Calming Therapeutic Interventions for Distressed & Stressed Children

Overview

Research shows that relaxation techniques, creative visualisation and guided meditations help to regulate childrens' emotions and bring down high levels of stress. As a result, this can dramatically enhance their capacity to access learning.

Participants will learn the basic skills in how to lead both groups and individuals through these healing processes. They will learn how to create of a calm, creative and competent learning environment.

Participants will also learn interventions to help build children’s self-esteem and enhance their ability to be imaginative and creative. They will have the opportunity to experience for themselves the calming and healing effects of guided visualisations.

Please note: These days are very much an introduction to the use of the therapeutic arts to enhance your listening skills and creative ways of connecting with children and young people. If you're interested in further training, please see TISUK and IATE for professional programs.

About the presenter

Ellie Baker

Expert in arts therapy and child psychotherapy, supervision, illustration, parenting.

Integrative Arts Psychotherapist/Supervisor (UKCP). Work included: Lead Supervisor - Adolescent Psychiatric Unit (Education), Clinical Lead Foster Care Support Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Treatment/Therapy Service. Head of Psychological Health and Wellbeing, Wave Multi Academy Trust. Artist Lead for Arts Lab Project (secondary education settings), Therapeutic Lead Attune Research Project (ACEs/Trauma-Informed Practice Oxford, Falmout and Kent Universities). Delivered parenting courses for decades. Chair for The Centre for Child Mental Health for 15 years.

About the venue

1 Danes Yard, Sugar House Island, Stratford, London, E15 2QL

1 Danes Yard, the home of the Institute for Arts in Therapy & Education (IATE), is located in the heart of the stunning creative quarter known as Sugar House Island. Offering an inspiring selection of creative event spaces, it has been carefully designed to create a unique and stimulating environment for your event.