Creative studies for the caring professions / edited by Denise Lyons.
Contributor(s): Lyons, Denise [editor]
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BookPublisher: Dublin : Gill Education, 2010Description: xv, 270 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780717147687 (paperback).Subject(s): Play therapy | Creative ability | Drama -- Therapeutic methods | Play Therapy -- methods | Professional-Patient Relations | Creativity -- activitiesDDC classification: 618.9289 | 618.9289 CRE | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A unique new Irish text providing an introduction to the theory underpinning
the practice of using the creative arts as a tool or intervention in various
social care and community scenarios.
* Structure of the book provides students with a comprehensive overview of best practice in the field:
- Part 1 introduces the theory behind using the creative arts
- Part 2 describes the practical use of the creative arts
- Part 3 details creative activities for use in practice
* Highlights the use of various creative activities as a tool or intervention within a variety of social care, early childhood or community settings
* Explores the benefits of engaging in creative activities, such as:- Relationship development - Meeting new people - Learning through play - Becoming more self-aware - Means of personal expression - Means of communication - Having fun
* Facilitates skills-based learning, while also preparing the student for working as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Details many testimonials and case studies from practitioners within the fields of social care and youth work, demonstrating the use and benefits of creative activities
WRITTEN FOR: The creative studies module in Social Care, Early Childhood, and Community Development courses at HETAC and degree level.
Bibliography: (pages 245-262) and index.
Introduction to creative studies in the caring professions -- Creative group facilitation -- The benefits of using creative art -- Children's art : meanings, methods and maturity -- Dance in the caring professions -- Drama workshop: towards a change in understanding -- Role and value of drama-in-education for students in the caring professions -- Play is drama and drama is play -- Therapeutic benefits of storytelling for children -- Music, emotion and self : sharing the beat and singing the journey -- To play or not to play? play in residential care -- Creativity in early childhood: an introduction from a parent's perspective -- Working with with siblings of children with special needs -- Importance of creativity for young people from disadvantaged: Bradóg regional Youth Service -- Asperger Syndrome and social skills education through creative drama -- Creative arts in services to people with a physical disability -- Finding the balance : drama and mental health -- Kites and planes -- Mini carnival time -- Beautiful bodies -- Recycle runway -- Getting to know you -- Bowling with bottles -- Islands -- Cats and dogs -- Find your path -- Blind snowballs -- Trust in me -- Human connect 4 -- Paper bag ballet -- Music, memory and reflection -- Animal squeeze -- Exploring status -- Memory lockets -- The guess who? game -- Words, feelings and stuff -- Balls and buckets -- Goggle gaze -- Sharing a rainbow -- Hands on! -- Our story -- What's the length of a piece of string? -- Let's go fishing -- Musical cards -- Shortest straw
CIT Module DESI 6002 - Supplementary reading
CIT Module DRAM 7017 - Core reading.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Denise Lyons is course co-ordinator and lecturer in Creative Studies and Personal Professional Development at the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown. Denise worked as a social care worker, using the creative arts in practice, and later as an art therapist working specifically with children in residential care.