🫧 *Expressive Arts Course for Treating Behavioral Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Between Creativity and Therapy (2 Months) Theory and Practice.* 🎨

📢 *To watch the introductory lecture for the course and to evaluate the instructor's explanation:* 👇🏻

🎭 *Expressive Arts Course* for treating behavioral disorders relies on play and drama as therapeutic tools to help children and adolescents express their feelings safely and indirectly. 👈🏻 Through symbolic play and role-playing, we help them release emotions, understand aggressive or impulsive behavior, and learn healthy behavioral alternatives in a fun and effective way. 🤝🏻

🧩 *Course Outline* 🧩

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🔸The concept of expressive arts and their fields: drama, music, visual arts, storytelling, writing, and play.

🔸The psychological and philosophical foundations of expressive arts therapy.

🔸The role of creative expression in modifying behavior and developing personality.

🔸The diagnostic concept of conduct disorder according to DSM-5 and its behavioral and emotional characteristics.

🔸The causes of the disorder (individual, familial, school-related, and social).

🔸Co-occurring disorders such as defiant behavior and hyperactivity.

🔸Assessment tools: Behavioral observation, tests and scales (Magdi El-Desouki Scale) before and after the program.

🔸Therapeutic drama as a branch of expressive arts.

🔸Stages of the drama session: Warm-up, performance, participation, and analysis.

🔸Selected psychodrama techniques: Role-playing, mirror, scene reconstruction, substitution, and the magic shop.

🔸Artistic shaping in therapeutic theater.

🔸The psychological impact of music on emotions and behavior.

🔸Using rhythm and sound in visual arts and drama sessions.

🔸Musical games and their integration into group play.

🔸Storytelling as a means of therapeutic narrative and meaning-building.

🔸Using stories and myths to release emotions and modify perception.

🔸Free writing and journaling to enhance insight and release emotions.

🔸Integrating narrative and drama in expressive sessions.

🔸Visual expression as a channel for free expression to release inner conflicts.

🔸The significance of color, form, and line in therapeutic art production.

🔸Individual and group art activities for children with conduct disorder.

🔸Analyzing artwork as an indicator of psychological development.

🔸Types of play and their therapeutic significance (symbolic, group, dramatic, and artistic).

🔸Modifying distorted concepts and behaviors through purposeful play.

🔸Expressive games in building confidence and regulating emotions.

🔸Integrating play with art and drama within integrated sessions.

🔸Setting behavioral goals and developing a therapeutic program using expressive arts.

🔸Designing weekly/quarterly therapy sessions.

🔸Facilitator skills in observation and group management.

🔸Conducting a practical session under the trainer's supervision and discussing the performance.

💌 *Course Features* 💌
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✨ Access to course materials for each lecture.

✨ A certificate of attendance for the number of training hours upon completion.

✨ Recordings of each lecture are available for 6 months from the start of the course.

✨ Only one lecture per week to allow time for practical application.

💁🏻‍♀️ *Course Instructor* 💁🏻‍♀️
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✨ *Dr. Radwa Salah*

- Trainer and Therapist in Expressive Arts.

- PhD in Psychodrama and Stage Scenography for Treating Behavioral Disorders.