(Oxford) Diploma in Art Therapy for Families/Children
What you'll learn
- How to use art therapy exercises to help kids cope with stress
- Learn how to build self-esteem and confidence in a child.
- Coping with sadness in children
- How to cope with anxiety in children
- How to cope with depression in children
- Understand the cognitive, emotional and social development of a child.
- Learn how to build attachment and relationship with a child.
- Learn about behavioral problems in children.
- Learn how to identify stress, grief and depression in a child and manage it.
- Step by step Art Therapy techniques for children
- Numerous Art Therapy Case Studies
- Regular interaction with your Instructor
- Hundreds of pieces of artwork on show
Requirements
- This is aimed at children so if you don't ever come into contact with .....
Description
The Oxford Diploma is available - but it has to be earned - if you satisfy the following criteria:
1. Do all the Art Therapy exercises in this TEN HOUR course
2. Participate (or start) in discussions - especially the Case Study based ones
3. Complete an Extended Essay
This way the Diploma is meaningful - just as art is!
This is a course in three parts:
a. Coping strategies for use with children - or by children on their own. Ideally you'll sit round with 'the family' and watch, reflect, discuss and implement. Of especial interest are the lectures on Emotions and the numerous art therapy exercises. (Child Psychology)
b. Art Therapy exercises to use with the family - why not all try them? Post your results (remember, it is the process that counts) in the Q/A. The more you participate the more you will gain from the course. (Child Psychology)
c. Your family; Art therapy and Joy, Spring and Reflection. Do the exercises together; discuss and then implement everyone's ideas! Bring everyone together! (Child Psychology)
This is a very practical course. ideally the whole family will sit round the monitor and watch the lectures, then try out the many many exercises...for the benefit of all.
A very heavy emphasis is put on participation, the sharing of ideas. Other Art Therapy courses of mine have hundreds of discussions as that really, is how to learn and progress. Hopefully this course too, will have such discussions - they will certainly be encouraged.
The course is 10 hours. Maybe that seems a lot, so organise your study time carefully - perhaps week-ends after dinner? Share the involvement.
Who this course is for:
- Art therapists
- Parents
- Children
- Child Welfare Officers
- Teachers
- Carers
Instructors
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 8,862 Reviews
- 239,080 Students
- 127 Courses
I currently volunteer for:
Different Strokes (Stroke charity) - Ambassador
Age UK - running a book club
Tandem (Befriending)
NHS - Culture liaison
NHS - interview panels
Sport in Mind - Support
Multiple Sclerosis - Support Worker
Trinity Learning - - visit Primary Schools
Oxford Recovery College - tutor
Horton Hospital - Hospital radio
Story Telling Museum - guide
43+ years experience teaching Economics, Business, Sociology, Politics and other subjects in schools, universities and other colleges - State and Private Sector. Appeared in 100+ films (including corporate training and fitness videos). 100+ books on Amazon. Featured by the BBC, Polish TV, The Times, The Telegraph and...The Sun.
Studied at:
· University of Oxford (Philosophy and Economics)
· Oxford Brookes (Teacher training)
· University of Glamorgan (Business and Economics)
Qualifications
· Professional qualifications at Masters level
· Business and Economics degree
· Examiner for four major examining boards, at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level.
· Three teaching diplomas plus CELTA
· Qualified fitness trainer
Key academic positions held:
· Principal Oxford School of Learning
· Director of Studies: St Joseph’s Hall, Oxford
· Head of Economics: Cherwell Tutors
· Head of Business and Economics: Pipers Corner School, Buckingham
Founder: Almost Random Theatre
Business and Economics background
Set up and ran Oxford Conferences and ran 50+ Business/Economics conferences at schools - all fees to charity
Amazon Business/Economics books include:
Titles include:
· Case studies for Business
· Time management for teachers
· Creativity techniques in Economics
· Drucker in Business Studies
· Creativity in Business
· Business calculations
· Further applications of de Bono
· Applying de Bono
· Philosophy Games
Taught students at the University of Oxford , Brookes University and schools in the state and independent sector
Principal of Oxford School of Learning for 15 years
Created OSL Training and trained Business, Psychology and Sociology teachers
Set up Marketing Education Services in the 1980s and sold cassette tape recordings of my lectures at the University of Oxford
Featured in The Times, The Telegraph, the BBC, ITV and Polish national television owing to the success of my teaching techniques and subsequent success of my students.
Ex-Buyer for a major car company
Psychology and Motivation background
Author of 100+ books on Amazon (mainly Business/Economics/Psychology) including:
· GCSE Psychology thru Mind Maps
· AS/A2 Psychology
· AS Psychology thru Mind Maps
· A2 Psychology thru Mind Maps
· Lifestyle Plan
· The Internet and Psychology
Through his own business OSL Training has run training courses for teachers of Psychology
Writer of several plays about death and appeared in films dealing with death
Theatre and Film Career
· 2012 - set up Almost Random Theatre.
· Since 2012 the theatre has delivered workshops in Scotland, Wales, Czech Republic and Poland as well as 15 schools in England.
· Chris has written/directed over 50 short and 3 one-Act plays that have subsequently been performed in London and Oxford.
· Scripts for three of his plays have been sold, via an Independent publisher, to schools in the UK.
· Course-creator/author of Coping with Old Age and Death - one person's perspective.
· He has also had plays put on - and performed in - Oxford and Brighton Fringes, London, Scotland and Wales.
· Chris has appeared in over 112 films.
Charity/Wellbeing work
· Ambassador for Heart UK
· Stoke Lead and member of Research panel for the Stroke Association
· Board member of Stroke Club UK
· Ambassador for Different Strokes (charity)
· Member of PHC (Public Health Collaboration) UK
· Author of 6-volume Lifestyle Manual
· Author of other Lifestyle books on Amazon
· Originator of the Holman Protocol
Nothing in any of Chris's courses should be interpreted as linking to or representing any of the above stroke organisations.
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 4,651 Reviews
- 137,161 Students
- 85 Courses
Almost Random Theatre is a theatre company started in 2012. After putting on plays at Oxford and Brighton fringes, taking actors to Poland and Czech Republic, selling plays to schools, putting on many short plays in Oxford, visiting 60+ schools and running 'drama days' it was decided to...slow down.
The theatre's main contribution now is helping with numerous Art Therapy courses.