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Expressive Arts as a Social and Community Integration Tool for Youth Recovering From Brain Injury

NCT00434603 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2009-02-27

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Summary

This study utilizes a novel technique-expressive arts therapy-to facilitate social integration for youth recovering from acquired brain injury (ABI). Expressive arts therapy is defined as the use of the arts and artistic media to explore psychological aspects of life. An expressive art (also referred to as 'creative arts' or even just 'arts') encompasses drama, music, art (visual arts such as painting, sculpture etc) and dance/movement. It has great potential to improve community integration for youth recovering from ABI, through facilitating skills required for successful social communication and social cognition. It is hypothesized to improve social and emotional functioning compared to a less structured creative arts program. It is expected that a combination of directed group activities and self-reflection within a creative learning context will improve emotional awareness and social and community integration to a greater degree than a non-expressive creative arts therapy group, in youth who have suffered an ABIAs community integration enables meaningful and productive occupational engagement, enabling opportunities for occupational engagement through increased community integration would greatly enhance the quality of life of adolescents with ABI.

Conditions

  • Brain Injuries

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Expressive Arts--Theatre Skills Training Program

The experimental intervention was an intensive theatre skills training program. The group of adolescent participants recovering from ABI met daily for four hours over a period of 4 weeks. During this 4 hour period, regular breaks were scheduled to provide the participants with a mental and physical break from therapy. Theatre training included voice work, breathing, movement, physical warm-up, character development, script analysis, writing skills, three-dimensional awareness, group dynamics, story development, mask work and clowning among others.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle Keightley · University of Toronto

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-07-31
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2009-07-31

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