Art intervention

Purpose For my research paper, I have chosen to write about Response to Intervention (RTI) in pre-kindergarten. I became interested in Response to Intervention when I started working with Head Start within the public school system in my city. Throughout my years in the Head Start Program I have worked with many students. The Response to Intervention framework has made me wonder how academics would be differentiated for these children, when our educational system is being scrutinized for…

An analysis of Response to Intervention (RTI) reveals progress in closing the achievement gap in Reading and Math. Numerous studies have been conducted on the effects of Response to Intervention (RTI) in closing the achievement gap in regards to ethnicity and race. Teachers use RTI in classrooms to encourage a positive impact on closing the achievement gap between various ethnicities. In this article, we will determine the effect of RTI on closing the achievement gap between three ethnicity…

manage the acute symptoms of coronary artery disease, but also to prevent future major adverse cardiac events, such as acute myocardial infarction and cardiac death. Percutaneous coronary intervention is a nonsurgical procedure to treat atherosclerosis within the heart’s vessels (cite). Percutaneous coronary intervention, a balloon angioplasty procedure, involves inserting a metal wire stent within a constricted coronary artery. Using a balloon catheter with guided x-ray imaging, the stent is…

Cultural Competence Art therapy is applicable to diverse groups such as the LGBTQ community. Art therapy has been used as a treatment intervention for LGBT clients that are going through the coming out process. Research states that many of the emotional and physical risk factors for LGBT individuals are most prominent during the process of coming out (Sweet & Sherry, 2008). Therapists that work with LGBTQ clients are able to utilize art therapy to explore issues such as sexual identity, bigotry…

Two studies (Anderson & Overy, 2010; Ezell & Levy, 2003) included multiple forms of art interventions including visual arts, creative writing, murals, wood sculpture, graphic design, music, poetry, photography, drama, cartoon art, collage and papier mâché. Both of these studies include pre and post assessments one with a control and one with no control. Sessions lasted 8 weeks (Anderson & Overy, 2010) or for the duration of a participant’s stay (Ezell & Levy, 2003). Ezell and Levy (2003) found…

The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on the Working Memory in College Students Previous research studies have exhibited evidence towards the relationship between meditation and improved academic scores (Foris, 2005). With meditation becoming a widely popular topic, especially for its benefits in the reduction of stress and anxiety, it is questioned whether the use of proper mindfulness meditation has positive effects on the working memory and if so, do those effects differentiate between males…

The Labyrinth of Renewed Conversation is a public art intervention that intends to offer not only a “public experience of space but rather public debate that becomes the work of art,” something that “can end with its acceptance or rejection” (Hein, 1996: 4) (North, 1990: 860–879). Labyrinth of Renewed Conversation seeks to demonstrate the somewhat ‘knotty’ situation that students have faced in South Africa with regards to the #FeesMustFall movement. Saleem Badat expresses that the #FeesMustFall…

How does performing arts affect your mental state? Imagine if you had something to look forward to after school or work, a place where you can meet people and bond with them? Performing arts can affect you in many different ways. According to Juilette Siverstine, there are 5 different ways performing arts can benefit your child. In the article she talks about how performing arts can help your child to earn higher academic achievement, confidence and self representation skills, a medium for self…

Music therapy is a classification of the treatment arts, which focuses on people needing interventions for chronic diseases and dementias (www.musictherapy.org). Many gerontology specialists of the treatment arts collaborate to develop interventions to reduce patients’ pain, anxiety, clinical depression, and healthcare costs. The practice of music therapy has existed since Antiquity (i.e., Samuel 16:14-23). However, after the First World War, music therapy gained attention when doctors observed…

At first, my impression of Behavioral Therapy and Art Therapy was that these methods of therapy are incompatible. Behavioral Therapy is structured, short term, and focused on changing specific behaviors, which it may appear as a dampener to creative and emotive processes. Behavioral Therapy though, can be very useful for Art Therapy interventions. I realized while reading and learning more about Behavioral Therapy, that this approach is one my peers and myself use often, especially at Head Start…