FREE RESOURCE: Creative Activities to Cope with Depression!
Jennifer Guest’s new activity book uses the principles of CBT as well as illustrated worksheets to help people understand and manage their symptoms of depression.…
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Creativity and the Arts in Early Childhood
Ruth Churchill Dower discusses the motivations behind writing her book, and the importance of the arts and creativity for children. When Daniel’s dog died, he…
Improvisation in the performing arts: shaping or letting go?
In a museum in Istanbul, the dancer stands on a stone about one meter square, set several feet above the ground. She has very little…
Know Your Spectrum!
Finn Monahan has put together a creative writing workbook to encourage teenagers with autism to draw their own personal conclusions about what autism means for…
One Giant Step for Children Everywhere!
THE GIANT FROM NOWHERE My name is Frances Dickens and I worked as a primary school teacher in an inner London school. Many of the…
On Violent States and Creative States
Violence often appears to come ‘out of the blue’. This contention might almost be intrinsic to any account of the experience of any individual who…
Are EYFS Professionals Underestimating Creativity and Performance Skills?
Nikky Smedley’s educational work is prolific. She has taught around Europe and the UK, focusing on vocational dance and theatre training, in EYFS, primary and…
Creative Ideas for Assessing Vulnerable Children and Families
An article by author Katie Wrench There are so many books about assessment – in social work and other fields. So why should you put…
A Light Touch – Understanding Autism
Jonas Torrance provides creative therapy & behaviour support for autistic children. His first book, Therapeutic Adventures with Autistic Children: Connecting through Movement, Play and Creativity is published…
Download free sample pages from the Artistic Autistic Colouring Book
Wonderfully detailed and obsessively precise, Artistic Autistic calls out to the perfectionist in all of us. Straight from the pen of Peter Myers, an artist with…