Creative Pathways - Art Therapy for Children

Embark on a creative year-long art journey tailored for kids, brimming with colour, joy, and boundless creativity. With 41 art therapy processes for children in a comprehensive colour booklet. Guide for parents and carers to use to assist children in working on each art process. Young artists will immerse themselves in a world of imaginative exploration through engaging materials such as paints, pencils, watercolours, clay, and assorted crafts. Guided by the expertise of Sharon Veness, a qualified transpersonal art therapist & Counsellor specialising in working with children with Autism, ADHD, ODD, SPD, anxiety, depression and more. Each child will use this comprehensive booklet outlining each art therapy technique and process. With the pages in this workbook, kids can regularly engage with the art therapy activities assisting them to connect with their emotional awareness and regulation in a fun and creative way. Get ready to unleash your inner artist and discover the colourful wonders of self-expression. There is a large number of evidence-based papers regarding art therapy and the use of this type of therapy with children, particularly autistic children. The uses are wide from social interaction with others. Cognitive behaviour techniques. Fine motor skills and more. My work in art therapy and working with autistic children and adolescents is very rewarding and I want to share this more with others that might not always be able to get to a class session. While this workbook is quite child like in its presentation. The work within is suitable for any age group from kinder to 18 years old. Parents or carers can adapt the activities for smaller or older children For parents, get your kids ready for each session. Make sure they are in a quite space, office, dining room or outside in nature. Try to eliminate distractive activities like TV's, ipads, computers, other people chatting while they are doing the activities. Art therapy is a deep dive into self, and for children, it is a great way to self regulate, relax and become mindful of the activity, so setting them up for success is the main goal in all of these activities. Give them time: make sure that each session is given enough time from 1-2 hours should be all that is needed, however kids do get involved sometimes and might spend longer. Parents/Carers: have space to then record kids outcomes, did they like the activity, how long was spent on each activity, were they engaged, were they distr