Cover -- Healing the Inner City Child: Creative Arts Therapies with At-risk Youth -- Contents -- PREFACE -- Part 1: Setting the Scene -- 1. The Inner City -- 2. At-risk Children -- 3. Challenges Faced by At-risk Children in the Inner City -- 4. Outcomes for At-risk Children in the Inner City -- 5. Moderating Factors -- 6. Therapy with Inner City, At-risk Children -- Part II: Healing the Inner City Child -- 7. "Hear Me Sing" Structured Group Songwriting with Inner City, At-risk Children -- 8. Lifesongs: Music Therapy with Adolescents in Foster Care -- 9. "Can You Play With Me?": Dealing With Trauma, Grief and Loss through Analytical Music Therapy and Play Therapy -- 10. Honoring Timothy's Spirit: Mural Making to Express, Process, and Overcome Grief and Loss -- 11. The Architecture of Self-expression: Creating Community through Art with Children on Chicago's South Side -- 12. SOHO - Space of Her Own: An Art-based Mentoring Program for Girls -- 13. Collaboration and Creativity: Art Therapy Groups in a School Suspension Program -- 14. Prevention Interventions: Art and Drama Therapy in Three Settings -- 15. Emotional Repair through Action Methods: The Use of Psychodrama, Sociometry, Psychodramatic Journaling and Experiential Group Therapy with Adolescents -- 16. "Make Me Wanna Holler": Dramatic Encounters with Boys from the Inner City -- 17. "Sit Down and Be Quiet!": Dance and Movement Therapy in an Inner City Elementary School After-care Program -- 18. Operatic Play: A Drama and Music Th erapy Collaboration -- 19. Safe Expressions: A Community-based Creative Arts Therapy Program for At-risk Youth -- 20. Rediscover, Reclaim and Rejoice: The Sesame Approach of Drama and Movement Therapy with Exploited Girls in India -- 21. A Safe Distance: An Intermodal Approach to Creating a Country Retreat for City Girls who have been Abused -- THE CONTRIBUTORS.

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