Drawing together hope: 'listening' to militarised children
Glenn M. Miles
Children at Risk Advisor for SE Asia, Tearfund UK and Research Student at the University of Wales (Swansea) International Centre for Childhood Studies
Art can be used as both a therapeutic tool and a communication tool.
Art has been used with refugees/militarised children but has tended to focus on their pathology.
Art in this study was used to explore children's hopes for their future.
Children talk more when they are/have drawn what they are trying to describe.
Art can be used to understand children's world-view and explore their beliefs and opinions.
Key Words: Art Child Soldiers Methodologies, Refugees Resilience
Journal of Child Health Care, Vol. 4, No. 4,
137-142 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/136749350000400401

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