Abstract

Background: Mental health concerns prevent positive well-being and are key challenges for Australian children and young people. Arts organisations play a role in enhancing the positive mental health of children and young people. This paper describes the involvement of young people and their parents in the development of a resource for arts organisation’s intentional support of social and emotional well-being. Methods: Six focus groups were conducted with 19 young people who participate in dance, drama, and circus programs, and 17 of their parents. Questions explored how the arts currently, and potentially, support their social and emotional well-being. Results: Three overarching themes: Connecting with Others; Being Myself; and Teaching Methods, plus 14 sub-themes were identified. Conclusion: A framework of well-being factors and pedagogies was developed to guide the creation of a resource to help support the social and emotional well-being of young people participating in arts programs.

RAS ID

64581

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2023

Funding Information

Healthway tender

School

School of Education

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

Publisher

Penn State Libraries Open Publishing

Comments

Fried, L., Lovering, C., Falconer, S., Francis, J., Johnston, R., Lombardi, K., . . . Blue, L. (2023). Developing a resource for arts educators to enhance the social and emotional well-being of young people. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 24(23), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.26209/ijea24n23

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10.26209/ijea24n23