The Art Room, UK: Art as Therapy for Disengaged Children

Art and craft education benefits absolutely everybody and especially those who don't do well in standardized environments or have been through personal turmoil. In education, why do we focus so much on STEM when we really need to have STEAM? Here's an example of how this works successfully:

The Art Room is a charity aimed at 5 - 16 years old children who are experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties. There are currently nine Art Rooms in schools in Oxfordshire, London and Edinburgh offering art as therapy to increase children’s self-esteem, self-confidence, and independence.

Many of the children who come to The Art Room are disengaged from mainstream education, disruptive or withdrawn and all have been identified as needing special time away from their classrooms. The problems students might have include experiencing numerous educational interruptions or having specific learning difficulties or autism spectrum disorders. Some have recently arrived in this country (UK), others are prime carers within their family, or are ‘looked-after’ children in the care system. Some might just need a respite from the pressures of mainstream education.

The Art Room has demonstrated that in a caring and creative environment the most challenging children can ‘learn and achieve through art’. Our methodology has been tried and tested in both specialist and mainstream schools with positive results.

The Art Room employs senior practitioners who are trained in psychotherapy, art, teaching, drama therapy, film making, and social work.

All the practitioners come with many years of experience working with children in mainstream education and specialist schools. All are trained in-house in the methodology and principles of The Art Room. The Art Room also receives support from the Mulberry Bush School - a school that provides specialist residential care to traumatized children.

More information on The Art Room.

Art Room Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/TheArtRoomUK

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