The Use of Expressive Therapies and Social Support with Youth in Foster Care: The Performing Arts Troupe
The Performing Arts Troupe is a program that provides youth in foster care and youth from low income neighborhoods with expressive therapies and social support. The program is designed to assist youth in addressing the effects of trauma and developing competencies as they prepare to transition to ad...
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Clemson University Press
2009-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Youth Development |
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| author | Audra Holmes Greene Linda Goldenberg Madelyn Freundlich |
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| description | The Performing Arts Troupe is a program that provides youth in foster care and youth from low income neighborhoods with expressive therapies and social support. The program is designed to assist youth in addressing the effects of trauma and developing competencies as they prepare to transition to adulthood. The article discusses the literature base for the program, the program activities and describes the impact of the program on youth through preliminary evaluations and case studies. The program offers an innovative combination of expressive therapies and social supports that has effectively met the needs of vulnerable youth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75abc5e2e6cb47ee921e7801f1f065ad2024-02-02T20:03:27ZengClemson University PressJournal of Youth Development2325-40172009-03-0141607710.5195/jyd.2009.275253The Use of Expressive Therapies and Social Support with Youth in Foster Care: The Performing Arts TroupeAudra Holmes Greene0Linda Goldenberg1Madelyn Freundlich2Casey Family ServicesCasey Family ServicesExcal Consulting Partners, LLCThe Performing Arts Troupe is a program that provides youth in foster care and youth from low income neighborhoods with expressive therapies and social support. The program is designed to assist youth in addressing the effects of trauma and developing competencies as they prepare to transition to adulthood. The article discusses the literature base for the program, the program activities and describes the impact of the program on youth through preliminary evaluations and case studies. The program offers an innovative combination of expressive therapies and social supports that has effectively met the needs of vulnerable youth.http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/275 |
| spellingShingle | Audra Holmes Greene Linda Goldenberg Madelyn Freundlich The Use of Expressive Therapies and Social Support with Youth in Foster Care: The Performing Arts Troupe Journal of Youth Development |
| title | The Use of Expressive Therapies and Social Support with Youth in Foster Care: The Performing Arts Troupe |
| title_full | The Use of Expressive Therapies and Social Support with Youth in Foster Care: The Performing Arts Troupe |
| title_fullStr | The Use of Expressive Therapies and Social Support with Youth in Foster Care: The Performing Arts Troupe |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Use of Expressive Therapies and Social Support with Youth in Foster Care: The Performing Arts Troupe |
| title_short | The Use of Expressive Therapies and Social Support with Youth in Foster Care: The Performing Arts Troupe |
| title_sort | use of expressive therapies and social support with youth in foster care the performing arts troupe |
| url | http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/275 |
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