Expressive Arts as Antidotes to Adversity

Apr 30, 2020 | Blog

Children in detention at the U.S. border continue to be the focus of concerns about long-term consequences including chronic and complex traumatic stress. While the outcomes for these children are of critical importance, there are many more children who are detained in other ways throughout mental health and medical systems for a variety of reasons.

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