Purposeful Use Of Art Therapy Children

The idea of a presentation about feelings and that it is ok to talk about how you feel and having the children to talk about how they feel in a small group will help the children with their well-being. Ms. Newcombe will then be able to acknowledge the children who need individual help and extra support with coping with the impact of the fire. For the students who cannot open up to others in their group, the idea of Art therapy is excellent as Art Therapy is “the purposeful use of visual arts materials and media in intervention, counselling, psychotherapy, and rehabilitation; it is used with individuals of all ages, families, and groups” (Malchiodi, 2012). Students will be encouraged to express themselves and their feelings using art, and individually draw what is remembered. …show more content…
“Through art therapy children can help bring these suppressed emotions to the surface” (Art Therapy, 2007). From this, Ms. Newcomb could encourage the students to share their drawings if they wish. The children could get in small groups, collaborate, and decide how they wish to deliver their thoughts on how they feel about the fire. Ms. Newcombe can give suggestions to the groups for ways in which they could possibly do their presentation such as presenting a play and acting out their story, a song, a dance or they could write a story or poem. This will give children the opportunity to learn in a way that suits their own personal learning styles and given the time and space to become aware of their own thinking and knowledge, known as metacognition, which increases the ownership the students have over their learning (Alber,