Healing the Inner City Child (eBook)

Preface. Part One: Setting the Scene, Vanessa Camillieri.. 1. The Inner City. 2. At-risk children. 3. Challenges Faced by At-risk Children in the Inner City. 4. Outcomes for At-risk children living in the Inner City. 5. Moderating Factors. 6. Therapy with Inner City At-risk children. Part Two: Healing the Inner City Child. 7. `Hear Me Sing': Structured Group Songwriting with Inner City, At-risk Children, Vanessa Camilleri. 8. Lifesongs: Music Therapy with Adolescents in Foster Care, Diane Austin. 9. `Can You Play With Me?' Dealing with Trauma, Grief and Loss through Analytical Music Therapy and Play Therapy, Juliane Kowski. 10. Honoring Timothy's spirit: Mural Making to Express, Process, and Overcome Grief and Loss, Dan Summer. 11. The Architecture of Self-expression: Creating Community through Art with Children on Chicago's South Side, Dorothy McGuire. 12. SOHO - Space of Her Own: An Art-based Mentoring Program for Girls, Linda Odell. 13. Colloboration and Creativity: Art Therapy Groups in a School Suspension Program , Ashley Dorr.14. Prevention Interventions: Art and Drama Therapy in Three Settings, Janet Long and Laura Soble. 15.Emotional Repair through Action Methods: The Use of Psychodrama, Sociometry, Psychodramatic Journaling and Experiential Group Therapy with Adolescents, Tian Dayton. 16. `Make Me Wanna Holler': Dramatic Encounters with Boys from the Inner City, Craig Haen. 17. `Sit Down and Be Quiet !' Dance/movement Therapy in an Inner City Elementary School After-care Program, Susan Kierr Dyer. 18. Operatic Play: A Drama and Music Therapy Collaboration, Maria Hodermarska and Suzannah Scott-Moncrieff. 19. Safe Expressions: A Community-based Creative Arts Therapy Program for At-risk Youth, Mark Bottos, Flossie Ierardi and Mary O'Brien. 20. Rediscover, Reclaim and Rejoice: The Sesame Approach of Drama and Movement Therapy with Exploited Girls in India, Priyadarshini Senroy and Sonali Senroy. 21. A Safe Distance: An Intermodal Approach to Creating a Country Retreat for City Girls who have been Abused, Julie Lacy, Reina Michaelson and Carla Van Laar. The Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.