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Seattle University Fine Arts Building Seattle, Washington
July 26 & 27,
2012
Registration
will begin in February for the Seattle workshop.
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| Seattle University |
The Healing Children through Creativity
Workshop has been so popular that we are proud to return to Seattle for our 5th year in a row! Location:
Seattle University, The Fine Arts Building, Graphic Design Studio
Workshop Hours are from 8:00am to 5:00pm - both days. Coffee,
tea, and light refreshments will be served at 10:00am and 3:00pm. Lunch is on your own at nearby restaurants and cafes. To
register for this event please go to the Registration and Fees Page. ____________________________________________________________________ CEUs and Graduate Credit CEUs and Graduate Academic Credit are available for this workshop from Portland
State University. Please see the CEU/ Academic Credit page of this website for more information. Lodging in Seattle: Lodging at hotels near Seattle
University ranges from the very nice to the ultra
luxurious depending on your taste and pocketbook! The Silver Cloud is definitely
the closest hotel to the workshop and one night starts around $145. Click here to review: http://www.silvercloud.com/ If you like to drive or take public transportation you can definitely save on hotels farther away from the heart
of the city. Many inexpensive hotels are near the SeaTac airport. Click here to view some options: http://www.cheaperthanhotels.com/
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| The beautiful Seattle skyline at night. |
Seattle Workshop Agenda Limited to 20 participants.
Day
One: Child Art Therapy Principles, Assessment and Interpretation
Registration check-in: 8:45 - 9:00 AM
Workshop Time: 9:00-12:00 & 1:00 to 5:00
Morning & afternoon refreshments (10AM and 3PM) are provided for you.
Lunch
is available at nearby restaurants or cafes.
Art materials including paper, drawing and painting supplies and stoneware
clay are included in the workshop fee.
The
first day begins by covering a brief history of Art Therapy and an overview of key contributors to the field. The major clinical modalities used in Art Therapy are highlighted (psychodynamic,
cognitive-behavioral, developmental model, et al). - Developmental stages of child mark-making and art creation is visually presented through
power point.
- The
developmental model of Art Therapy assessment will set the foundation for various therapeutic evaluation techniques.
- Non-directive (E. Ulman) Art Therapy evaluation explained. Participants
will experience this process first-hand.
- Origins
of art therapy in power point and lecture.
- Who
is and is not an art therapist. The education and registration process for art therapists.
- Directive drawing, painting and sculpture evaluations will be experienced by the participants.
- A psychodynamic analysis
of art media is introduced.
- Issues in decrypting and interpreting children’s visually imagery: process and
product.
Day Two: Child Art Therapy Exercises
Workshop Time: 9:00-12:00 & 1:00 to 5:00
Day Two is heavily experiential and designed to build upon the principles of art therapy covered in Day One.
Specific art therapeutic
exercises will be experienced by the participants for the treatment of: childhood
depression/suicidal ideation children of alcoholics and addicts sexually
abused children children of divorce/adoption/custody battles children of dysfunctional
families medically stressed children ADHD
children Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder in children children with learning & developmental disabilities child victims of ritual
abuse
- Case studies of child clients and power point presentations of client artworks are reviewed.
Course of treatment reviewed.
- Forensic
interviewing techniques: how to question and speak to children about traumatic events reflected in their artworks.
- Effective metaphors and healing stories
- The use of
transitional objects. Participants will create a transitional object in stoneware clay.
- The psychological impact of creating therapeutic art in clay, charcoal, pastels and
paint will be experienced by the participants.
- Feelings
Maps will be created and analyzed.
- Using
Art Therapy in a school setting
- Structuring
Art Therapy sessions for individuals and groups.
- Question and Answer period.
- Evaluation
of the Child Art Therapy Training Workshop, forms passed out/turned back in.
- Wrap-Up, Thanks and
Goodbyes.
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| Seattle University, Seattle, Washington |
Parking Permits: Go to
the Bellarmine Hall front desk, where you can purchase the $5 per day permits from Seattle University staff,
and pay with check, cash or credit card. Bellarmine
Hall
1111 East Columbia Street Seattle
, WA 98122 Link to campus map:
General parking informationVisitor Parking is available at the 12th Ave & E. Marion parking lot. Seattle University staff can
contact the Campus Public Safety office at ext. 5995 for more information. Directions to the campus and visitor parking area are provided below: Take the James St. exit off
I-5 (exit 164A). Turn right on James St. and follow up the hill (Eastbound) past Broadway. Make a left on 12th Ave, traveling
north (towards E. Marion St.) for two blocks then make another left on E. Marion St. The visitor parking lot information booth
will be directly ahead. Stop for parking information and campus directions. Take the James St. exit off
I-5 (exit 165). Turn left on James St. and follow up the hill (Eastbound) past Broadway. Make a left on 12th Ave, traveling
north (towards E. Marion St.) for two blocks then make another left on E. Marion St. The visitor parking lot information booth
will be directly ahead. Stop for parking information and campus directions. Take the Rainier Avenue North exit (3B)
and merge onto Rainier Avenue N. (you will be heading Northbound). Stay straight for about .5 miles unitl
you reach the intersection of Rainier Avenue and Boren Avenue S. Turn slightly left onto Boren Avenue S. for two
blocks then turn right onto 12th Avenue and travel north (towards E. Marion St.) for approximately ½ mile. Make a left
at E. Marion St. and the visitor parking lot information booth will be directly ahead. Stop for parking information and campus
directions. Take 520 westbound to I-5 south. Take the James Street exit off I-5 (exit 165a). Turn left on James
Street and drive up the hill (Eastbound) past Broadway. Make a left on 12th Ave, traveling north (towards E. Marion St.)
for two blocks then make another left on E. Marion St. The visitor parking lot information booth will be directly ahead. Stop
for parking information and campus directions.
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