Healing the Inner City Child
Creative Art Therapies with At-Risk Youth
Herausgeber: Camilleri, Vanessa A.
Vanessa A. Camilleri holds a BA in Psychology and Education from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and an MA in Music Therapy from New York University. She has run two music therapy programs in inner city charter schools in New York City and Washington DC to help children develop social skills that enable them to succeed in school and beyond. She has also supervised undergraduate and graduate level students of music therapy, published several journal articles and book chapters, and has presented at regional and national conferences.
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.
