AHMIR (COVER) PERFECT BY PINK

Perfect BY PINK

Made a wrong turn, Once or twiceDug my way out, Blood and fireBad decisions, That's alrightWelcome to my silly lifeMistreated, misplaced, misunderstoodMiss "no way, it's all good", It didn't slow me downMistaken, Always second guessingUnder estimated, Look, I'm still aroundPretty, pretty pleaseDon't you ever, ever feelLike you're less than perfect.

DRAWING THE LINE, BUILDING RESILIENCY, AND CREATING ART

MARGARET M. MCGUINNESS MED, ATR-BC

KATHY J. SCHNUR MED, ATR-BC

https://www.facebook.com/DBC.art

Resiliency

Self-reflection/self-esteem, building connections/ sense of belonging, mastery of skill, problem-solving, perspective-taking

2008 Prescott et all, Art Making as a Component and Faciltator of resleiency with homeless youth, Art Therapy: Journal of the American Association, #25(#4)pp,156-163

Creativity isn’t only an aspect of resiliency, it also fosters resilience…

“(you) can take refuge and rearrange the details of your life to your own pleasing.” (Wolin & Wolin, 1993)

Self Regulation who needs it?

Expressive Arts Foster Positive Emotions and fuel Resiliency

Positive Emotions and self-regulation are fuel for Resilience.

Building emotional resilience assists our higher thinking brain (pre-frontal cortex) to manage emotional regulation so we can engage in connecting to others and create a sense of belonging

Self-compassionSlow downPractice gratitudePractice Humility

Creating art together in a group promotes greater resiliency

ACCEPTANCE

Drawing the line, Building Resiliency, Creating Art

DRAWING THE LINE, BUILDING RESILIENCY, AND CREATING ART

DRAWING THE LINE, BUILDING RESILIENCY, AND CREATING ART

Lines, we can write them, read them, draw them, say them, or sing them. Lines are basic to self-expression, one of visual arts’ main building blocks. Arnheim

Art Therapy

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HEALING ARTS WORKSHOPS

Healing Arts Workshop

Ortonville, MI July 20, 2012

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Art Therapy in Schools

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• Collaboration.

• Creativity: empowers, promotes, bridges and heals.

• Prosocial behaviors increased.

• Peace psychology.

• Conflict resolution promotes: mutual respect, empathy, and security.

(Gibbons, 2010. Journal of the American Art Therapy Association.)

Welcome Back Part Two

Directive: Draw a Bully

ANTHEM BY LEONARD COHENThe birds they sang

at the break of day

Start again

I heard them say

Don't dwell on what

has passed away

or what is yet to be.

Ah the wars they will

be fought again

The holy dove

She will be caught again

bought and sold

and bought again

the dove is never free.

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in.

We asked for signs

the signs were sent:

the birth betrayed

the marriage spent

Yeah the widowhood

of every government --

signs for all to see.

I can't run no more with that lawless crowd while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud. But they've summoned, they've summoned up a thundercloud and they're going to hear from me.

Ring the bells that still can ring ... You can add up the parts but you won't have the sum You can strike up the march, there is no drum Every heart, every heart to love will come but like a refugee.

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in. That's how the light gets in.

That's how the light gets in.

What do children draw?

Young children

Bully and Bystanders

Bully by exclusion

Bully Ballhttp://www.amazon.com/American-Educational-Products-BULLYING-

CLEVER/dp/B0013P5OXO/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1369340162&sr=8-17&keywords=bully+ball

Empathy

Communal Art Exploration of Building Resiliency

• Reflective

• Regulation

• Perspective

• Connection

• Flexibility

References

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