Healing the Inner City Child presents a diverse collection of creative arts therapies approaches to meeting the specific mental health needs of inner city children, who are disproportionately likely to experience violence, crime and family pressures and are at risk of depression and behavioural disorders as a result. The contributors draw on their professional experience in school and community settings to describe a wide variety of suitable therapeutic interventions, including music, play and art therapy as well as psychodrama and dance/movement approaches, that enable children to deal with experiences of trauma, loss, abuse, and other risk factors that may affect their ability to reach their full academic and personal potentials. The contributors examine current research and psychoeducational trends and build a compelling case for the use of creative arts therapies with inner city populations. A must-read for creative arts therapists, psychologists, social workers and educators, this book offers a comprehensive overview of arts-based interventions for anyone working to improve the lives of children growing up in inner city areas.

Barbara Bannon Harwood is one of the only home builders in the U.S. who is connecting spirituality and health to the kinds of buildings we live and work in. "The Healing House" will lead readers down new pathways, showing them how to have a home that heals the spirit, feels comfortable, balanced, and just feels happy.

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Since the numbers of poor children have risen following welfare reform, a changing economy, and a lengthy recession, the time is ripe for a collection on child poverty.

"Healing the Child is the compelling drama of Nancy and Tom Cain's journey to the far reaches of the mind, the spirit, and medical technology to save their desperately ill son. They share their thoughts on healing in this true story of a seemingly unsolvable medical mystery - and its surprising outcome." "It started when their four-year-old son was suddenly stricken with the deadly E. coli bacterial infection (the "Jack in the Box" syndrome). In the space of forty-eight hours, Alex went from a boundlessly energetic little boy to an almost unrecognizable child close to death. Then, as the crisis worsened and the end was near, inexplicably, Alex began to stabilize. It was the beginning of a long journey back to recovery, which Nancy Cain movingly shares with us." "In the course of her narrative, we discover how the Cains developed and implemented a plan to become an active part of their child's medical team and recovery - from which everyone caring for a seriously ill loved one can learn." "We see how they bond with doctors, nurses, and health care professionals to get the best care for their child; how they handle a worried sibling, schoolmates, family, friends; how they recommend dealing with the urgent problems of dwindling finances; and how they handle their suspended careers during this crisis." "The Cains found a myriad of support groups and share with readers a lengthy statewide list of national resources families can turn to when a child or a loved one is seriously ill or injured, including a new development: the Internet health support groups, available to anyone twenty-four hours a day." "Above and beyond its tremendous practicality, this is a testament to the power of faith and the human spirit to bring about healing. The Cains never stopped hoping - never stopped believing in the possibility of recovery - and even found how to reach out to prayer groups around the country to speak for their child."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved