Art Therapy with Infants, Toddlers & Preschool Children

The very young child often baffles even the experienced clinician, with a limited or lack of language, short attention span, and abundant motor activity. Greater numbers of young children are at risk from violence, abuse, and multiple transitions and losses, and attachment problems. New approaches to assessing and treating this population will be presented, along with methods of engaging young children and parents in the therapeutic process.

The course focuses on the use of art media and toys in the assessment and treatment of children from infancy through the preschool years. Lectures and case presentations demonstrate the use of art therapy and play therapy for a variety of presenting problems. Materials covered include early intervention strategies for infants and parents for attachment disorders, trauma, abuse, illness and hospitalization and witnessing or experiencing violence.

Experimentation with art media allows attendees to learn methods of engaging young children in art and play activities and how to facilitate expression and healing. No prior art training required.

Participants in this workshop will:

1. learn the developmental issues specific to assessing infants, toddlers, and preschoolers,
2. learn about the use of art and play therapy to treat young children, and
3. learn methods to engage parents in the therapeutic process with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

INSTRUCTOR: Linda Chapman, MA, ATR-BC, Art Therapy Institute of the Redwoods

COST: Workshop fees are $125 per day.

To Register

Each attendee needs to register individually. Once you have submitted the information below, we will contact you by telephone to complete the registration process. If you have questions, please contact us by phone or by email.

(This registration is for the one-day session. To register for the series “Art Therapy Across the Developmental Spectrum” click here.)