensitive and therapeutic fashion, which they discuss during interviews. Each therapist explains specific strategies to create and support a safe therapeutic environment where the child may explore a wide range of options to successfully meet their needs and solve problems.
This film is followed by an edited excerpt from another film, “Breathing Easy,” telling the inspiring story of how an adolescent named Donovan uses art therapy for expression, while also permanently on a ventilator. He and his parents and teachers eloquently explain his creative process and the impact it has had on his life.
This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc.
Length of video: 00:56:26
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-689-7
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-689-9
Judith Rubin, a pioneer in the field of art therapy, is on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. She is a Registered, Board-Certified Art Therapist and a Licensed Psychologist. Dr. Rubin is the author of five books, including: Child Art Therapy, The Art of Art Therapy, and Art Therapy: An Introduction. She was the "Art Lady" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in the 1960s.
A past President and Honorary Life Member of the American Art Therapy Association, Dr. Rubin is retired from full-time clinical practice, and is devoting her energies to creating and disseminating films on the arts in therapy through a nonprofit organization, Expressive Media, Inc. Her other films include Beyond Words: Art Therapy with Older Adults (2004), We'll Show You What We're Gonna Do! (art with blind children, 1971), Children & the Arts (all of the arts with children, 1973), and The Green Creature Within (group art-drama therapy with adolescents, 1984). More about Judith Rubin's films and the organization can be found at http://www.expressivemedia.org.
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