Art Therapy -77 Creative Interventions for Challenging Children who Shut Down, Meltdown, or Act Out – Laura Dessauer
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Overview
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Author: Laura Dessauer
- Faculty:
- Laura Dessauer
- Duration:
- 5 Hours 59 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- May 17, 2018
Description
Do you have clients who are stuck, repeating the same patterns over and over and you feel like you’re powerless to help them? You know the ones that repeatedly refuse to listen and don’t stop to think before they act. Or those who refuse to take responsibility for their behaviors and constantly pass blame onto others? Do they leave you feeling stagnant and burnt out in your practice? Do you work with challenging children and families who seem absolutely resistant to every intervention you offer?
Let me help you, like I have helped other therapists. Watch this seminar and learn new innovative interventions to help even your most resistant clients become unstuck. Your day will consist of creative, interactive, hands-on training that will re-energize your work. You will leave with 77 fresh new art strategies and approaches that you can use immediately to engage even your most difficult and challenging clients.
No art experience is necessary, just an openness to try something creative.
Handouts
Manual (4.01 MB) | 63 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
- Which clients benefit from art therapy?
- Ethical implications and limitations of using art therapy in your practice
- Creating products vs creative process
- Go with the flow
Clinical Application of Art Therapy
- What materials to use and when
- Normative development in art making and developmental stages
- Indicators in the artwork that suggest a child needs more support
- Seeing it differently (client perspective)
- Art talk, they made it now what?
CREATIVE TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES TO…
- Build Relationships & Connection
- For ASD, Trauma & ODD
- Quality world
- Magical thinking
- About me collage
- Play building
- Collaborative drawings
- Group activities
- Family art making
- For ASD, Trauma & ODD
- Build Safety
- For Trauma, Anxiety & Mood Disorders
- Containers, containers, containers….boxes, circles, worry and calm down jars
- Create a safe place
- Color it in
- Special person
- A gift
- Erasers
- Hurt heart
- Animal family & other family art activities
- Trauma feelings
- Coming and going
- 3 wishes
- For Trauma, Anxiety & Mood Disorders
- Build Self-Esteem
- For ADHD, Anxiety & Mood disorders
- Inside out
- Mask making
- Strong person
- Power animals
- Tree drawings
- Yeahs & yucks
- Self portraits
- Beading, knitting, weaving, sewing, rainbow loom
- For ADHD, Anxiety & Mood disorders
- Increase Responsibility
- For ADHD, Trauma, ASD, ODD, Anxiety & Mood disorders
- Miracle question
- Create the problem
- The science experiment
- A really bad day
- An ideal day
- Feeling faces
- Bridges
- For ADHD, Trauma, ASD, ODD, Anxiety & Mood disorders
- Cartooning problems & solutions
- Increase Control
- For ADHD, Anxiety & Mood disorders
- Change the channel
- Chill out boxes
- Brain dump
- Blow it out
- Spray it away
- On the other hand
- Feelings volcano
- Sensory play: finger painting, paper folding, dripping, goop & more
- Mindful mandalas
- Scribble scrabble
- Imaginary problem solver
- Road drawing
- For ADHD, Anxiety & Mood disorders
Faculty
Laura Dessauer, Ed.D., ATR-BC Related seminars and products: 2
Laura Dessauer, Ed.D, ATR-BC is a board certified art therapist with a doctoral degree in counseling psychology working with families for 25+ years in over 21 school districts. Dr. Dessauer’s work has been included in Parent’s Magazine, eHow Parenting, YourTango, FoxNews, PBS “This Emotional Life”, Lifetime Network, Working Mother, and Psychology Today. Dr. Dessauer is contributing author of “Healing with Art and Soul: Engaging One’s Self Through Art Modalities” (Cambridge Scholars, 2009). She has presented at the Eighteenth Annual National Expressive Therapy Conference, National American Art Therapy Association 40th Anniversary Conference, and American Art Therapy Association Institute for Creative Education in Art Therapy (ICE/AT), and has created international online training courses for therapists.
Dr. Dessauer is passionate about helping families develop creative ways to confidently communicate and creatively connect. In her private practice she specializes in working with children who shutdown, meltdown and act out. She playfully blends cognitive behavioral skills, art-making, and creative problem solving to help clients create individualized social, emotional, and behaviors interventions that “stick to their brain”. She has created a relaxation CD, “The Creativity Queen’s Superfabulicious Self-Soothing CD”, and therapeutic coloring book, “The Creativity Queen’s Superfabulicious Colorific Adventure Book” for her clients. Her business, the Creativity Queen, LLC, was the winner of the 2007 Small Business of the Year Award (SCORE).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: She receives a royalty from the American Art Therapy Association’s Institute for Continuing Education (ICE/ AT) for the online course, “Tools of the Trade: Creating a Successful Art Therapy Business.”
Non-Financial: Laura Dessauer is a member of the American Art Therapy Association and the Florida Art Therapy Association.
Curriculum
FAQs
Requirements
- A basic understanding of child behavior and development (helpful but not mandatory).
- Access to simple art supplies such as paper, crayons, markers, and paints.
- A computer or device with internet access for digital course materials.
- A willingness to engage in creative and therapeutic approaches.
- Suitable for individuals at any level of art or therapy expertise.
Features
- 77 Proven Art Therapy Techniques: Hands-on interventions designed to help children process emotions and develop positive behaviors.
- Comprehensive Video Modules: Step-by-step guidance with clear examples and expert insights from Laura Dessauer.
- Behavioral Transformation Strategies: Learn how to address meltdowns, emotional shutdowns, and defiant behaviors through creative outlets.
- Downloadable Resources: Worksheets, activity guides, and tools for immediate implementation.
- Practical Applications: Ideal for classrooms, therapy sessions, and home environments.
- Self-Paced Learning: Flexible, on-demand access to fit your schedule.
- Proven Expertise: Gain knowledge from a leading expert in art therapy for children.
Target audiences
- Educators and Teachers: Seeking tools to support children with behavioral challenges in the classroom.
- Therapists and Counselors: Interested in integrating creative interventions into therapeutic sessions.
- Parents and Caregivers: Looking for engaging and effective ways to connect with children who struggle emotionally or behaviorally.
- Social Workers and Child Welfare Professionals: Working with children in complex emotional or social situations.
- Students and New Practitioners: Aspiring therapists or educators wanting practical, actionable techniques for real-world scenarios.