Study Guide

Objective

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

- reflect on their own experiences of participating in arts-based activities, as well as their strengths and development needs as a facilitator of creative activities
- justify the use of arts-based methods for enhancing the well-being of clients
- assess the suitability of different arts-based methods and activities for their own work, for different customer groups and for different purposes
- plan an implementation of a arts-based workshop/session suitable for the selected client group, taking into account the needs of the target group, the objectives of the activities and ethical aspects

Content

- Different uses and contexts of arts-based methods
- Examples of visual, drama and literary art activities
- Guiding and supporting the client in individual counselling contexts using arts-based methods
- Facilitating a group process in arts-based workshops
- Customer-oriented design of arts-based activities
- Ethics and sustainable development in arts-based activities