National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
Art Action
The federal sponsored National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day is a day for everyone to promote positive development of infants, toddlers, children, and youth. Communities across the country observe the day with events, youth demonstrations, and social networking campaigns to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and increase understanding of the mental health needs of children and their families.
Art Action is a child-centered activity designed to take place on Thursday, May 6, 2010, in observance of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Using the theme “My Feelings are a Work of Art,” communities across the country will lead young children in preschool through 3rd grade in art activities, such as painting or drawing, to initiate conversations between adults and young children about having and expressing feelings.
How To Participate:
- Participation Form
- *SEARCH Projects: Community Programs Nationwide
- Art Therapy in K-12 Schools
- Click here to see how Art Therapy is working in schools
- The importance of artwork for children
- Medical Art Therapy with Children
More Information:
- Art Action Tip Sheet
- Awareness Day Background
- 2009 Awareness Day (please note 2010 information will be available here shortly)
- 2009 Awareness Day Short Report
Do you need more assistance in finding an Art Therapist ?
Many American Art Therapy Association members can be found through the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) locator service. Find a Credentialed Art Therapist, a special area of the Art Therapy Credentials Board's web site is designed to help you locate a credentialed art therapy professional in your area.
The Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) is a separately incorporated entity and is an independent credentialing body that creates and maintains standards associated with earning art therapy credentials: Registered Art Therapist (ATR) and Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC). For more information, please visit their Web site at www.atcb.org.
Find an Art Therapist:
Alabama Art Therapy Association
Arizona Art Therapy Association
Northern California Art Therapy Association
Southern California Art Therapy Association
Colorado Art Therapy Association
Connecticut Art Therapy Association
Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association
Florida Art Therapy Association
Georgia Art Therapy Association
Illinois Art Therapy Association
Iowa Art Therapy Association
Kansas Art Therapy Association
Kentucky Art Therapy Association
Louisiana Art Therapy Association
New England Art Therapy Association
Maryland Art Therapy Association
Potomac Art Therapy Association
New England Art Therapy Association
Michigan Art Therapy Association
Minnesota Art Therapy Association
Mississippi Art Therapy Association
Missouri Art Therapy Association
New England Art Therapy Association
New Jersey Art Therapy Association
New Mexico Art Therapy Association
New York Art Therapy Association
Westchester Art Therapy Association
North Carolina Art Therapy Association
Buckeye Art Therapy Association
Oklahoma Art Therapy Association
Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association
New England Art Therapy Association
South Carolina Art Therapy Association
Tennessee Art Therapy Association
North Texas Art Therapy Association
South Texas Art Therapy Association
Vermont Art Therapy Association
Virginia Art Therapy Association
Potomac Art Therapy Association
Evergreen Art Therapy Association
Potomac Art Therapy Association
Wisconsin Art Therapy Association
