Art Therapy: 77 Creative Interventions for Challenging Children who Shut Down, Meltdown, or Act Out

Objectives

Explore art therapy directives to immediately implement into therapy practice to help children regulate their emotions and behaviors.
Consider the ethical implications and clinical limitations of using art therapy in clinical practice.
Determine the stages of a child’s normative development, and identify the indicators suggesting a need for additional clinical support.
Summarize the benefits of utilizing an art therapy approach in assessment, diagnosis and clinical treatment of mental health disorders.
Develop a plan for introducing art into clinical practice for treatment resistant and challenging children and families.
Determine the neurobiological implications of using art therapy among clients with various diagnoses.