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Dec 9, 20202 min read
Zines for Children with Adjustment Disorders
Media Process: Zines Population: Children Disorder: Adjustment Disorders The experience of creating a zine was one that I am honestly...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Mini El Duende for Adolescents with ADHD
Media Process: Mini El Duende Population: Adolescents Disorder: Neurodevelopmental disorders - ADHD I found it challenging to engage with...
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Process Painting: Adolescents w/ Anxiety
Reflection: I began with an 8” x 10” canvas board. I used paints, tissue paper, collage, tape, chalk pastels, and matte medium. I worked...
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Paper making for adolescents with trauma or stressor related disorders
Listening to Drew Matott’s story of how the Peace Paper Project was developed over time and eventually partnered with art therapists to...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Paper Making with Adolescents with Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
I approached this assignment with trepidation--I have made paper before in various fiber arts classes without enjoying the experience. I...
Dec 9, 20203 min read
mini el-duende for children with conduct disorder
The original “El Duende Process Painting” was developed by Abbe Miller for neurotypical adults, as arts-based supervision for counselors...
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Cultivating Changes with El Duende process
Mini El Duende for older adults with substance use disorder · Each step a different material or technique? · Tape painting as a mask;...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
The Threads of a Story
Sewing for an older adult with medical trauma · Can work with many participants- into a quilt, or round-robin · Rhythmic, meditative,...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
When we change what came before: Altered books for grief and bereavement
Media: Altered Books Population: Adolescents Condition: Grief and bereavement When beginning the exercise, I did not know what I should...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
I've zine the future and it's collaborative: Zines to address depression and connect with others
Media: Zines Population: Adolescents/Adults Condition: Depression symptoms Our assignment for this week was to create a single page for a...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Found objects and how we take them with us (or not)
Media: Found Objects Population: Children Condition: Separation anxiety Cell phone photography is, fortunately, so accessible and at our...
Dec 9, 20203 min read
A chance to start again, even if you don't want to yet: Process paintings
Media: Mini El-Duende/ El Duende process painting Population: Adolescents Condition: Disruptive, Impulse-Control and Conduct Disorders...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Embroidery, mantras, and coping with physical symptoms: "Erac ytinummoc si erac-fles"
I used hand embroidery to embellish a cotton face mask with the words “self-care is community care” in mirror image. The burgundy fabric...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Narrative Sewing: Adults w/ PTSD/Trauma
Media: Sewing Population: Adult Disorder: Trauma Reflection: This week, I engaged in sewing as a form of personal storytelling. I think...
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Both sides of the body, both sides of the brain: Older adults and therapeutic knitting
I used knitting to explore two-handed processes that engage bilateral body and brain function. Yarn is a medium that I used extensively...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
The clay body, trauma, and rehabilitation
Media: Clay and Ceramics Population: Adults to Older Adults Condition: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders This time, I began with a...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Tear apart to rebuild: Papermaking with people experiencing gender dysphoria
My approach to papermaking was to tear up junk mail and scrap paper from projects that no longer felt helpful. I added tiny squares of...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Talking with Clay
Clay for a child with selective mutism · Clay touches you back- haptic sensation (Elbrecht and Antcliff, 2015) · Cold at first warms to...
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Papermaking and Tangible Change
Papermaking for Adults with depression · Tearing when dry, easy to tear when thin, becomes harder with more layers. · Fine motor skills,...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Printmaking with children with neurodevelopmental disorders
Media: Printmaking Population: Children with neurodevelopmental disorders I had a small piece of scrap linoleum that I cut into simple...
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