Arts Education and Positive Youth Development - Study conducted by University of Maryland Assistant Professor of Music Education, Kenneth Elpus
Role of the arts in the life and mental health of young people that participate in artistic organizations in Colombia: a qualitative study - Study published in BMC Psychiatry in 2022
Arts Education and Youth Identity - Psychology Today article from 2023
The Benefits of Youth Sports in Child Development - explore this webpage and associated links from the University of San Diego
Benefits of Youth Sports - a 2020 report from the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition Science Board
Art Therapy (2024)
Supporting youth mental health with arts-based strategies: a global perspective (2024)
by Christian Allaire
"Style is not just the clothes on our backs. It's self-expression, representation, and transformation. Featuring more than 30 designers, models, and entrepreneurs who are changing the way we look at fashion and beauty, The Power of Style is a celebration of inclusivity, creativity, and cultural activism"--Back cover.
by Doug Merlino
Explores how the lives of ten boys, some white players from a prestigious Seattle private school and some inner city African-Americans, were impacted by the season they spent playing basketball together in 1986, discussing how, twenty years later, each of them viewed the experience and the influence it had on their lives.
An in-depth examination of some of the potentially negative impacts of youth sports and ways to look out for and mitigate them.
Youth today are confronted by dual crises of mental health and social connection, with an urgent need to scale evidence-based interventions...Research demonstrates how sports can promote healing, growth and belonging. Quality coaching is key to delivering on this promise...Leaders from the Million Coaches Challenge make the case for investing in coaches and offer strategies that schools, cities, and states can use to improve youth outcomes.Â
VIDEO: Check out this video and related resources on the connection between art/creativity and mental health.
Also, see this Tedx Talk (right) with Music Therapist Kathleen M. Howard about the history and the power of using music to heal.
This Teenage Life podcast - Several episodes on creativity and the teenage experience