Calendar

SEPTEMBER 2010

Thursdays (4-week session)
September 2, 9, 16, 23
2:00 - 3:00pm
Desert Song Yoga, 4811 N. 7th Street Phoenix, AZ 85014
www.desertsongyoga.com
Space Left: 6

Fridays (4-week session)
September 3, 10, 17, 24
5:00 - 6:00pm
Pedi Center, 15414 N. 7th Street, #3 Phoenix, AZ 85022
www.pedi-center.com
Spaces Left: 6

Saturdays (4-week session)
September 4, 11, 18, 25
10:30 - 11:30am
Pedi Center, 15414 N. 7th Street, #3 Phoenix, AZ 85022
www.pedi-center.com
Spaces Left: 6

Saturdays (4-week session)
September 4, 11, 18, 25
12:30 - 1:30pm
Pedi Center, 15414 N. 7th Street, #3 Phoenix, AZ 85022
www.pedi-center.com
Spaces Left: 6

OCTOBER 2010

Thursdays (4-week session)
October 7, 14, 21, 28
2:00 - 3:00pm
Desert Song Yoga, 4811 N. 7th Street Phoenix, AZ 85014
www.desertsongyoga.com
Space Left: 6

Fridays (4-week session)
October 1, 8, 15, 22
5:00 - 6:00pm
Pedi Center, 15414 N. 7th Street, #3 Phoenix, AZ 85022
www.pedi-center.com
Spaces Left: 6

Saturdays (4-week session)
October 2, 9, 16, 23
10:30 - 11:30am
Pedi Center, 15414 N. 7th Street, #3 Phoenix, AZ 85022
www.pedi-center.com
Spaces Left: 6

Saturdays (4-week session)
October 2, 9, 16, 23
12:30 - 1:30pm
Pedi Center, 15414 N. 7th Street, #3 Phoenix, AZ 85022
www.pedi-center.com
Spaces Left: 6

NOVEMBER 2010

Thursdays (4-week session)
November 4, 11, 18, December 2
2:00 - 3:00pm
Desert Song Yoga, 4811 N. 7th Street Phoenix, AZ 85014
www.desertsongyoga.com
Space Left: 6

Fridays (4-week session)
November 5, 12, 19, December 3
5:00 - 6:00pm
Pedi Center, 15414 N. 7th Street, #3 Phoenix, AZ 85022
www.pedi-center.com
Spaces Left: 6

Saturdays (4-week session)
November 6, 13, 20, December 4
10:30 - 11:30am
Pedi Center, 15414 N. 7th Street, #3 Phoenix, AZ 85022
www.pedi-center.com
Spaces Left: 6

Saturdays (4-week session)
November 6, 13, 20, December 4
12:30 - 1:30pm
Pedi Center, 15414 N. 7th Street, #3 Phoenix, AZ 85022
www.pedi-center.com
Spaces Left: 6

"I am so grateful to have your expertise in my life to better my daughter's life. The info you have shared with me helps me understand and see the bigger picture!"
Mother of a 6 year old dealing with loss

"Thank you for taking such an interest in my child... Artplay is such a good investment."
Mother of a 7 year old stuggling with her parents divorce

"I have found your insight to be so helpful for a parent who just does not have perspective when it comes to her own child. Your groups have been a huge benefit to my child and I am so grateful. Please continue to give me your feeback as I find it invaluable!"
Mother of an 8 year old with social anxiety

Program Philosophy
The philosophy behind Artplay is to facilitate meaningful and lasting change through the use of art. Artplay provides group art sessions for children with issues, including sadness, anger, shyness or fear. The sessions are held at safe and centralized facilities around the community, such as churches, pediatric offices and yoga studios. It is our intention to provide help at safe locations where parents and children are comfortable. We use art-making as a powerful but gentle process that helps children who have a hard time expressing their feelings verbally. Your child will be able to express and learn to deal with their issues through art. They will be introduced to compelling art activities that use safe, high-quality materials.

Our Goals
Artplay offers children the ability to bond and belong; self-soothe; become self-aware; and accept differences in others. Artplay offers counseling to children in different age brackets (ages 3 through 6 and ages 7 through 13), so your child will be with other kids who can relate to problems in the same developmental way. Today’s child will face more changes than children in the past, so helping them understand healthy ways of coping is critical to their future success. Artplay lets children master challenges using positive reinforcement.

The Themes
There are multiple themes that are addressed in our helping sessions. Topics include:
Sadness - Is your child dealing with the loss of someone close to them?
Anger - Does your child get agitated easily and have trouble following direction?
Shyness - Are they having trouble playing well with others?
Fear - Do they wake you up because they are scared of monsters in the night?

What to Expect
Our sessions are coordinated perfectly to give us enough time to address and process the theme of the day. There is an opening trust-building activity so your child becomes comfortable with the other children and the surroundings. Then the children complete an art-making exercise that relates to the theme-of-the-day, with individual attention given to each child. The end of the session includes a closure activity so each child can express what they liked and learned from their own art-making. All children get to keep their art to take home and use as a therapeutic tool. Artplay was founded because all children deal with emotional issues and they need help deciphering their feelings so they can manage them more easily.

PARENT SUPPORT
When parents pick up the child, there will be a brief discussion about their child's experience and how to further assist the child is at home using the art tool they created. Psychoeducational handouts will be provided to the parent. And, most valuable, parents will get an email with an update about their child each week, so that they can become enlightened about their progress. Both the child and you will gain insight!

Sessions
Cost is $35 per session, an unheard of price for help from qualified professionals. There is a maximum number of children allowed per session (8) so that your child will get the attention they need and deserve. A commitment of all 4 sessions is preferred. Please send your check for $140 to: Artplay, 16615 N. 19th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85022