You can help your child by learning to recognize the signs of stress and supporting your child with healthy ways to deal with it like Therapeutic Art activities.
Kids, like adults, also experience stress in their life. Childhood stress can be present in any setting that requires the child to adapt or change. Remember, for kids, discussing feelings may be frightening or uncomfortable.
Therapeutic Art is a language of self-expression and processing different kinds of emotions, combined with providing a safe, supported, and respected environment will encourage them to understand their true selves and appreciate themselves even more.
Benefits:
1) Emotional Development
- Through creative art, kids will be able to represent experiences they cannot verbalize
- This enhances well-being, self-esteem, and most importantly, self-compassion
- This shows that making mistakes can be liberating and open up new opportunities
- This provides therapeutic benefits and support emotional literacy and make them feel energized and enthusiastic in life
2) Cognitive Development
- Artistic experience fuels imagination and in turn imagination fuels creativity
- This fosters transferable skills and boost overall academic achievement, leading to better future work opportunities
3) Social Acuity/Development
- Therapeutic Art provides space for personal judgement, help problem solving, and thinking outside the box
- Promotes diversity, respect and intercultural understanding
- Supports creativity in children’s learning to increase their aspirations and life skills.
4) Physical Development
- Kids use their senses to learn about their environment and connect with what they already know to respond to physical challenge
- Improve fine and gross motor skills of co-ordination, control, manipulation, and movement develop concentration
- Learn from mistakes and become confident in their physical skills
- Design, evaluate and refine their models and artwork
ArtEQlate™ Therapeutic Art Workshop helps kids to express who they truly are without words, can lead to authentic connection with self. Furthermore, this allows them to make authentic connections with others. Let your kids tap into their creativity and let them experience a safe way to boost their Emotional Intelligence!
BONUS:
- A complimentary 90-minute One-on-One Therapeutic Art and Child Wellness Life Coaching (optional and to be booked in advance) (booking details will shared during the workshop)
Ages: 8 - 12
Price: 270 AED (All materials are included)
Image Credit: The Workshop
Age
8–12
Price
Fee: 270 AED
Telephone number
+971 4 341 2595
Links
Address
Dubai23B Street - off Al Wasl Road, Dubai