Knowledge, Awareness, Recognition, Inclusion, Nurturance, and Acceptance
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Terence Mc Kenna -- Art
In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.
Costs and the needs We would like to keep the costs as lower as possible. We take donations and fund-raise in order to help and support the families. Our goal is to invite volunteers in a network of sponsoring churches. This way we will be able to give services for free every weekend of each month. We are planning to start this program at: Parkville Baptist Church in Parkville, MD, Mays Chapel United Methodist Church, Lutherville, MD, and churches in Nantucket, MA. You do not need to attend any church. Everyone is welcome! Will you join us to reach out to those families in need? We are looking for churches who are willing to accept our program and volunteers to give a R.E.S.T. weekend to the affected families. If you would like to get involved, call Biliana Borimetchkova at 443-928-0542, or email: biliana@karinaassociation.org . |
Respite with Activities K.A.R.I.N.A. is aiming to provide families with disabled children and young adults with social inclusion opportunities to year-round recreational activities, respite care, and family outing. The organization was created to meet an unmet need in the community by families of disabled and special needs children.
In Baltimore, Maryland and Ruse, Bulgaria we have involved volunteers from churches to participate in our program. We use some of the churches' facilities to provide our services and identify the needs of the particular community. We plan to start the same program in Nantucket, MA where Karina Association would like to work in collaboration with Nantucket S.T.A.R., Autism Speaks, and other non-profit organization to help the community of Nantucket with additional programs that can fill the gaps for support and program development. More than one-fifth of U.S. households with children have at least one child with special needs. The estimate of people 18 and under with a disability is 14,000 - 15,000 (in Baltimore County). Of that number - 3,500 are low-income (this according to census figures for Baltimore County (that shows that 25% of the population in Baltimore County meets federal guidelines for being low-income) This figure probably does not include things like ADHD or perhaps learning disabilities. There are 230 children who are registered with special needs on Nantucket (according to Special Services Department of Nantucket Public Schools). A survey found that families are struggling with the demands of caring for a special needs child, 12 percent of families requiring mental healthcare or counseling related to the child's medical, behavioral or other health conditions. Come and find Rest, Encouragement, Support, Tenderness, and Love at The Church of the Redeemer 5603 North Charles Street / Corner of Charles St. & Melrose Ave. / Baltimore, MD 21210 http://www.redeemeronline.com/ We start our first weekend of Art Relief for children, teens, young adults, and their families March 31, Saturday, 2012 @ 1pm -- 3:30pm Suggested donation $10 This program is designed to provide families with physical, emotional, cognitive, special and social needs of their children. Karina allows free time for parents while their children, teens or young adults enjoy different activities. As the children with special needs work with group of therapists (described at Karina Café page ) to get the most out of their special abilities, siblings can connect in other activities. Our group activities are based on a therapy called Expressive Arts Therapy (It is the use of the creative arts as a form of therapy). Unlike traditional art expression, the process of creation is emphasized rather than the final product. Expressive therapy is predicated on the assumption that people can heal through use of imagination and the various forms of creative expression. Expressive arts therapy is the practice of using imagery, storytelling, dance, music, drama, poetry, movement, dream-work, and visual arts together, in an integrated way, to foster human growth, development, and healing. It is about reclaiming our innate capacity as human beings for creative expression of our individual and collective human experience in artistic form. Expressive arts therapy is also about experiencing the natural capacity of creative expression and creative community for healing. All expressive therapists share the belief that through creative expression and the tapping of the imagination, a person can examine the body, feelings, emotions and his or her thought process. However, expressive arts therapy is its own therapeutic discipline, an inter-modal discipline where the therapist and client move freely between drawing, dancing, music, drama, poetry, etc. Although often separated by the form of creative art, some expressive therapists consider themselves intermodal, using expression in general, rather than a specific discipline to treat clients, altering their approach based on the clients' needs, or through using multiple forms of expression with the same client to aid with deeper exploration. The Concept of the Therapy Expressive Arts Therapy is based on our ability to access and stimulate the imagination, by shifting from one art form to another. An Expressive Arts Therapist is trained to recognize what is the best modality for each person and each moment, to reach therapeutic goals. This concept of "intermodal transfer" (a term give to us by Paolo Knill, 1978) distinguishes Expressive Arts Therapy from neighboring disciplines such as Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Dance Therapy, Psychodrama... Areas of expertise
Training and Workshops These workshops are for parents, mental health professionals, teachers, after-school staff, community organizations and caregivers. They are provided by our partners from ART RELIEF. They combine psychoeducation, theory, skill-building activities, resources, case presentations and consultation as needed. All workshops can be adapted to a group's specific needs.
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