Creative Coping Skills for Children

Emotional Support through Arts and Crafts Activities

Bonnie Thomas

Paperback: £18.99 / $29.95

2009, 279.4mm x 216mm / 11in x 8.5in, 192pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-921-1, BIC 2: JNSL AFT MQTC

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Everyone has different needs when it comes to coping with life's stressors, and children are no different. Some need quiet and soothing activities to calm them down, whereas others require more physical activity or intense sensory input to relax their minds and bodies.

This resource comprises a collection of fun, flexible, tried-and-tested activities and make-it-yourself workbooks for parents and professionals to help a child in need of extra emotional support find the coping skills that fit them best. Each activity lists the materials required and includes clear directions for how to do it. There is something for every child: whether they are dynamic and creative or more cerebral and literal. Projects include making wish fairies, dream catchers, and mandalas; managing unstructured time with activities such as creating comics, dioramas and tongue twisters; and simple ideas for instant soothing, such as taking deep breaths, blowing bubbles, making silly faces, and playing music. Creative Coping Skills for Children also includes specific interventions for anxious or grieving children such as making worry dolls and memory shrines.

This book is full of fun, easy, creative project ideas for parents of children aged 3–12, teachers, counselors, play therapists, social workers, and all professionals working with children.

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Creative Expression Activities For Teens – An Interview with JKP author Bonnie Thomas

17 November 2010

"Anyone can benefit by telling their story and being heard, whether it's through art, narrative, or other means of communication...Everyone has a story and all of these stories are sacred. There is healing and connection in telling these stories to someone who takes the time to listen. Art is a wonderful venue for telling these stories."

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• Bonnie Thomas

Subject areas

• Education
• Parenting
• Arts Therapies
• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• anxiety,
• art therapy,
• arts therapies,
• challenging behaviour,
• child protection,
• child psychiatry,
• child psychology,
• children,
• colour therapy,
• counselling,
• emotions,
• families,
• occupational therapy,
• parenting,
• play therapy,
• self esteem,
• social work

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