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Powerful Play: A Parent’s Perspective on the Natural Language of Children

August 18, 2015 by ITA Staff

  By Amber Bond This month Americans celebrated Mothers and motherhood, so for the newsletter feature, our team asked me to write a story from the perspective of a parent. This piece will differ from the others you’ve read, chiefly because, unlike my colleagues, I am not a trained or credentialed creative arts therapist. I […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: children, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, music, parent, parenting, play, playful mindset, pretend, stories, zone of childhood

Parenting

August 15, 2015 by ITA Staff

Of all the jobs in the world, the one that comes with the least amount of directions or how-to-do instructions is parenthood. No amount of friendly advice or reading “what to expect” books will provide first time parents with enough knowledge to be ready to face all that will besiege them. There is so much […]

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