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Creating Children's Art Games for Emotional Support

Name: Creating Children's Art Games for Emotional Support
Author: Barber, Vicky
ISBN: 9781849051637

by Barber, Vicky

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Synopsis

`This useful book provides guidelines for creating and playing art games with children and young people, to help them discuss and deal with emotional issues. An unusual feature of the book is an emphasis on the making of the games, involving the participants, and valuing this as just as important as the subsequent playing of the games. The book will be useful to anyone working with children and young people and hoping to empower them in a fun and creative way.'- Dr Marian Liebmann, Art Therapist, Bristol Inner City Mental Health Team and University of Bristol

Game playing is a highly effective way of engaging children and has long been acknowledged as an important means of psychological therapy. This book offers an abundance of fun games that help children to confront personal problems and issues in a light-hearted yet meaningful way.

These are games with a difference, as they must be constructed before they can be played. The creation aspect involves collaboration and cooperation within a team, and instils an empowering sense of ownership in the creators. By the time the game is ready to be played, children are confident, thoroughly engaged and ready to explore issues in a supportive environment. Each game has been tried and tested by the author, and is proven to really work.

This book is an essential tool for therapists, counsellors, social workers, youth workers and teachers supporting children and young people.