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A Community of Knots
Get PDFIn her 1965 essay On Weaving, the artist Anni Albers stated, “As it is possible to go from any place to any other, so also, starting from a defined and specialized field, can one arrive at a realization of ever-extending relationships. Thus tangential subjects come into view. The thoughts, however, can, I believe, be traced back to the event of a thread” (Albers XI). A thread is the beginning of coming into being. In this paper, I will discuss the lines of my work from the beginning of the program, exploring mapping to how my work as a teacher led me to textiles and ultimately to investigating and altering societal structures impacting women.
I will begin by discussing the significance of textiles in society and from a personal perspective. Specifically, I discuss the use of the knot as a metaphor for community and how my use of knots reflects my experiences. By examining an early work of mine, I pinpoint the first steps in finding personal material language that ignited the desire to destabilize expectations. Seeking female artists working with similar ideas, I will show how I used their work to understand my place in issues around scale, time, and materials and differentiate myself from other artists using textiles. I will discuss how my work illustrates my impressions of the education system, teaching, and parenting. Finally, I will discuss how my new work builds on the ideas generated during the MFA program and connects to more significant issues of labor, women, and social systems
Israeli Professionals Understanding of Selective Mutism
Get PDFThis study employed art-based research with phenomenological qualitative inquiry to understand the perspectives of professionals who are working in the Israeli school system with children diagnosed with selective mutism. Selective mutism (SM) is a disorder originated in anxiety in which a child, between the ages of 3–5, does not speak at school but does speak at home (APA, 2022). In this research, the researcher facilitated a professional workshop based on Dillon (2016) and a similar workshop conducted by Harwood and Bork (2011). The aim was to broaden the knowledge and investigate the opinions of professionals working with children diagnosed with SM. The researcher met with 13 participants, who learned about the disorder and then created artwork illustrating their feelings about working with these children. Participants were interviewed regarding their feelings, fears, and success stories in a group setting on Zoom software during the COVID-19 lockdown. Outcomes showed participants felt isolated and alone and found that the group setting held a space for them to be able to better understand how to work with children with SM. Participants shared that they wished they had more support from the school, agreed that knowledge on the disorder is scarce, and wished they had supervision. Awareness was brought in how to employ art therapy as an intervention method. The study revealed that communication style is an important component that can help a child to begin speaking and learn how to communicate in and outside of school.
Keywords: Selective mutism, professional workshop, communication, teachers, expressive art therapist
Re-Storying Teaching: Using Narradrama to Address Burnout in Public School Teachers
Get PDFThe public school system in the United States is experiencing an increasing crisis in teacher retention and effectiveness due, in part, to the effects of burnout on teaching staff. Teachers often face significant stressors such as tense parent-teacher relationships, state and federal mandates on testing, low financial compensation and limited benefits, and negative sociocultural stereotypes about their roles and responsibilities as educators (Westervelt, 2016; von der Embse et al., 2019). These stressors, if not managed effectively on an individual and systemic level, can lead to burnout (Maslach, 2001). This condition involves symptoms such as emotional and physical exhaustion, disinvestment from responsibilities, and a sense of inadequacy or ineffectiveness in one’s performance. This literature review examines current research into how burnout develops as well as how it may be addressed with individual teachers and through the public school systems in which they work, with interventions such as psychoeducation, mindfulness, and narrative therapy. Then, it considers literature relating to drama therapy and its use in school settings and suggests that narradrama, may be another approach to treating burnout in teachers
Examining the Use of Expressive Arts Therapies in Neurorehabilitation Treatment Planning
Get PDFThose undergoing neurorehabilitation after stroke and traumatic brain injury report a diminished sense of overall wellness. This paper examines the conceivable benefits of introducing expressive arts therapies, which is the therapeutic use and combination of the visual arts, movement, drama, music, writing and other intermodal creative processes, into physical therapy and neurorehabilitation treatment planning. Expressive arts therapies have the capacity to engage with an individual’s physical, emotional, social and spiritual states concurrently. They simultaneously offer the ability to promote an increased sense of well-being, address mind-body disconnects, and process trauma non-verbally.
The sections of this narrative literature review focus on the following neurological rehabilitation treatment goals: identity development and building self-esteem; coping with chronic pain and disability; improving communication and motor control; increasing cognition and memory. Qualitative, quantitative and arts-based research articles are included to support the inclusion of expressive arts therapies interventions that support and increase progress in neurorehabilitation treatment completion. The majority of research to date has indicated that a variety of positive outcomes occur, with little negative effect, when expressive arts therapies interventions are employed with stroke and traumatic brain injury survivors. There is a pronounced need for further research about the benefits of pairing expressive arts therapies with physical and neurological rehabilitation and this paper acts as supporting evidence to that statement
Enhancing the Quality of Life for Senior Citizens: A Facilitator’s Guidebook for Mindful Music and Movement
Get PDFMusic appreciation and enjoyment enhance well-being throughout the lifespan. The challenges and constraints that people experience as they age can lead to lack of access to music, decreased physical activity, and fewer avenues for creative expression. Group music and movement interventions created for older populations offer opportunities for social connection and improved quality of life. Mindful practices add further benefit when combined with these interventions. Current available programs are scarce and most often do not encompass mixed modalities. In addition, the benefits of these programs do not show long-term sustainability. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the effects of music, movement, and mindfulness on overall health and present a program that helps establish and maintain well-being for senior citizens
Using Expressive Arts Therapy to Develop Coping Mechanisms to Manage Substance Use
Get PDFThis paper examines past and current usages of expressive arts therapy in developing coping mechanisms for substance use recovery and explores possibilities for further integration in the adolescent and young adult population around the world. Abundant information is available on the effects of drugs and other substances on mental health, but more research is needed on how the integration of expressive arts therapy can enhance substance abuse programs for these populations. According to the CDC, elevated adverse effects on mental health occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US with young adults reporting increased substance use (Czeisler et al., 2020). The integration of expressive arts therapy into programs can increase the awareness of its benefits and provide a wider range of options for coping with a substance use disorder (SUD). Current research shows a need for further investigation into how expressive arts therapy can be used to develop coping mechanisms for these populations. Research on the arts in action can be found separately but more information is needed on the holistic integration of the expressive arts as many findings included dated short-term interventions utilizing one or two art forms on very narrow populations with little to no follow-up. This review examines existing practices and contributes toward a better understanding of developing coping mechanisms to manage substance use through expressive arts therapy
Family-School Partnerships Forged During Videoconference IEP Meetings for Children Transitioning Between Early Intervention and LEA During Global COVID-19 Pandemic
Get PDFAbstract In the spring of 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the world,
including public schools in the United States. During this time, Local Education Agencies (LEA) started to rely on videoconference platforms for Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings. This phenomenological study investigated the experience of 12 participants, 7 school staff, and 5 parents from public schools in Connecticut. Three guiding questions focused on the participants’ experiences during the pandemic regarding: 1) the various ways they establish partnerships that bridge home and school as children transition from early intervention to school-based programming; 2) the factors and conditions they believe are barriers to family input into the IEP process for children during the transition; and 3) the extent digital conferencing tools positively and negatively affected family-school partnerships while developing IEPs for children during the transition. Participants identified that videoconference IEP meetings were convenient and efficient, logistically the meetings started and ended as scheduled, and all parties felt like their input was captured and incorporated into the initial IEP document. The IEP teams relied on anecdotal information gathered during the videoconference to support initial assessment results, often administered remotely, and used for identification. Participants also shared that convenience came at the cost of face-to-face connection. This study recommends that school leaders develop systems to explain the specifics of the IEP document to family members as children transition from early intervention to preschool special education programming, as well as implement individualized practices to ensure that family members and school staff have face-to-face interactions as children begin attending public school, the foundational time in the development of family-school partnerships.
Keywords: family engagement, family-school partnerships, transition between early intervention and preschool programming, videoconference platform IEP meetings, virtual special education meeting
Using Vignettes to Change Music Therapists\u27 Attitudes Toward Research
Get PDFThis study used a three-condition experimental design to determine which was more effective in changing music therapists’ attitudes toward research: a vignette demonstrating positive outcomes of using research to inform clinical work (PO), a vignette showing negative outcomes of not using it to inform clinical work (NO), or a research summary (RS). The outcome measure had three subscales, focused on perceptions of usefulness, anxiety, and positive predispositions.
Respondents (N = 656) included students and professionals. Findings indicated that anxiety decreased more for the RS than the NO condition, F(2, 653) = 4.0, p = .02, η2 = 0.01. Perceptions of usefulness increased more for the NO than the RS condition, F(2, 653) = 5.83, p = .003, η2 = 0.02. Those with undergraduate or master’s degrees had greater overall increases in positive attitudes than did those with doctorates, F(2, 607) = 8.13, p \u3c .001,η2= 0.26. There was an interaction effect on predispositions based on years in the field and experimental condition p = .009, those with 10 or fewer years in the field had more improvement in the RS than the PO condition (p = .047), while those with 11 or more years in the field had more improvement in the NO than the RS condition (p = .040). Recommendations focus on applications in education and in continuing education
A Role-Based Integrative Community Engagement Model: Drama Therapy with Survivors (Option 3)
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Trauma survivors have, by definition, undergone a change to their bodies and therefore, necessarily, a change in their role repertoire. This paper describes the development of a 6-session drama therapy community engagement model for self-identified survivors. The model is structured around the categories of Robert Landy’s Role Profiles assessment and integrates a range of role-based methods. The paper begins with a review of the literature on drama therapy theory and practice involving roles. It briefly considers two debates in the field: one involving the difference between therapy and the therapeutic, the other concerning the use of distancing techniques (such as role methods) in the treatment of trauma. It then describes the proposed model and presents the results of its application in the current research project. The paper concludes that the model, while promising, needs further development and ongoing ethical consideration
Intersections in Clowning and Drama Therapy’s Core Processes
Get PDFThis thesis explores potential intersections of drama therapy and an embodied clowning exercise known as leading centers. The aim is to further establish relations and a common lexicon between therapeutic circus arts and drama therapy. To guide this coupling, drama therapy’s newly revised core processes per Frydman et al. (2022) were utilized as a framework when coding the leading center exercise. Three out of seven drama therapy core processes were investigated: embodiment, dramatic projection, and distancing. These were determined to be most salient for the purposes of this thesis as they were recently the most emergent core processes coded in Elowe et al.’s (2022) meta-analytic literature review comparing therapeutic circus arts to drama therapy. The clowning exercise was conducted in an outpatient agency that served court-mandated, substance-use, and dually diagnosed individuals. The results showed a high compliance rate in completing the exercise and embodiment was featured as the most emergent core process. The author believes that this is due to the fact that physical gesture is objectively more observable than the characteristics of distancing and dramatic projection. Limitations included sample size, confirmation bias (given the author’s identity and relationship to circus), and client compliance could have been skewed because the clients were mostly court-mandated and sought positive feedback for their progress notes. Future research is needed to confirm the validity of any results; however, the study might suggest strong parallels between clowning and drama therapy.
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