LTC0120/1 - Creative Aging Workshop

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Explore and assess theories of human development from mid adulthood to the end of life.
Understand the connection between aging theories and creative arts applications and interventions.
• Advance and strengthen skills utilizing various creative arts and art therapy approaches with older adults.

The changing needs of older adults, using the creative arts and art therapy as an expressive and therapeutic tool. Human development theory and research about artistic, physical, cognitive, affective, neurological, and social development of older adults.

The physical and emotional growth of adults from mid adulthood through the end of life, the psychological and physiological factors involved. The variations of the aging process and how these manifest themselves in behavior and creative expression.
Main Topics:
• Attitudes toward aging and ageism
• Theories of adult development
• Creative development in old age
• Healthy Aging and Lifelong Learning
• Innovation

Participants will gain a wide knowledge of adult development and the aging process through readings, lectures, experiential art making and film. Students will learn current developmental theories as well as learn how to adapt the creative arts and art therapy methods to the needs of an aging population. Students will gain greater insight into their own feelings about aging, exploring personal, cultural and societal beliefs and expectations.

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Dr Raquel Chapin Stephenson is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of Lesley University’s Art Therapy Program, Core Faculty in the Ph.D. Expressive Therapies program, and is a Faculty Fellow in Lesley’s Institute for the Arts in Health. She was a 2010/2011 Fulbright Scholar to Estonia, where she taught in the Department of Applied Creativity at Tallinn University and continues to teach periodically as a visiting guest lecturer. She is adjunct faculty at New York University. Dr. Stephenson is a board certified, registered art therapist (ATR-BC) and a licensed creative arts therapist (LCAT).

The teaching/learning in this course will be include readings, lectures, discussions, videos, experiential exercises, case reviews, autobiographies and assignments.

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