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American Art Therapy Informative Speech

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Hello, What a traumatic experience for all of you. First of all, congratulate yourself on taking the initiative to reach out to the online community and share the experience about your son. It seems as though you are facing some difficult challenges. Please know that you are not alone. You asked if your son’s problems in school and at home could be due to ADHD or the trauma he went through from being kicked by the horse and getting stitches. This is not a question that is easy to answer. However, it is clear that understanding your son’s experience may lead to appropriate assistance. Thank goodness your son got the help he needed to heal physically, and it sounds as though he may need help to heal psychologically. Right now, he has concluded …show more content…

More often than not, drawing and writing are very therapeutic means for children like your son to express their vulnerability and memories of an event. Helping your son through his experience, so that he can learn how to cope with what has happened and put his life back together again and move forward is important. The “American Art Therapy Association (AATA)” believes art therapy is healing and life-enhancing, especially for children. AATA is a free online website providing no cost resources to individuals and families experiencing developmental, medical, educational, and social, or psychological impairment in the realms of education, prevention, treatment, services, and public policy for many years. AATA also provides trauma-informed support services for individuals via their online blog. In addition to this, AATA offers a trauma-informed mentoring program. This may be a great resource for you and your son at this time. These resources will also help your son give a meaningful ending to his experience. For example, he was in the hospital, and he was frightened. Now he is at home, and he is safe with his family. The website link is www.arttherapy.org. The national office of AATA telephone number is 888-290-0878, if you prefer to

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