101 Mindful Arts-Based Activities to Get Children and Adolescents Talking

Dawn D'Amico brings over two decades of trauma-focused clinical experience to this professional resource, and it shows. The 101 art and play activities are practical, low-prep, and road-tested across hospital, private practice, children's home, and refugee camp settings — each accompanied by a case study and clinician adaptation tips. For therapists, school counselors, and social workers working with traumatized children and adolescents aged 5 to 17, this is a genuinely useful clinical reference. The honest caveat is that this is not a family book or a general self-help title — it covers severe trauma, abuse, neglect, forced migration, and acute depression in frank clinical terms, and it is written for professionals, not parents or general readers. Faith families should know it is an entirely secular psychological resource. In its intended hands, it is highly regarded and well applied.