Expanding the IDEA: Ongoing- and Evolving-Evaluation of an Art Therapy in Prisons Program

In 2021 an article was published that presented an art therapy in prisons program that emerged through a contractual partnership between a major state university and that state's Department of Corrections, funded by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The program was charged to...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology 2023-11, p.306624X231213313-306624X231213313
Hauptverfasser: Hart, Marissa, Soape, Evie, Barlow, Casey, Torrech-Perez, Michelle, Gussak, David E, Schubarth, Anna
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In 2021 an article was published that presented an art therapy in prisons program that emerged through a contractual partnership between a major state university and that state's Department of Corrections, funded by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The program was charged to provide art therapy with youthful offenders to alleviate behavioral, emotional, and intellectual impediments to their education. The program began in the summer of 2019 with a 3-year contract for two full-time art therapists for four sites. Responses to the annual reports and subsequent changes and benefits to the targeted population resulted in the contract being revised in the summer of 2021 that expanded it considerably, to four full-time art therapists for nine prisons. This follow-up research article will delineate the successful efficacy of this program and the impactful changes instituted since its inception and expansion. In addition, this article will further examine the evolution in the data gathering process, specifically applying more distinct considerations needed to accurately examine the effectiveness of the program.
ISSN:0306-624X
1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X231213313