Outsider Art and Art Therapy Format:Trade Paperback based upon a lifetime of

based upon a lifetime of practical experience by one of the leading movement teachers in the country

From her first inklings of Elijah's difference to her discovery of a whole spectrum of another way of life that includes everything from civil rights organizations for autistics to Asperger artists

Dawn Brooker and Isabelle Latham explain the evolution of the key principles of person-centred care that comprise the VIPS model

The authors set out clearly what we can learn from these cross-national comparisons and how to create more equal opportunities for children and young people in care

arguing that existing social work provision can fail the people it aims to support and protect

Outsider Art and Art Therapy Format:Trade Paperback based upon a lifetime ofOutsider art, traditionally the work of psychiatric patients, offenders and minority groups, and art therapy have shared histories of art created in psychiatric care. As the two fields grow, this book reveals the current issues faced by both disciplines and traces their shared histories to help them build clearer and more coherent identities. More often than not, the history of art therapy has been tied to psychological and psychiatric roots, which