scholarly journals Supporting grieving children: Dragonfly Dance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Patricia Kristinsson
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Expressive Arts ◽  
Pet Therapy ◽  
Adventure Therapy ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Bereaved Children

The following is a synthesis of the literature focused on ways of supporting healthy grieving in children and a related children’s book based on the findings. I have produced a book on grieving that is intended to be used by caregivers and educators to support bereaved children. The support strategies that are discussed here and reflected in the book Dragonfly Dance include ideas from traditional therapeutic approaches, expressive arts, pet therapy, grief camps, adventure therapy, and group therapy. The tasks of grieving are also described through selected literature. Dragonfly Dance incorporates many of the known activities that support transition through grief.

Expressive arts group therapy with middle-school aged children from military families

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 356-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Kim ◽  
Maureen Kirchhoff ◽  
Stan Whitsett
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Expressive Arts ◽  
School Aged Children

The title “therapy” and what do you do with it as a child? Recollections of being in child expressive arts group therapy

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-164
Author(s):  
Shira Diamond ◽  
Rachel Lev-Wiesel
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Child Therapy ◽  
Expressive Arts ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Developmental Factors ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Therapy Clients

The complexity of children’s entrance into mental health treatment has been the growing focus of much recent research. However, little attention has been given to the exploration of this phenomenon from the clients’ point of view. This study aimed to gain understanding of the experience of entering therapy as a child through examination of the recollections of adult former clients who had participated as children in expressive arts group therapy (EAGT). Semi-structured open-ended interviews were conducted with 20 adult former child therapy clients who had participated in EAGT for at least 1year. Two major themes were revealed: one concerning participants’ perceptions of the reasons for being in therapy as children and the other concerning their recollections and perception of their attitudes toward the idea of being in therapy. These two themes point to the central role of social, emotional, and cognitive developmental factors in the establishment of attitudes toward enrollment in psychotherapy, highlighting the difference between adults and children. These findings correspond with other studies in this area, adding a presentation of the experience from the client’s perspective.

Pilot Evaluation of a Group Therapy Program for Children Bereaved by Suicide

Crisis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 350-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc S. Daigle ◽  
Réal J. Labelle
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Inappropriate Behaviors ◽  
Useful Knowledge ◽  
Therapy Program ◽  
Communication Capacity ◽  
Bereaved Children

Background: Thousands of children are bereaved each year by suicide, yet there exists very little literature specifically on the psychological care, programs, and interventions available to help them. Aims: (1) To build and validate theoretical models for the Group Therapy Program for Children Bereaved by Suicide (PCBS); (2) to test these models in a preliminary evaluation. Methods: In the first part, we built theoretical models, which were then validated by scientists and clinicians. In the second part, the sessions of the PCBS were observed and rated. The participating children were tested pre- and postprogram. Results: Positive changes were observed in the participating children in terms of basic safety, realistic understanding and useful knowledge, inappropriate behaviors, physical and psychological symptoms, child-parent and child-child communication, capacity for social and affective reinvestment, actualization of new models of self and the world, self-esteem, awareness and use of tools, cognitive, verbal, written and drawing abilities, cognitive dissonance, ambivalence, antagonism, and isolation. Conclusions: The changes reported in the bereaved children show that the PCBS has some efficacy.

Adventure therapy: A supplementary group therapy approach for men.

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Scheinfeld ◽  
Aaron B. Rochlen ◽  
Sam J. Buser
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Adventure Therapy ◽  
Therapy Approach

Nanotheranostic agents for neurodegenerative diseases

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 645-675
Author(s):  
Parasuraman Padmanabhan ◽  
Mathangi Palanivel ◽  
Ajay Kumar ◽  
Domokos Máthé ◽  
George K. Radda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Specific Cell ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Target Tissue ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Surface Receptors ◽  
Theranostic Agents ◽  
Preclinical Animal Models

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), affect the ageing population worldwide and while severely impairing the quality of life of millions, they also cause a massive economic burden to countries with progressively ageing populations. Parallel with the search for biomarkers for early detection and prediction, the pursuit for therapeutic approaches has become growingly intensive in recent years. Various prospective therapeutic approaches have been explored with an emphasis on early prevention and protection, including, but not limited to, gene therapy, stem cell therapy, immunotherapy and radiotherapy. Many pharmacological interventions have proved to be promising novel avenues, but successful applications are often hampered by the poor delivery of the therapeutics across the blood-brain-barrier (BBB). To overcome this challenge, nanoparticle (NP)-mediated drug delivery has been considered as a promising option, as NP-based drug delivery systems can be functionalized to target specific cell surface receptors and to achieve controlled and long-term release of therapeutics to the target tissue. The usefulness of NPs for loading and delivering of drugs has been extensively studied in the context of NDDs, and their biological efficacy has been demonstrated in numerous preclinical animal models. Efforts have also been made towards the development of NPs which can be used for targeting the BBB and various cell types in the brain. The main focus of this review is to briefly discuss the advantages of functionalized NPs as promising theranostic agents for the diagnosis and therapy of NDDs. We also summarize the results of diverse studies that specifically investigated the usage of different NPs for the treatment of NDDs, with a specific emphasis on AD and PD, and the associated pathophysiological changes. Finally, we offer perspectives on the existing challenges of using NPs as theranostic agents and possible futuristic approaches to improve them.

Effects of Physical Training on Stuttering

1968 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Don Franks ◽  
Elizabeth B. Franks
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Physical Training ◽  
Cardiovascular Response ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Physical Stress ◽  
Submaximal Exercise ◽  
Endurance Running ◽  
Response To Exercise

Eight college students enrolled in group therapy for stuttering were divided into two equal groups for 20 weeks. The training group supplemented therapy with endurance running and calisthenics three days per week. The subjects were tested prior to and at the conclusion of the training on a battery of stuttering tests and cardiovascular measures taken at rest, after stuttering, and after submaximal exercise. There were no significant differences (0.05 level) prior to training. At the conclusion of training, the training group was significandy better in cardiovascular response to exercise and stuttering. Although physical training did not significantly aid the reduction of stuttering as measured in this study, training did cause an increased ability to adapt physiologically to physical stress and to the stress of stuttering.

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