Arts 535
arts in social services
danielle bossert
summer II
2015
PART I: Arts and Social Services
This is a survey course that equips the student to work within formal structures in international, national, state and local service systems in the delivery of arts-based programs. Specific attention will be given to programming, legal requirements, funding and assessment. Cases and examples will be from overseas mission agencies, international agencies, the US social service system, and local city government and community groups. Topics of arts-based programming will include emergency relief, development life skills training, after-school programs, dealing with homelessness, refugees, aging and HIV/AIDS. Students will write an advance program plan to be implemented in their Leadership Practicum or Major Project. A unique part of this course is understanding the relationship between relief, social services and long-term development of local organizations dealing with people living in poverty.
International relief, social services and community development are interrelated concepts for understanding and working within contexts of poverty, disaster, and crises. Social services are generally government and non-government programs provided the poorest who may not be in a position to provide for themselves. Ultimately, holistic community developmentthat leads to community resilience and well-being is a goal for all communities. Relief provides, as the word implies, immediate ease of the greatest of human suffering. The goal is to develop resilient communities.
Learning Outcomes:
In this course, participants will learn effective ways to interact with and assist individuals and communities who have recently undergone disasters such as a flood, fire, earthquake, mudslide, hurricane, war, displacement, and terrorism. Through a simulation exercise called a drill (live) or simulation, participants will practice preparing for travel, establishing effective working relationships with local communities, creating a safe place for children, recognizing and responding to signs of trauma, planning self-care, and engaging children in trauma-informed creative experiences. Participants will gain an understanding of therapeutic principles and how they are applied to emergency arts relief and being a second responder. In addition, participants will learn principles for arts-based social services for communities in the context of poverty.
Learning Objectives:
This is a survey course that equips the student to work within formal structures in international, national, state and local service systems in the delivery of arts-based programs. Specific attention will be given to programming, legal requirements, funding and assessment. Cases and examples will be from overseas mission agencies, international agencies, the US social service system, and local city government and community groups. Topics of arts-based programming will include emergency relief, development life skills training, after-school programs, dealing with homelessness, refugees, aging and HIV/AIDS. Students will write an advance program plan to be implemented in their Leadership Practicum or Major Project. A unique part of this course is understanding the relationship between relief, social services and long-term development of local organizations dealing with people living in poverty.
International relief, social services and community development are interrelated concepts for understanding and working within contexts of poverty, disaster, and crises. Social services are generally government and non-government programs provided the poorest who may not be in a position to provide for themselves. Ultimately, holistic community developmentthat leads to community resilience and well-being is a goal for all communities. Relief provides, as the word implies, immediate ease of the greatest of human suffering. The goal is to develop resilient communities.
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate basic definitions, history, motivations, funding and methods of local and international social services
- Demonstrate basic design and outcomes of arts-based social service programming based on social needs
- Envision programming for relief, community development, and social services.
- Articulate models in local and international arts-integrated models
- Demonstrate understanding of certifications and requirements for working with different populations in a variety of professions
- Write a program plan or grant application for implementation.
- Complete an arts relief drill
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In this course, participants will learn effective ways to interact with and assist individuals and communities who have recently undergone disasters such as a flood, fire, earthquake, mudslide, hurricane, war, displacement, and terrorism. Through a simulation exercise called a drill (live) or simulation, participants will practice preparing for travel, establishing effective working relationships with local communities, creating a safe place for children, recognizing and responding to signs of trauma, planning self-care, and engaging children in trauma-informed creative experiences. Participants will gain an understanding of therapeutic principles and how they are applied to emergency arts relief and being a second responder. In addition, participants will learn principles for arts-based social services for communities in the context of poverty.
Learning Objectives:
- Experience a simulated catastrophe and prepare for a response with Psychological First Aid and arts-based responses
- Understand the cycle of disaster preparedness
- Understand the role of trauma-informed art-making in situations of crisis
- Develop a personal plan for serving in an emergency context through arts-based approaches
- Receive training in psychological first-aid and emergency response as a second responder
- Obtain a certificate in children, trauma and resilience
- Obtain a certificate in Psychological First Aid
- Prepare for emergency travel
- Identify cultural considerations in working with children
- Establish working relationships and communication channels in a crisis
- Negotiate and create a safe place for children
- Implement trauma informed approaches to children in a catastrophe